Journal•ISSN: 0190-0692
International Journal of Public Administration
Marcel Dekker
About: International Journal of Public Administration is an academic journal published by Marcel Dekker. The journal publishes majorly in the area(s): Public sector & Government. It has an ISSN identifier of 0190-0692. Over the lifetime, 3042 publications have been published receiving 39866 citations. The journal is also known as: IJPA & Int'l j. of pub. admin.
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TL;DR: In this article, the authors define nine types of organizational cultures in terms of the extent transformational and transactional leadership and their effects form accepted ways of behaving and use the Organizational Description Questionnaire (ODQ) to describe their cultures.
Abstract: Nine types of organizational cultures are defined in terms of the extent transformational and transactional leadership and their effects form accepted ways of behaving. The Organizational Description Questionnaire (ODQ) is used by members of the organizations to describe their cultures. The nine types of organizations include the high-contrast culture with both strong transformational and transactional qualities to the "garbage can" which lacks either kind of leadership of consequence. A majority of organizations are somewhere inbetween either loosely guided, coasting, or contractual.
1,577 citations
TL;DR: In this article, the authors identify eight consequences of publishing performance data that are not necessarily intended, and which are likely to be dysfunctional, and suggest ways in which they can be mitigated.
Abstract: Most performance indicator schemes in the public sector have been implemented on the assumption that they will yield benefits in terms of efficiency and equity. Less attention has been paid to the potential costs of such schemes. Drawing on experience from a range of sources, this paper identifies eight consequences of publishing performance data that are not necessarily intended, and which are likely to be dysfunctional. The paper gives examples of such phenomena from the UK public sector, and suggests ways in which they can be mitigated. While not challenging the desirability of publishing performance data, the paper concludes that the performance indicator philosophy is based on inadequate models of production and control. Most performance indicator schemes will therefore fail unless serious consideration is given to the deficiencies described in this paper.
792 citations
TL;DR: In this article, the authors set out the basics of the original public value approach, and then considered emerging critiques and meanings of public value, and tracked the new meanings of the public value which are developing.
Abstract: It has been two decades since the “public value” framework emerged, articulated initially at the Harvard Kennedy School. In this paper we set out the basics of the original approach, and then consider emerging critiques and meanings. Our aim is firstly to clarify the core concepts of Moore's approach, and secondly to track the new meanings of public value which are developing. This allows us to engage with the growing debate about public value both inside and outside academia, and also to discuss its trajectory as a new idea in public sector management.
403 citations
TL;DR: In this article, the authors outline a framework for research on the trust relation between performance and trust in government, and discuss the causality between performance of public administration and trustworthiness of public services.
Abstract: Concerns for restoring citizens' trust in government are at the core of public sector modernization. Public distrust is often blamed on the bad functioning of public services, and in political discourse well‐functioning public services are said to create trust in government. This is a very rational and mechanistic reasoning, only part of which corresponds to reality. The link between performance and trust can only be made when very specific conditions are present. The core of the discussion deals with causality: it is obvious that performance of the public administration has a certain impact on trust in government, but existing levels of trust in government may also have an impact on perceptions of government performance. In this article, we outline a framework for research on this performance–trust relation.
394 citations
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors develop building blocks for a non-normative public value theory, based on a range of philosophical, psychological, and economic concepts, with a special emphasis on the public sector.
Abstract: The author develops building blocks for a non-normative public value theory. After a short overview of the rise of public value and challenges in defining public value, the constructs "value," "public," "public value," and "public value creation" are systematically introduced by drawing on a range of philosophical, psychological, and economic concepts. Psychological accounts are identified as the key to understand public value creation. Derived from needs theory, four basic public value dimensions are proposed and related to a public value landscape. Consequences of this re-conceptualization of public value are discussed with special emphasis of the public sector.
362 citations