Public Management Research Conference

Georgetown Public Policy Institute
Washington, D.C.,
October 9-11, 2003

Below you will find papers for the National Public Management Research Conference which are available for download.

Abolafia, Mitchel Y.
Framing Moves: Interpretive Politics at the Federal Reserve


Agranoff, Robert
A New Look At The Value-Adding Functions Of Intergovernmental Networks


Andrews, Rhys
Boyne, George A. and
Walker, Richard M.
Strategy Content and Organizational Performance: An Empirical Analysis


Barzelay, Michael and
Thompson, Fred
Executive Leadership When Efficiency Counts: Developing the Capacity to Manage Costs at Air Force Material Command


Behn, Robert D.
One Approach to Performance Leadership: Eleven "Better Practices" That Can Help "Ratchet Up" Performance


Borins, Sandford
A Holistic View of Public Sector Information Technology


Bozeman, Barry and
Pandey, Sanjay K.
Public Management Decision-Making: Technical vs. Political Decisions


Bretschneider, Stuart
Gant, Jon and
Ahn, Michael
A General Model of E-Government service Adoption: Empirical Exploration


Brewer, Gene A.
When Core Values and Missions Collide: Gut-Wrenching Change in the U.S. Department of Agriculture


Brown, Mary Maureen
Schelin, Shannon and
Brudney, Jeffrey
Achieving the Benefits of E-Government? An Examination of the Family Support Act of 1988


Brown, Trevor L. and
Potoski, Matthew
Management within the Public Service Marketplace: The Management Imperatives of Assembling Service Marketplaces and Delivering Services under Contract


Bryson, John M.
What To Do When Stakeholders Matter: A Guide to Stakeholder Identification and Analysis Techniques


Callahan, Richard F. and
Gilbert , G. Ronald.
Design Features of Public Agencies and Their Relationship with End User Satisfaction


Campbell, Colin
Can Incrementalism be Guided? Lessons from Recent Air Force Experience with Planning


Chen, Yu-Che
eGovernment Network: The Role of Information Technology in Managing Networks


Chun, Young Han and
Rainey, Hal G.
Goal Ambiguity in U.S. Federal Agencies


Corder, Kevin
Managing Uncertainty: The Bias and Efficiency of Federal Government Economic Assumptions


D'Amico, Lynne C.
Examining Determinants Of Managerial Trust: Evidence From A Laboratory Experiment


DeHart-Davis, Leisha and
Pandey, Sanjay K.
Red Tape and Public Employees: Does Perceived Rule Dysfunction Alienate Managers?


Donahue, Amy K. and
Stanford, Mark
Managing Emerging Homeland Security Missions: A Qualitative Study of the Capacity of the Wildland Fire Service


Feldman, Martha S.
Brown, Ruth Nicole and
Horner, Debra
Change and Changing: How Change Processes Give Meaning to Change Plans


Feldman, Martha and
Khademian, Anne
Strategic Empowerment


Fernandez, Sergio
Developing and Testing an Integrative Framework of Public Sector Managerial Leadership: Evidence From The Public Education Arena.


Feiock, Richard C. and
Hee-Soun Jang
The Role of Nonprofits in the Delivery of Local Services


Flagstad, Anne
Public Sector Transformation and Practical Drift: A Conceptual Framework


Foldy, Erica Gabrielle
Learning from Cultural Diversity: A Theoretical Exploration


Frederickson, David G.
Differently Hollowed-Out: The Implementation of the Government Performance and Results Act in the Medicare and Medicaid Programs


Gill, Jeff and
Waterman, Richard W.
A Principal-Agent Model of the Presidential Appointment Contradiction


Golden, Marissa Martino
Who Controls the Bureaucracy? The Case of Agenda Setting


Gormley, William T.
Using Organizational Report Cards


Hambleton, Robin
City Leadership and the New Public Management - a Cross National Analysis


Haverty, Dan M.
California's Fire Chiefs: Building relationships between effective leadership and organizational performance.


Heinrich, Carolyn J.
Improving Public-Sector Performance Management: One Step Forward, Two Steps Back?


Hendrick, Rebecca
Professional Management and Variations in Fiscal Practices Among Fiscally Threatened Suburban Governments


Hill, Carolyn J.
Lynn, Laurence E.
Why do Organizations Collaborate?: Empirical Evidence from Chicago Public Schools


Hinnant, Charles C.
Reagor, Sara and
Sawyer, Steve
From Keystone to E-Stone: Assessing Architectural Innovation in State Government


Jang, Hee-Soun and
Feiock, Richard
Fiscal Implications of Contracting Out Local Services: A Heckman Selection Model Approach


Jennings, Edward T. and
Ewalt, Jo Ann G.
Does the Black-Box Make a Difference? The Quality of Management and the Success of Welfare Reform


Johnston, Jocelyn
Romzek, Barbara S. and
Wood, Curtis H.
The Challenges of Contracting and Accountability Across the Federal System: From Ambulances to Space Shuttles


Keiser, Lael R.
The Determinants of Street-Level Bureaucratic Behavior: Gate-keeping in the Social Security Disability Program


Kelman, Steven
Downsizing, Competition, and Organizational Change in Government: Is Necessity the Mother of Invention?


Kenis, Patrick and
Raab, Jörg
Wanted: A Good Network Theory of Policy Making


Knott, Jack H. and
Verkuilen, Jay
A Computer Tournament of Adaptive Decision Making: Two-Person Iterated Games of Limited Information


Leland, Suzanne and
Thurmaier, Kurt
Reshaping the Local Government Landscape: A Theoretical and Empirical Study of Modern Municipal Reform Movements


McCaffrey, David P.
Smith, Amy E., and
Martinez-Moyano, Ignacio J.
Institutional Change in the United States Securities Industry, 1990-2003


McGregor, Eugene B.
Can The Public Value-Added Chain Be Reversed?


McGuire, Michael
Is It Really So Strange? A Critical Look At The "Network Management Is Different From Hierarchical Management" Perspective


Milward, H. Brinton and
Provan, Keith G.
Managing Networks Effectively


Moon, Jae M. and
Jung, Kwangho
The Double-Edged Sword of Public Resource Dependence: Impacts on Autonomy and Legitimacy in Korean Nonprofit Organizations


Moynihan, Donald and
Pandey, Sanjay K.
Testing a Model of Public Sector Performance: How Does Management Matter?


Nicholson-Crotty, Sean and
Nicholson-Crotty, Jill
Interest Group Influence on Managerial Priorities in Public Organizations


O'Toole, Laurence, J. and
Meier, Kenneth J.
Desperately Seeking Selznick: Cooptation and the Dark Side of Public Management in Networks


Page, Stephen Accounting for Results: Collaborative Capacity and Outcomes in the Human Services


Pitts, David W.
Diversity, Representation & Performance: Evidence about Race & Ethnicity in Public Organizations


Radin, Beryl A.
A Comparative Approach To Performance Management: Contrasting The Experience Of Australia, New Zealand And The United States


Riccucci, Norma M. and
Meyers, Marcia K.
Linking Passive and Active Representation: The Case of Front-Line Workers in Welfare Agencies


Roberts, Alasdair
ORCON Creep: Networked Governance, Information Sharing, and the Threat to Government Accountability


Roberts, Nancy
Direct Citizen Participation: Building a Theory


Robertson, Peter J.
Wing-Hung Lo, Carlos and
Tang, Shui-Yan
Antecedents of Commitment among Public Employees in China


Rogers, Juan D. and
Kingsley, Gordon
The Implications of Non-Linear Phenomena In Management and Policy Implementation


Selden, Sally Coleman and
Sowa, Jessica E.
Testing A Multi-Dimensional Model Of Organizational Performance: Prospects And Problems


Straussman, Jeffrey D.
On the Meaning(s) of "Capacity" in the Literature and Practice of Administrative Reform in Transitional Countries: Searching for Clarity (with an application to local government in Serbia)


Taylor, Heather Getha and
Brudney, Jeffrey L.
Room at the Top? The Views of Women in the Senior Executive Service


Thompson, James and
Mastracci, Sharon
Nonstandard Work Arrangements in the Public Sector: Trends ands Issues


Tschirhart, Mary
Identity Management and the Branding of Cities


Van Slyke, David M.
Agents or Stewards: How Government Manages its Contracting Relationships with Nonprofit Social Service Providers


Welch, Eric W. and
Pandey, Sanjay K.
Intranet Adoption, Use, and Information Quality in Public Organizations: Interactive Effects of Red Tape and Innovativeness


Williams, Daniel W.
The Role of Performance Measurement in the Public Administration Discipline: Then and Now


Wise, Charles R. and
Christensen , Robert K.
Judicial Supervision of State and Local Programs: Is a More Effective Intergovernmental Judicial Management System Achievable?


Wise, Charles R. and
Hemenway, Kathy
Community Mobilization in an Intergovernmental Context: Assessing the Capacity of Wildland Fire Mitigation Networks


Wise, Lois R.
Bureaucratic Posture: Building a Composite Theory of Bureaucratic Behavior


Wong, Wilson
Bureaucratic Corruption in a Globalized World: Explaining the Divergence of National Responses in Japan, Hong Kong and China


Worsham, Jeff
Multiple Principals, Multiple Signals: A Signaling Model of Principal-Agent Relations


Wright, Bradley E.
Toward Understanding Task, Mission and Public Service Motivation: A Conceptual and Empirical Synthesis of Goal Theory and Public Service Motivation


Yildiz, Mete
Peeking Into The Black Box Of E-Government Policy-Making: Evidence From Turkey

 
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