Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory articles from July 1999

Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory archives from July 1999

Do Government Bureaucrats Make Effective Use of Performance Management Information?(Statistical Data Included)
July 1, 1999... Regardless of the type of organization and its mission or product, the use of performance standards and incentives serves a basic objective: to focus management attention on important organizational goals and to motivate behavior and decision...

Making Incentive Systems Work: Incentive Regulation in the Nuclear Power Industry.(Statistical Data Included)
July 1, 1999... In recent years, disillusionment with the effectiveness of traditional means of regulation has led to experimentation with a variety of new techniques. Among these traditional means are regulatory tools based on the use of incentives rather...

Public v. Private Perceptions of Formalization, Outcomes, and Justice.(Statistical Data Included)
July 1, 1999... Scholars continue to debate the extent to which public and private organizations actually differ (Rainey 1997). Researchers have developed a variety of frameworks for highlighting different aspects of organizational structures and processes...

Are Women More Ethical? Recent Findings on the Effects of Gender Upon Moral Development.(Statistical Data Included)
July 1, 1999... Are women more ethical than men? Over the last twenty years, this controversial and flagrant question has been asked more and more by social scientists and ethicists. Since the advent of modern moral development theory, researchers have...

The Sacred Spark of Academic Research.
July 1, 1999... Some faculty members find research exhilarating. No obstacle dampens their zeal and enthusiasm. They devote countless hours to their research projects, even if they are not rewarded for their efforts with prestige or money. Moreover, they...

Public Sector Reform: Rationale, Trends, and Problems.(Review)
July 1, 1999... Jan-Erik Lane. 1997. Public Sector Reform: Rationale, Trends, and Problems, SAGE Publications, London. Over the past decade, reform has been a key word, phrase, and trend in public administration. The literature is strewn with descriptions...

Managerialism: The Great Debate.(Review)
July 1, 1999... Mark Considine and Martin Painter. 1997. Managerialism: The Great Debate. Melbourne University Press, Melbourne. Over the past decade, reform has been a key word, phrase, and trend in public administration. The literature is strewn with...