Public Administration

Papers
(The median citation count of Public Administration is 2. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01.)
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Implementing city sustainability: overcoming administrative silos to achieve functional collective action, Rachel M.Krause and Christopher V.Hawkins, Temple University Press, 2021, 269 pages76
Influences on e‐governance in Africa: A study of economic, political, and infrastructural dynamics71
How international are public administration journals? An analysis of the persistent Anglo‐American dominance in public administration journals70
Patient capital and no net loss: Applying institutional theory to understand publicly‐owned mitigation banking in an urban context at a United States port53
Making information silent: How opacity takes root in local governments?50
An (in)effective tax and expenditure limit (TEL): Why county governments do not utilize their maximum allotted property tax rate48
Legislative influence on administrative decision making in Pennsylvania's Abandoned and Orphan Well Plugging Program46
Why do politicians perceive the same financial conditions differently?42
A recipe for success? The importance of perceptions of goal agreement in cross‐sector collaboration38
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Permanently provisional: An ethnographic analysis of responsive governance practices in and through meetings34
The Politics of Collaborative Public Management: A Primer. By RobertAgranoff, AlekseyKolpakov, New York: Routledge. 2023. pp. 322. ISBN: 978100338576934
The effects of contractual and relational governance on public‐private partnership sustainability34
Embracing the ambiguity: Tracing climate response diversity in urban water management30
Interpreting performance information: Motivated reasoning or unbiased comprehension? A replication and extension29
Meet all changes with constancy: The dynamic adaptation process of county governments in China28
Handbook on gender and public administration. By P.Shields, N.Elias (Eds.), Northampton: Edward Elgar Publishing. 2022. pp. 434. 280.00 USD for print, 65.00 USD for ebook, ISBN: 9781789904734, 178990426
Seeding the cloud: Consultancy services in the nascent field of cyber capacity building25
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Title in English: Introduction to public management: A citizen‐centered state [Original title: Introducción a la gestión pública, un estado al servicio de la ciudadanía]. Mario Waissbluth in co23
Larger, Not Leaner? Agencification and the Size of the Administrative Overhead in Local Governments21
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Reflecting on over 100 years of public administration education20
Gaming country rankings: Consultancies as knowledge brokers for global benchmarks20
Regional network‐building for complexity: A region‐oriented policy response to increasing and varied demands for older person care in the Netherlands19
Public Employees' whistleblowing intention: Explanation by an adapted theory of planned behavior18
Understanding the Co‐Provision of Disaster‐Related Services in the United States: Universities and Colleges as Community Stakeholders18
Herbert Simon's Legacy for Public Administration18
Entrepreneurial leadership and innovation in the public sector: The role of causal‐ and effectual‐logic processes18
Accountability as a function of power relationships in public governance networks18
Coordinating monetary policy and macroprudential policy: Bureaucratic politics, regulatory intermediary, and bank lobbying17
Are public spaces welcoming to all? A conjoint experiment on cultural representation and inclusionary practices in museums17
Key values for democratic governance innovation: Two traditions and a synthesis17
Fiscal easing in local governments facing potential merger: Visible in budgets or hidden in overruns?17
Towards inclusive public administration systems: Public budgeting from the perspective of critical race theory17
The impact of service separation on value: A longitudinal study of user and provider experiences in a mental health service16
Coproduction of core and complementary tasks in times of service decline: Experimental evidence16
Skeptic, enthusiast, guarantor or believer? Public managers' perception of participatory budgeting15
Can gender‐responsive budgeting change how governments budget?: Lessons from the case of Ecuador15
Collaborating with the competition? A study of interlocal partnership choices15
The Trump Administration and the COVID‐19 crisis: Exploring the warning‐response problems and missed opportunities of a public health emergency15
Public management: A research overview. By TomEntwistle, London: Routledge. 2022. pp. 114. USD 25.59 (paperback) ISBN: 978103206403115
All you need is … a network: The rise of interpretive public administration15
Why create government corporations? An examination of the determinants of corporatization in the Canadian public sector15
Member duality and policy tourism: Learning in interlocal policy networks14
Ignoring by complying: How public officials handle hybridity to pursue the goals of new public governance14
Which job attributes attract individuals high in public service motivation and self‐efficacy to a public service job?13
The administrative burden of doing business with the government: Learning and compliance costs in Business‐Government interactions13
Learning to govern: A typology of ministerial learning styles13
Credible signaling to promote local compliance: Evidence from China's multiwave inspection of environmental protection13
Work safety regulation in China: the CCP's fatality quota system. Gao Jie, Routledge: Routledge Contemporary China Series, (2022). 247 pp., $US160 (hard cover), ISBN: 978‐1‐138‐1824413
Unpacking value destruction at the intersection between public and private value12
The a priori of public leadership: Social attributions to public and private leaders in different performance contexts12
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Aggressions and associations: How workplace violence affects what public employees think of citizens12
A replication of “Representative bureaucracy and the willingness to coproduce”12
COVID‐19‐induced governance transformation: How external shocks may spur cross‐organizational collaboration and trust‐based management12
The effect of institutional support and relational capital on knowledge mobilization in public administration research12
When do societal stakeholders matter for agency‐CEOs? The role of stakeholder arrangements and social media attention11
Leader empowering and upper echelons decision‐making: How and when does top managers' empowering leadership promote decision‐making speed and comprehensiveness in public organizations?11
Seeing the water: Three great books for contemporary public administration11
When the cat is away: How institutional autonomy, low salience, and issue complexity shape administrative action11
Leveraging normative power in co‐production to redress power imbalances11
Potter, Rachel Augustine. Bending the rules: Procedural politicking in the bureaucracy. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press. 2019, 244 pages11
Policy advocacy of nongovernmental organizations in China: A quasi‐replication of Zhan and Tang (2013, 2016)11
By DavidCoen, AlexanderKatsaitis, MatiaVannoni. New York: Oxford University Press. 2021. Business lobbying in the European Union. pp. 240. ISBN: 978019958975311
Deservingness at the frontline: How health‐related responsibility cues affect sanctioning and prioritization of citizens11
Public Service Motivation and Public Opinion: Examining Antecedents and Attitudes (Elements in Public and Nonprofit Administration), Piatak, Jaclyn and Holt, Stephen, Cambridge: Cambridge University P10
Public assessments of ministerial leadership in times of national crisis: The case of the pandemic crisis10
Paths to trust: Explaining citizens' trust to experts and evidence‐informed policymaking during the COVID‐19 pandemic10
Exploring the Combinatorial Effects of Collaborative Factors Leading to Higher Degree of Co‐Production10
Building Resilient Communities by Fostering Social Equity in Public Administration: Analyzing the Influence of Social Capital on COVID‐19 Vaccination Rates in Communities With Varying Socia10
How rediscovering nodality can improve democratic governance in a digital world10
A Polyphonic Debate on Social Equity Budgeting10
Opening the “black box” of public administration: The need for interpretive research10
The way the money goes: The fiscal constitution and public spending in the UK. By ChristopherHood, MaiaKing, IainMcLean, Barbara MariaPiotrowska. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 2023. pp. 9
The association between public managers' type of education and prioritizing core service provision and communication9
Hope the high road leads us home again: A review of American administrative capacity: Decline, decay, and resilience9
Engaging stakeholders on TikTok: A multi‐level social media analysis of nonprofit Microvlogging9
Government analytics: From the information age to the digital age By Daniel Rogger, Christian Schuster. Washington, DC: World Bank Publications. 2023. pp. 760. ISBN: 97814648195759
What's in a name? The politics of name changes inside bureaucracy9
On the character of the new entrepreneurial National Health Service in England: Reforming health care from within?9
Corporatization and political ideology: The case of hospitals in Spain8
Change leadership and change embeddedness in public organizations: Connecting macrolevel reform to microlevel implementation8
Human resources information systems: a guide for public administrators. Valcik, N. A., Sabharwal, M., Benavides, T. J. (2021). Cham, Switzerland: Springer Nature Switzerland8
A framework for analyzing organizational culture among politicians: Exploring implications for participatory governance schemes8
Intra‐provincial fiscal decentralization, relative wealth, and healthcare efficiency: Empirical evidence from China8
Human resource management as a tool to control corruption: Evidence from Mexican municipal governments8
What matters the most in curbing early COVID‐19 mortality? A cross‐country necessary condition analysis7
“One, none, and a hundred thousand” recipes for a robust response to turbulence7
Applying an intersectional understanding of extra work behavior and emotional exhaustion in local public service7
Administrative intensity and local resident satisfaction in Victorian local government7
How governments borrow: Partisan politics, constrained institutions, and sovereign debt in emerging markets. By BenCormier, Oxford: Oxford University Press. 2024. pp. 192. £90.00 (hbk). ISBN7
A replication of “the effects of making public service employees aware of their prosocial and societal impact”7
Correction to “Public value creation and appropriation mechanisms in public–private partnerships: How does it play a role?”7
Ministerial Leadership: Practice, Performance and PowerBy LeightonAndrews, London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2024. 553 pp. £99.99 (hardcover); £79.50 (ebook). ISBN: 10 3031500075; ISBN:6
Who should we pay more? Exploring the influence of pay for elected officials and bureaucrats on organizational performance in South African local government6
Municipal fiscal stress, bankruptcies, and other financial emergencies. By TatyanaGuzman, NataliaErmasova, New York: Routledge. 2022. pp. 310. ISBN: 97810323493816
Governing the pandemic: The politics of navigating a mega‐crisisArjenBoin, AllanMcConnell & Paul't HartPalgrave Macmillan, ebook, 20216
Examining attitudes toward public participation across sectors: An experimental study of food assistance6
What motivates users to report service‐related issues? A study on coproduction in a smart public service6
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Creating a public service topology: Mapping public service motivation, public service ethos, and public service values6
Robust emergency management: The role of institutional trust in organized volunteers6
New opportunities for institutional analysis in public administration research6
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Government statistical agencies and the politics of credibility5
Hong Kong professional services and the belt and road initiative: Challenges for co‐evolving sustainability. By Li, L. C., Mo, P. L. L. (Eds.), Milton: Taylor & Francis. 2023. pp. 1‐266 ISBN: 97805
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Administrative characteristics and timing of governments' crisis responses: A global study of early reactions to COVID‐195
Spending allocations during low and high fiscal stress: Priority setters and spending advocates in Danish municipalities, 2008–20155
Fifty years as the fourth pillar of public administration: A polycentric extension of the social equity framework5
Corporatization in local government: Promoting cultural differentiation and hybridity?5
How local governments prioritize multiple conflicting goals: Beyond the sole‐goal perspective5
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Toward a positive theory of public participation in government: Variations in New York City's participatory budgeting5
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Strategies for dealing with policy ambiguities5
Hambleton, Robin. Cities and communities beyond Covid‐19. Great Britain: Bristol University Press. 2020. pp. 177. ISBN: 97815292158545
Broadcasting good news and learning from bad news: Experimental evidence on public managers' performance information use4
Global scientific production, international cooperation, and knowledge evolution of public administration4
Population analysis of organizational innovation and learning4
Seeing the nudge from the trees: The 4S framework for evaluating nudges4
Third‐Party Governance: Using Third Parties to Deliver Governmental Goods and ServicesBy Jessica N.Terman, New York, NY: Routledge, 2024. 209. $51.99 (paperback). ISBN (print) 97810322617754
How personnel allocation affects performance: Evidence from Brazil's federal protected areas agency4
Robust crisis communication in turbulent times: Conceptualization and empirical evidence from the United States4
Dramaturgy and crisis management: A third act4
Evaluating collaborative institutions by segregation and homophily in policy networks4
Losing control is not an option. Resource allocation to police oversight agencies in Western states4
Integrating Formal and Relational Contracting: The Link Between Network Structure and Contract Design in Interlocal Collaboration Agreements4
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Cognitive Biases in Street‐Level Resolutions: The Case of Multiple Claims in Tax Disputes4
Which managerial reforms facilitate public sector innovation?4
“I have learned my lesson”: How clients' trust betrayals shape the future ways in which street‐level bureaucrats cope with their clients4
Algorithmic formalization: Impacts on administrative processes4
Enforcement officials' coping strategies in a changing regulatory environment4
Does bureaucratic representation enhance overall organizational accountability in policing?4
Organizational stability and resocialization in public administrations: Theory and evidence from Norwegian civil servants (1986–2016)4
Citizens' Inclusion in Public Services: A Systematic Review of the Public Administration Literature and Reflection on Future Research Avenues4
Unpacking the effects of burdensome state actions on citizens' policy perceptions4
Anticipated administrative burdens: How proximity to upcoming compulsory meetings affect welfare recipients' experiences of administrative burden4
“Success” in policy piloting: Process, programs, and politics3
Commercializing nonprofit organizations? Evidence from the Chinese nonprofit sector3
Fostering employee innovation: Linking person–organization fit to innovative behavior through knowledge sharing and reward perception3
Institutions, interests, and policy support: Experimental evidence from China3
Does political ideology still matter? A meta‐analysis of government contracting decisions3
Effects of representative bureaucracy on perceived performance and fairness: Experimental evidence from South Asia3
A review of classical thoughts on contemporary public administration in developing countries3
Actor roles in co‐production—Introducing intermediaries: Findings from a systematic literature review3
What does the evidence tell us about merit principles and government performance?3
Understanding the organizational learning culture—Innovative behavior relation in local government: The roles of knowledge sharing and job autonomy3
Breaking up male‐dominated collusive arrangements: Women's representation in bureaucracy and corruption3
Buying green in U.S. local government: Internal commitment and responsiveness to external pressures3
A replication of “Contracting out: For What? With Whom?”3
Algorithms in the public sector. Why context matters3
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How to extend pilot innovation in public services: A case of children's social care innovation3
Gender‐responsive budgeting: A budget reform to address gender inequity3
Disentangling the separate and combined effects of privatization and cooperation on local government service delivery3
Oversharing: The downside of data sharing in local government3
Representative bureaucracy and the policy environment: Gender representation in Forty‐Four countries3
Political opportunism and transaction costs in contractual choice of public–private partnerships3
A review of classical thoughts on contemporary public administration in developing countries3
“Let's organize”: The organizational basis for stable public governance3
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Financial reporting transparency, citizens' understanding, and public participation: A survey experiment study2
What has become of the audit explosion? Analyzing trends in oversight activities in the Canadian government2
The curious public administrator. By WiliamHatcher, New York: Routledge. 2024. pp. 90. ISBN: 978‐1‐032‐66850‐52
Does increasing auditors' independence lead to more forceful public auditing? A study of a Canadian internal audit reform2
Executive order: Bureaucratic management and the limits of presidential power. By AndrewRudalevige, Princeton: Princeton University Press. 2021. pp. 303. £80.00 (hbk).ISBN: 97806911943562
Thinking outside the box, improvisation, and fast learning: Designing policy robustness to deal with what cannot be foreseen2
Representative bureaucracy in property assessment appeals administration: A group level analysis2
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Getting what you expect: How civil servant stereotypes affect citizen satisfaction and perceived performance2
Comparing public servants' behavior in South Korea and the United States: How emotional labor moderates the relationship between organizational commitment and job performance2
Where you are matters: Network position, designed network, and central government agency termination2
Contextual recipes for adopting private control and trust in public–private partnership governance2
John Stewart: A personal appreciation2
Cream‐skimming at the frontline: The role of administrative literacy2
Operationalizing inclusive growth: Can malleable ideas survive metricized governance?2
Assessing public value failure in government adoption of artificial intelligence2
Toward amicro‐levelperspective of organizational publicness: Felt organizational publicness in the eyes of state government employees2
Critical Perspectives on Public Systems Management in India Through the Lens of District Administration, Amar K. J. R.Nayak and Ram KumarKakaniRoutledge: New York/London, 2021, 325 pp. (including inde2
Citizen Acceptance of Co‐Designed Public Sector Innovation2
Neoliberalism and banking crisis bailouts: Distant enemies or warring neighbors?2
How does diversity affect public organizational performance? A meta‐analysis2
Styles of regulatory discretion: A comparative analysis of the British and Israeli education legislation2
Between spin doctor and information provider: Conceptualizing communication professionals in government ministries2
The future of public administration research: An editor's perspective2
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Does leadership gender representativeness improve policy outcomes? Evidence from local governments in China2
Does public officials' risk preference differ in self versus public decision‐making? It depends on decision framing and bet size2
How young adults explain their intention to participate in online direct citizen participation2
Government emergency budgeting and disaster impact: Evidence from China2
Usability of transparency portals: Examination of perceptions of journalists as information seekers2
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