OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Review of Public Personnel 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 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01.)

Article	Citations
Relationships Between Nonprofits’ Social Responsibility Structures and Employee Relations: A Multi-Level Approach	57
Can We Talk? An Exploratory Study of Gender and Network Ties in a Local Government Setting	42
Thinking “Outside the Box” Whilst Remaining “Inside the Box”: Do Rules and Procedures Demotivate Creativity and Innovation in the Public Sector?	35
Book Review: Civil service systems in East and Southeast Asia	35
A Moderated Mediation Model on the Relationship Among Public Service Motivation (PSM), Self-Efficacy, Job Satisfaction, and Readiness for Change	33
Favoritism in the Federal Workplace: Are Rules the Solution?	30
Putting the Humanity Back Into Public Human Resources Management: A Narrative Inquiry Analysis of Public Service in the Time of COVID-19	30
Corrigendum to “Are we innovative? Increasing perceptions of nonprofit innovation through leadership, inclusion, and commitment”	30
Why Is Outsourcing Good for Some Employees and Bad for Others? How Demands and Resources Moderate the Outcome	27
A Tradition of Public Service in Families	27
Women’s Representation and Federal Employees’ Sexual Harassment Experience	23
Cognitive Uncertainty and Employees’ Daily Innovative Work Behavior: The Moderating Role of Ambidextrous Leadership	20
The Impacts of Telework Options on Worker Outcomes in Local Government: Social Exchange and Social Exclusion Perspectives	20
Unbureaucratic Behavior in Times of Crisis: Rule-Breaking by Public Administrators	19
Pause But Not Panic: Exploring COVID-19 as a Critical Incident for Nonprofit Workers	19
The Emotional Toll of the COVID-19 Crisis on Local Government Workers	16
Halos, Performance Matching, and PSM: Experimental Evidence of Performance Appraisal Bias Among Korean Government Workers	16
Unions, Monitoring, and Deferred Compensation: Evidence From California School Districts	11
Improving Local Government Performance Through the Use of Contract Workers: A Case From South Korea	11
Book Review: Maternity Leave: Policy and Practice	11
Telework and Public Employees’ Attitudes Post-Pandemic: Experimental Evidence From Italy	10
Managerial Challenges of Emotional Labor Disruption: The COVID-19 Crisis in Mexico	10
Increasing Street-Level Bureaucrats’ Well-Being in Times of Crisis: A Survey Experiment With Two Social Belonging Interventions	9
Leadership Ambition: The Gendered and Racialized Differences of Leadership Representation in Public Organizations	9
Take (part) or Toss? Applying a Job Demands-Resources Lens to Public Leaders’ Motivation to Engage in Leader Training	9

When Destruction is the Goal	9
Do Motivated Public Servants Behave More Ethically?	9
Influence of Transactional Leadership, Transformational Leadership, and Leader Feedback on Reward Fairness, Organization Citizenship Behavior, and Job Satisfaction	8
Human Capital Drivers of Employee Intent to Innovate: The Case of Public Procurement Professionals	8
Joining in With Leadership? A Survey of Leadership Behaviour and Identity of Non-Managerial Employees in Public Organizations	7
I’m Only Human: A New E-road to Advancing Social Equity Through a Humanist Approach to Mentoring in Public Service	7
Accountability at Work: Effects of Employee Accountability on Emotional Exhaustion and Engagement among Healthcare Professionals in the Netherlands	7
Coping With, Or Recovering From COVID-19 Related Red Tape? Comparing Public Servants’ Strategies to Deal With the Health-Impairment and Demotivational Processes From Red Tape Through Well-Being on Per	7
Emotionally Intelligent Street-Level Bureaucracies: Agenda Setting for Promoting Equity in Public Service Delivery	7
Developing Perceived and Experienced Identity: How Leadership Training Affects Leadership Identity	7
Increasing the Effectiveness of Job Advertisements: How the Use of Imagery Language Impacts Perceived Organizational Attractiveness	6
Empowering Public Sector Employees With Disabilities: The Impact of DEIA Initiatives on Experience, Welfare, and Performance Confidence	6
Ties With Benefits: Relationship Between Relational Multiplexity, Gender, and Work-Life Balance	6
Workplace Disruption in the Public Sector and HRM Practices to Enhance Employee Resilience	6
Exploring the Impact of Public Service Motivation on Public Employee’s Coping Strategy With Clients: Nuanced Insights From Varied Contexts	6
Up the Chain: Gendered Mentoring in the U.S. Army	6
“I Expected More From You”: The Effect of Expectation-Disconfirmation on Employees’ Satisfaction With Supervisory Support	6
Reporting Workplace Discrimination: An Exploratory Analysis of Bystander Behavior	5
Employees’ Reactions to a Citizen Incivility Climate: A Multilevel Multisource Study	5
Pension Reform and Employee Satisfaction With the Public Service Profession: Evidence From the 2015 Public Officials Pension Reform in South Korea	5
The Moderating role of Organizational Culture in the Relationship Between Job Autonomy and Innovative Behavior	5
Yovino v. Rizo: The Equal Pay Act and Salary History Defense	4
Does Negative Performance Feedback Cause Managerial Turnover? The Moderating Role of Race	4
Mindfulness for Performance and Wellbeing in the Police: Linking Individual and Organizational Outcomes	4
Are Leadership Preferences Gendered? A Conjoint Analysis of Employee Preferences for Manager Characteristics in Male- and Female-Dominated Public Sub-Sectors in the Netherlands	4
Sexual Harassment and Employee Engagement: Exploring the Roles of Gender, Perceived Supervisory Support, and Gender Equity Climate	4
Defending and Expanding Boundaries: Exploring How COVID-19 Triggered Boundary Work Among HR Managers in the Public Sector	4
Solving the Riddle of Emotional Labor: How Display Rules and Emotive Intensity Interact	4
Process and Content in Performance Management: How Consistency and Supervisor Developmental Feedback Decrease Emotional Exhaustion Via High-Quality LMX	3
Public Value at Cross Points: A Comparative Study on Employer Attractiveness of Public, Private, and Nonprofit Organizations	3
Crisis in the U.S. Federal Workforce, the Parallel State, and Ways to Rebuild	3
Employer Value Propositions for Different Target Groups and Organizational Types in the Public Sector: Theory and Evidence From Field Experiments	3
The Power of Public Service: Human Resource Management and the COVID-19 Pandemic	3
How Does Street-Level Bureaucrats’ Experience with Career Plateaus Impact Their Public Service Motivation? Explanations from a Conservation of Resources Perspective	3
One Size Fits All? Exploring Motivation for Public Employees With a Job Fit Framework and Response Surface Analysis	3
United States Federal Employee Development in Turbulent Times: Using Job Demands-Resources Theory to Explain Changes in Perceived Performance and Turnover Intention During the COVID-19 Pandemic	3
Merit v. Equity, Redux	3
Did Leadership Become More Important During COVID-19? A Longitudinal Analysis of the Impact of Servant Leadership on Performance and Work-Life Balance Satisfaction in a Public Organization	3
The Fragility of Merit: Erosion of the Foundation of Public Service Under Trump	3
When Perceptions of Public Service Harms the Public Servant: Predictors of Burnout and Compassion Fatigue in Government	3
How Leader’s Red Tape Interacts With Employees’ Red Tape From the Lens of the Job Demands-Resources Model	3
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion—Essentials of Democracy	3
Work-Family Conflict and Burnout Amid COVID-19: Exploring the Mitigating Effects of Instrumental Leadership and Social Belonging	2
Perceived Organizational Reputation and Employee Outcomes: Looking in the Organizational Mirror, What do Employees See?	2
Blurred Lines: Exploring the Impact of Change Complexity on Role Clarity in the Public Sector	2
Applying Work Redesign Strategies in Chinese Government Reforms: Lessons for the Government Reform Study	2
Veteran Status and Job Candidate Assessments in U.S. Local Governments	2
Job Autonomy, Role Ambiguity, and Procedural Justice: A Multi-Conditional Process Model of Change-Oriented Organizational Citizenship Behavior in Public Organizations	2
Street-Level Leadership: Re-conceptualizing the Role of the Manager	2
Emergency Service Workers: The Role of Policy and Management in (Re)shaping Wellbeing for Emergency Service Workers	2

The Renaissance of Performance Appraisal: Engaging Public Employees Through Perceived Developmental Purpose and Justice	2
Symbolic Effect of Bureaucratic Representation Under Labor Shortage	2
From Bureaucrats to Entrepreneurs to Networkers, Advocates, and Empaths: Reappraising Human Resources Management Ideals and Practices in Public Administration	2
Comparing Organizational Trust and Public Service Motivation Influence on Job and Organization Engagement Between Public and Private Sector Organizations Employees	2
Job Satisfaction and the Digital Transformation of the Public Sector: The Mediating Role of Job Autonomy	2