Administration & Society articles from May 1993

Administration & Society archives from May 1993

The ethics and efficacy of resignation in public administration.
May 1, 1993... Given the doctrine of neutral competence, the question of a duty to resign rarely arises for civil servants. Ethical obligations are fulfilled by loyally carrying out the instructions of legitimate superiors. If, however, one is persuaded that...

Crisis decision making: the centralization thesis revisited.
May 1, 1993... input to a much needed prescriptive theory of crisis management (DeGreene, 1982; Gilbert & Lauren, 1979). A functionalist perspective by no means exhausts the possibilities for nonnative reflection. It is beyond the scope of the present...

On Friedrich Hayek and public administration: an argument for discretion within rules.
May 1, 1993... Despite the late Friedrich Hayek's popular reputation as an advocate of free markets and an opponent of government intervention, his work has important implications for public administration. Hayek argued for the desirability of decentralized...

Organization and the mother archetype: a Jungian analysis of adult development and self-identity within the organization.
May 1, 1993... Eisendrath, C., & Eisendrath, P. (1982). Pseudo-patriarch: An image of the American corporate leader. Anima, 8(2), 123-130. Hardesty, S., & Jacobs, N. (1986). Success and betrayal. New York: Franklin Watts. Hart, D. (1987). Public...

The implications of work force diversification in the U.S. Forest Service.
May 1, 1993... The issue is a moral one, and the women are the first teachers of right and wrong. . . . Women both in public and at home, by letting men know what they think and by putting it before the children can make familiar the idea of Conservation, and...

Citizen-administrator connections: impacts on public facility-siting decision making.
May 1, 1993... As public administrators attempt to decide where to site public facilities, whether they are hazardous waste incinerators, sanitary landfills, coliseums, hospitals, highways, or athletic fields, they often hold public hearings and/or conduct...