OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Australian Journal of Public Administration is 1. 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 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)

Article	Citations
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Activation through welfare conditionality and marketisation in active labour market policies: Evidence from Indonesia	40
Collaboration risk, vulnerability, and resource sharing in disaster management networks	28
Best person or best mix? How public sector managers understand the merit principle	20
Administrative burden and the Cashless Debit Card: Stripping time, autonomy, and dignity from social security recipients	17
Relational street‐level bureaucracy: Proximity policing and the construction of trust between citizens and municipal police officers in Nezahualcóyotl, Mexico	16
Reshaping disaster management: An integrated community‐led approach	16
Collaborating in future states—Contextual instability, paradigmatic remaking, and public policy	15
An update from the Editors of the Australian Journal of Public Administration	13
From local innovation to national policy: Cross‐boundary policy entrepreneurship in China's health regulatory reform	13
Deliberate disproportionate policy outcomes and regulating deforestation in Queensland, Australia	12
The role of authentic leadership on healthcare Street‐Level Bureaucrats’ well‐being during the pandemic	10
Will return‐to‐office mandates prevent proximity bias for employees working from home?	10
‘We're trying to get out of here, that's what we're doing’: A Bourdieusian examination of ‘choice’ in the National Disability Insurance Scheme	10
Fiscal decentralisation and the attenuating effects of inter‐governmental transfers and economic development on corruption in China	9
Issue Information ‐ TOC	9
Religion and public administration at the micro level: The lens of street‐level bureaucracy theory in democracies	8
Hybrid governance and welfare standards for broiler chickens raised for human consumption	8
Do ‘humble’ leaders help employees to perform better? Evidence from the Chinese public sector	8
Why do politicians employ public–private partnerships? Results from a mixed‐method study	7
A critical examination of data for market stewardship: The case of the Australian National Disability Insurance Scheme	7
The development of the Australian Unemployed Workers Union Rating Scale (AUWURS) of employment service providers	7
Papua New Guinea's Public Services Commission since independence: Sidelined or strengthened?	7
Reflecting on AJPA, 2015–2021: Revisiting the relationship between policy academics and public servants—Distances from learning	7
Who decides what works? Ethical considerations arising from the Australian Government's use of behavioural insights and Robodebt	6

How can local government be better supported to collaborate for community health and wellbeing?	6
Analysing the types of evidence used by Australian federal parliamentary committees	6
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How an intermediary model manages the tension between low contractibility and probity when outsourcing human services	6
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Behavioural change and cultural evolution, rather than cultural change: Insights for Australian Public Service Reform	6
Hybridised public management: Introduction to the special issue	5
Risk analysis in social housing delivery: A public–private partnerships approach	5
ChatGPT in public policy teaching and assessment: An examination of opportunities and challenges	5
Can network analysis identify market problems in quasi‐markets? A proof‐of‐concept study on the National Disability Insurance Scheme	5
Indigenous institutions and local government in the Torres Strait	5
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Policy success and failure in Australia	5
Not my debt: The institutional origins of Robodebt	5
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Opportunities and challenges of using workforce big data: Insights from a mixed methods study on flexible working	4
Fostering change: Using the co‐production of services by the state and non‐profits to combat violence within the Israeli Arab community	4
Barriers to public sector innovation in Switzerland: A phase‐based investigation	4
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Administrative Burden Symposium: Introduction – Are we ‘administering inequality’ through our welfare systems?	4
From theory to practice: Value congruence in performance measures in U.S. federal agencies	4
The limits of voluntary measures: Packaging the plastic pollution problem in Australia	4
Research use and publishing diversity: The role of organisation research publishing for policy and practice	4
Issues of cross‐sector service delivery in complex settings: Does the ‘public policy–implementation’ framework help?	4
Reducing the gap between rhetoric and reality: Use of Digital Service Standards for public service innovation through digital transformation in Australia	4
Public sector innovation for sustainable development goals: A comparative study of innovation types in Thailand and Korea	4
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E‐participation for combating corruption, increasing voice and accountability, and developing government effectiveness: A cross‐country data analysis	4
Modelling the determinants of electronic tax filing services’ continuance usage intention	3
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Is there a role for hybrid service provision in place‐based initiatives within the human services sector? Findings from an Australian exploratory study	3
Explaining citizens’ pro‐environmental behaviours in public and private spheres: The mediating role of willingness to sacrifice for the environment	3
Fear of missing out? Linking workplace changes and presenteeism	3
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Cabinetisation or a Westminster solution? Understanding the employment of public servants in Australian ministers’ offices	3
What do ministers and their advisers say to the critics of Public–Private Partnerships? Results from a mixed‐methods study	3
Leadership skills for regulators	3
Citizen satisfaction with public services: A multi‐province study in Vietnam	3
Issue Information ‐ TOC	3
The Iranian policy advisory system: Contained politicisation and emerging technicisation	3
Hybridity as a governmental technique for designing and delivering NAPLAN in Australian schools	3
Back to the future: Reflections and predictions	2
Vale Gemma Carey: Warrior, scholar, friend	2
Analysing policy success and failure in Australia: Pink batts and set‐top boxes	2
The values dimension of policy success and failure: Considering two Australian rural adjustment policies	2
Innovating for the greater good: Examining innovation champions and what motivates them	2
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Assessing immigration policy success in Australia	2

Public servants working from home during the pandemic: Who gained and who lost?	2
Issue Information ‐ TOC	2
Co‐design or top‐down welfare conditionality? An analysis of the impact of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander submissions to six parliamentary inquiries into the Cashless Debit Card	2
Preferred policy options to assist post‐COVID‐19 mental health recovery: A population study	2
What is in a form? Examining the complexity of application forms and administrative burden	2
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How do street‐level organisations adapt to a new policy framework? Evidence from a Swiss canton	2
Combining project and process management in PPP network: Relationship between management style and outcome	2
Co‐generated knowledge as a path for establishing research impact	2
The role of Australian local government in economic development: Building international engagement capacity	2
The influence of religious institutional logic in frontline work	2
Addressing (in)equity through public policy and local governance systems: A case study of Queensland, Australia	2
A ‘fair go’ values framework for public policy	2
What influences public decision‐makers? An Australian case study	1
Governmental implementation of information and communication technology at the local level: Digital co‐production during a crisis	1
The negative relationships between employee resilience and ambiguity, complexity, and inter‐agency collaboration	1
Is ‘more’ better? Testing the assumption that larger local governments are more sustainable	1
Assessing policy analytical capacity in contemporary governments: New measures and metrics	1
Policy on innovation in Australia: Divergence in definitions, problems, and solutions	1
Trusted institutions: Expertise, gender, and legitimacy on planning panels	1
The nature of measurement across the hybridised social sector: A systematic review of reviews	1
Rights‐based accountability in aged care organisations: The roles of beliefs and boundary controls	1
How the political elite make decisions	1
How Green Banks can create multiple types of value in the transition to net zero emissions	1
Knowing what not to know: Unravelling the dynamics of selective knowledge in government policymaking	1
Regulating digital mental health services in Australia: Strengthening oversight and clarifying complaints mechanisms	1
Administrative burden alleviation and business ecosystem promotion: Evidence from China's company survey	1
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U.S. against the world: Authoritarianism among American public servants	1
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The mixed effects of e‐participation on the dynamic of trust in government: Evidence from Cameroon	1
Refining policies for financial stress	1
Prioritisation in municipal service delivery management: An exploratory qualitative research study in Turkish municipalities	1
Governing hybrid organisations: Lessons from the provision of local sports facility services in 2020s Finland	1
Where specialist and mainstream service systems collide: The National Disability Insurance Scheme in prisons	1
South Australia's quiet multiculturalism: Elite perspectives of the policy success of immigrant multiculturalism from 2007 to 2017	1
Children, COVID, and confusion: How frontline workers cope with the challenges of vaccine mandates	1
Examining organisational subcultures: Machinery of Government mergers and emerging organisational microcultures	1
The other side of the local government ledger—The association between revenue growth and population growth	1
Administering inequality? The National Disability Insurance Scheme and administrative burdens on individuals	1
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A cogwheel model of dynamic capabilities: Evidence from an Australian university	1
Hybrid organisational form as a response to institutional complexity: The case of local municipally owned corporations in Lahore	1
Understanding the costs of co‐commissioning: Early experiences with co‐commissioning in Australia	1
Hard bargaining—Passing Commonwealth schools funding legislation through the Senate—Successful policy but political failure	1
Collective action and co‐production of public services as alternative politics: The case of public transportation in Israel	1
Authentic leadership, psychological capital, acceptance of change, and innovative work behaviour in non‐profit organisations	1
The concept of the strategic state: An assessment after 30 years	1
Building people up: Growth‐oriented leadership in the public sector	1
Public management in turbulent times: COVID‐19 as an ecosystem disruptor	1
At a cost: A review of the public accountability risks of Social Impact Bonds	1
Value co‐destruction in complex public service networks: Exploring the dynamics of value creation and destruction	1
Why are individuals unwilling to report corruption? An inquiry into perception‐based definitions of corruption and employment‐related factors	1