Professor of Public Administration and Policy

Curriculum Vitae

Dr. Brewer is an internationally recognized public management scholar who regularly lectures, consults, and conducts research in the U.S. and abroad. He is considered an expert on public administration, management, and the policy process. His current research interests include public sector reform, government performance improvement, international and comparative administration, organization theory and behavior, rules and red tape, and bureaucratic accountability in democratic political systems. Dr. Brewer is a National Academy of Public Administration (NAPA) fellow and a Fulbright senior specialist.

Education
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  • PhD, The University of Georgia, Public Administration, 2001
  • MPA, The University of Georgia, Public Administration, 1980
  • BS, The University of Georgia, Secondary Social Science Education, 1978
Areas of Expertise
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  • Public Administration
  • Management
  • Policy Process
Research Interests
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Dr. Brewer specializes in public administration, management, and the policy process, and he regularly lectures, consults, and publishes research in the USA and internationally. His research interests coincide with his teaching interests and include the following topics: public administration and democracy, public personnel administration (human resources management), organization theory and behavior, organization development and change, government performance improvement, public policy implementation, international and comparative administration, research methods and design, and data applications. He is also interested in emerging topics in public management research such as experimental research methods, interorganizational networks, public leadership, public service motivation, public service performance, public values, rules and red tape, and the rise of populism.

Selected Publications
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Books and Monographs:

  1. Public Policy and Politics in Georgia: Lessons from Post-Soviet Transition. Stuttgart and Hanover, Germany: Ibidem-Verlag Press/New York, NY: Columbia University Press.  ISBN-13:‎ 978-3838215358, 282 pp.  (Co-authors/co-editors: J. Edward Kellough and Tima T. Moldogaziev)
  2. Managing for Public Service Performance: How People and Values Make a Difference. Oxford, England: Oxford University Press. ISBN-13: ‎978-0192893420, 368 pp.  (Co-authors/co-editors: Lotte Bøgh Andersen, Christian Bøtcher Jacobsen, Eva Knies, Peter L. M. Leisink, and Wouter Vandenabeele)

2010/2012.  Public Management and Performance: Research Directions.  Cambridge, UK, and New York: Cambridge University Press.  ISBN-13: 978-1107411678, 302 pp.  Note: a second Korean-language edition was published and the book was re-printed in paperback in 2012.  (Co-editors/co-authors: George A. Boyne and  Richard M. Walker)

  1. A Portrait of Public Servants: Empirical Evidence from Comparisons with Other Citizens. Ph.D. dissertation, University of Georgia, 248 pp.  https://esploro.libs.uga.edu/esploro/outputs/doctoral/A-portrait-of-public-servants-empirical/9949332907702959.  Supervised by now Emeritus Professor Laurence J. O’Toole, Jr.
  2. 2000. Administrative Reform and Organizational Change in the Public Sector. Democracy Project AP 24/2000.  Copenhagen, Denmark: University of Copenhagen Press.  ISBN: 9788773934487, 48 pp. and abstracts.

Refereed Articles and Book Chapters:

  1. “Public and Private Values: A Continuing Story?” In Graeme Hodge, Carston Greve, and  Eoin Reeves (eds.), Research Handbook on Privatisation.  Cheltenham and Camberley, UK, and Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd.  Accepted January 8, 2024.
  2. “Towards a Measure of Institutional Public Service Motivation: Theoretical Underpinnings and Propositions for Future Research.” Asia Pacific Journal of Public Administration, 44, 3 (July): 195-213.  First published DOI: 10.1080/23276665.2022.2085125.  An earlier version of this article was presented at the Annual Meeting of the International Research Society for Public Management (IRSPM-XXVI) in Bern, Switzerland – hybrid meeting, April 19-22, 2022.  (Co-authors: Jeannette Taylor and Guillem Ripoll Pascual)
  3. “Street-Level Bureaucracy in Public Administration: A Systematic Literature Review.” Public Management Review, 25, 11 (April): 2191-2211.  Earlier versions of this article were presented at the Public Management Research Conference, Singapore, May 31 – June 2, 2018; and the International Yonsei Public Administration Conference on Behavioral Public Administration and Critical Public Policy Issues, Seoul, Korea, January 17-19, 2018.  (Co-author: Ahrum Chang)
  4. “Challenges of Building Nonprofit Capacity for Cross-Sector Collaboration, Including Minority-Led Nonprofits,” International Journal of Business and Social Science, 12, 8 (August): 1-6. An earlier version of this article was presented at the Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, Illinois, April 14-18, 2021.  (Co-authors: Bruce Neubauer and Michael Rogers)
  5. “Merit System Integrity and Public Service Motivation in the U.S. Civil Service: Evidence on the Importance of Merit Principles.” In Randall S. Davis and Edmund C. Stazyk (eds.), Handbook of Research on Motivation in Public Administration, Cheltenham and Camberley, UK, and Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd., Chapter 8, pp. 218-233.  Earlier versions of this chapter were presented at the Annual Meeting of the International Research Society for Public Management (IRSPM-XXI), Budapest, Hungary, April 19-21, 2017; and a brownbag luncheon at Utrecht University School of Governance in the Netherlands, December 14, 2017.  (Coauthors: J. Edward Kellough and Hal G. Rainey)
  6. “From Theory to Practice: Value Congruence in Performance Measures in U.S. Federal Agencies”, Australian Journal of Public Administration, 81, 2 (June): 343-366. (Co-author: Eunjin Hwang)
  7. “The Importance of Merit Principles for Civil Service Systems: Evidence from the U.S. Federal Sector”, Review of Public Personnel Administration, 42, 4 (December): 686-708. Earlier versions of this article were presented at the 2016 Public Management Research Conference, Aarhus, Denmark, June 22-24, 2016; and the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, San Francisco, California, August 31 – September 3.  (Co-authors J. Edward Kellough and Hal G. Rainey)
  8. “Lessons for Policy, Administration, and Politics from Georgia.” In Tima T. Moldogaziev, Gene A. Brewer, and J. Edward Kellough (eds.), Public Policy and Politics in Georgia: Lessons from Post-Soviet Transition.  (Stuttgart and Hanover, Germany: Ibidem-Verlag Press/New York, NY: Columbia University Press, 2021), Chapter 1.  (Co-authors: Tima T. Moldogaziev and J. Edward Kellough)
  9. “Performance Information Use Under Financial Stress: How Do Public, Nonprofit, and Private Organizations Differ?” Lead article in Public Performance and Management Review, 44, 1 (January): 1-27.  (Coauthors: Roger Pfiffner and Adrian Ritz)
  10. “Introduction: Managing for Public Service Performance.” In Lotte Bøgh   Andersen, Gene A. Brewer, Christian Bøtcher Jacobsen, Eva Knies, Peter L. M. Leisink, and Wouter Vandenabeele (eds.), Managing for Public Service Performance: How People and Values Make a Difference (Oxford, England: Oxford University Press, 2021), Chapter 1.  (Co-authors: Lotte Bøgh Andersen,          Christian Bøtcher Jacobsen, Eva Knies, Peter L. M. Leisink, and Wouter Vandenabeele)
  11. “Stakeholders, Public Value(s), and Public Service Performance Research.” In Lotte Bøgh Andersen, Gene A. Brewer, Christian Bøtcher Jacobsen, Eva Knies, Peter L. M. Leisink, and Wouter Vandenabeele (eds.), Managing for Public Service Performance: How People and Values Make a Difference.  Oxford, England: Oxford University Press, Chapter 2.  An earlier version of this chapter was presented at a post-conference workshop following the Annual Meeting of the European Group for Public Administration (EGPA), Lausanne, Switzerland, September 7, 2018.  (Co-authors: Lotte Bøgh Andersen and Peter L. M. Leisink)
  12. “Conclusions and Directions for Future Research and Practice.” In Lotte Bøgh Andersen, Gene A. Brewer, Christian Bøtcher Jacobsen, Eva Knies, Peter L. M. Leisink, and Wouter Vandenabeele (eds.), Managing for Public Service Performance: How People and Values Make a Difference (Oxford, England: Oxford University Press, 2021), Chapter 16.  (Co-authors: Lotte Bøgh Andersen, Christian Bøtcher Jacobsen, Eva Knies, Peter L. M. Leisink, and Wouter Vandenabeele)
  13. “Existing and Preferred Organizational Culture in Public Organizations: The Case of an Electricity Power Plant in Algeria.” Journal of Transnational Management, 25, 2 (August): 154-171.  (Co- authors: Raouf Kaouache and Djamel Eddine Kaouache)
  14. “Best Practice Recommendations for Replicating Experiments in Public Administration.” Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory, 29, 4 (October 2019): 609–626.  Earlier versions of this article were presented at the 2018 International Yonsei Public Administration Conference on Behavioral Public Administration and Critical Public Policy Issues, Seoul, Korea, January 17-19; Bocconi University School of Management in Milan, Italy, February 25; and the Annual Meeting of the International Research Society for Public Management (IRSPM XXII), Edinburgh, Scotland, April 11-13. (Co-authors: M. Jin Lee, Nicolai Petrovsky, Richard M. Walker, and Arjen van Witteloostuijn)
  15. “Public Service Motivation: Overcoming Major Obstacles to Research Progress.” In Andrew Massey (ed.), A Research Agenda for Public Administration.  Cheltenham and Camberley, UK, and Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd., pp. 202-219.  Earlier versions of this chapter were presented at the Thirteenth Biennial Public Management Research Association (PMRA) Conference, Minneapolis, Minnesota, June 10-11, 2015, and the Annual Meeting of the International Research Society for Public Management (IRSPM-XX), Hong Kong, PRC, April 13-15, 2016.
  16. “Dueling Banjos in American Public Administration: The Enduring Themes of Accountability and Performance.” In Edmund C. Stazyk and H. George Frederickson (eds.), The Handbook of American Public Administration. Cheltenham and Camberley, UK, and Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd., pp. 119-136.
  17. “Replication, Experiments and Knowledge in Public Management Research.” Lead article of symposium in Public Management Review, 19, 9 (Special Issue): 1221-1234.  (Co-authors: Richard M. Walker and Oliver James)
  18. “Red Tape: Developing and Validating a New Job-Centered Measure.” Public Administration Review, 76, 4 (July/August): 662–673.  Article republished in 2018 virtual issue of highly cited articles in Public Administration Review.  (Co-authors: Nina M. van Loon, Peter L. M. Leisink, and Eva Knies)
  19. “Administrative Values and Public Personnel Management: Reflections on Civil Service Reform.” Public Personnel Management, 45, 2 (June): 171-189.  Earlier versions of this article were presented at the International Conference for Administrative Development: Towards Excellence in Public Sector Performance, Institute of Public Administration, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, November 1-4, 2009); and at the Annual Meeting of the European Group of Public Administration, Speyer, Germany, September 8-11, 2014.  (Co-author: J. Edward Kellough)
  20. “Public Service Motivation: A Systematic Literature Review and Outlook.” Public Administration Review, 76, 3 (May/June): 414-426.  Article republished in 2018 virtual issue of highly cited articles in Public Administration Review.  Earlier versions of this article were presented at the Annual Meeting of the International Research Society for Public Management (IRSPM-XVII), Prague, Czech Republic, April 10-12, 2013; and the 12th Biennial Public Management Research Association (PMRA) Conference, Madison, Wisconsin, June 20-22, 2013.  (Coauthors: Adrian Ritz and Oliver Neumann)
  21. “Identifying Student Traits and Motives to Service-Learn: Public Service Orientation among New College Freshmen.” Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement, 19, 4 (Winter 2015): 1-24.  An earlier version of this article was uploaded for presentation at the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, New Orleans, Louisiana, August 30 – September 2,      2012, which was cancelled due to Hurricane Isaac.  (Co-authors: Robert K. Christensen, Justin M. Stritch, and J. Edward Kellough)
  22. “Social Capital and Public Service Performance: Does Managerial Strategy Matter?” Lead article in Public Performance and Management Review, 38, 2 (December 2014; published online 20 Jan 2015): 187-213.  An earlier version of this article was presented at the 20th Anniversary and 11th Biennial Public       Management Research Association (PMRA) Conference in Syracuse, New York, June 2-4, 2011.  (Co-author: Rhys Andrews)
  23. “Past, Present and Future of Public Service Motivation Research.” Introduction and lead article in a special issue symposium on ‘The Future of Public Service Motivation Research’ in Public Administration (UK), 92, 4 (December): 779-789.  (I was guest editor of the symposium and helped write the introduction and lead article with co-editors/co-authors: Adrian Ritz and Wouter Vandenabeele.)  An earlier version of the article was presented at the International Research Conference: One Step Beyond: Refining Public Service Motivation Theory and Research Methods, Utrecht, the Netherlands, November 16, 2013.
  24. “Parsing Public/Private Differences in Work Motivation and Performance: An Experimental Study.” In Justin B. Bullock, Hal G. Rainey, and Andrew B. Whitford (eds.), Virtual Issue Exclusive: Experiments in Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory.  Available online at: http://www.oxfordjournals.org/our_journals/jopart/virtual_issue_experiments_in_jp.html.  This article was first published in 2011.  (Co-author: Gene A. Brewer Jr.)
  25. “Public Administration Research in East and Southeast Asia: A Review of the English Language Evidence, 1999-2009.” Lead article in a symposium on Public Administration Research in Asia, American Review of Public Administration, 44, 2 (March): 131-150.  An earlier version of the article was presented at the Inaugural Meeting of the Asian Association for Public Administration (AAPA) and the ninth Asian Forum, Tokyo, Japan, January 29-31, 2010; and the PMRA.IRSPM.ASIA Conference, University of Hong Kong, October 14-16,                2010.  (Co-authors: Richard M. Walker and Yujin Choi)
  26. “An Experimental Assessment of Public Ownership and Performance: Comparing Perceptions in East Asia and the United States.” Symposium on East Asian Public Management, Public Management Review, 10, 8 (November): 1208-1228.  An earlier version of the article was presented at a Workshop Meeting on Performance Practices in East and Southeast Asia, Hong Kong, December 1-3, 2011.  (Co-authors: Barry Bozeman, M. Jae Moon, Richard M. Walker, and Jiannan Wu)
  27. “Does Societal Culture Affect Public Service Motivation? Evidence of Sub-National Differences in Switzerland.” Symposium on Advancing Public Service Motivation Research in a Globalized World, International Public Management Journal, 16, 2 (August): 224-251.  Earlier versions of this article were presented at the Fourteenth Annual Meeting of the International Research Society for Public Management (IRSPM-XIV), Bern, Switzerland, April 6-9, 2010; and at the International Workshop on Public Service Motivation and Public Performance in a Globalized World, Wuhan/Xi’an, China, July 14-16, 2010.  (Co-author: Adrian Ritz)
  28. “Public Management Contributions for Improving Social Service Performance: Public Values, Public Service Motivation, and Rule Functionality.” In Peter L. M. Leisink, Paul Boselie, Maarten van Bottenburg, and Dian Marie Hosking (eds.), Managing Social Issues: A Public Values Perspective.  Cheltenham and Camberley, UK, and Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd., pp. 19-36.  An earlier version of this chapter was presented at the Utrecht University School of Governance Tenth Anniversary Celebration and Conference on ‘Public Matters’, Utrecht, the Netherlands, November 19-20, 2010.
  29. “Personnel Constraints in Public Organizations: The Impact of Reward and Punishment on Organizational Performance.” Public Administration Review, 73, 1 (January/February): 121-131.  Earlier versions of this article were presented at the Eleventh Annual Meeting of the International Research Society for Public Management (IRSPM-XI), Potsdam, Germany, April 2-4, 2007; and the 10th Biennial Public Management Research Association (PMRA) Conference,       Columbus, Ohio, October 1-3, 2009.  (Co-author: Richard M. Walker)
  30. “Social Capital, Management Capacity, and Public Service Performance: Evidence from the U.S. States.” Public Management Review, 15, 1 (January-February): 19-42.  Earlier versions of this article were presented at the Annual                 Meeting of the European Group of Public Administration, Rotterdam, Netherlands, September 3-6, 2008; and the Thirteenth Annual Meeting of the International Research Society for Public Management (IRSPM-XIII), Copenhagen, Denmark, April 6-8, 2009.  (Co-author: Rhys Andrews)
  31. “External Control and Red Tape: The Mediating Effects of Client and Organizational Feedback.” Symposium on Red Tape, International Public Management Journal, 15, 3 (Autumn): 288-314.  Earlier versions of this article were presented at the Twelfth Annual Meeting of the International Research Society for Public Management (IRSPM-XII), Brisbane, Australia, March 26-28, 2008; and the 20th Anniversary and 11th Biennial Public Management Research Association (PMRA) Conference, Syracuse, New York, June 2-4, 2011.  (Co-authors: Richard M. Walker, Barry Bozeman, Claudia Avellaneda, and Gene A. Brewer Jr.)
  32. “Market Orientation and Public Service Performance: NPM Gone Mad?” Public Administration Review, 71, 5 (September/October): 707-717.  Earlier versions of this article were presented at a research conference at the National University of Singapore in 2007; and the Determinants of Performance in Public Organizations II Conference, University of Hong Kong, December 7-9, 2006.  (Co-authors: Claudia Avellaneda, George A. Boyne, and Richard M. Walker)
  33. “Parsing Public/Private Differences in Work Motivation and Performance: An Experimental Study.” Symposium on Public/Private Differences and Performance”, Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory, 21, 3 (July): 347-362.  An earlier version of this article was presented at the International Comparisons of Public and Private Management Workshop, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, November 4-5, 2008.  (Co-author: Gene A. Brewer Jr.)
  34. “The Barriers and Facilitators to Implementing Primary Stroke Center Policy in the United States: Results from Four Case Study States”, American Journal of Public Health, 101, 3 (March): 561-566. An earlier version of this article was presented at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, March 5, 2009.  (Co-authors: Laurence J. O’Toole, Jr., Catherine P. Slade, and Lauren N. Gase)
  35. “Civil Service Reform under George W. Bush: Ideology, Politics, and Public Personnel Administration.” Symposium on Personnel Policy in the George W. Bush Administration, Review of Public Personnel Administration, 30, 4 (December): 404-422.  An earlier version of this article was presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Toronto, Canada, September 3-6, 2009.  (Co-authors: J. Edward Kellough and Lloyd G. Nigro)
  36. “Substitution and Supplementation between Co-Functional Policy Instruments: Evidence from State Budget Stabilization Practices.” Public Administration Review, 70, 6: 914-924.  (Co-author: Yilin Hou)
  37. “Explaining Variations in Perceptions of Red Tape: A Professionalism-Marketization Model.” Public Administration, 88, 2 (June): 418-438.  An earlier version of this article was presented at the Tenth Annual Meeting of the International Research Society for Public Management (IRSPM-X), Glasgow, Scotland, April 10-12, 2006.  (Co-author: Richard M. Walker)
  38. “Social Capital and Fire Service Performance: Evidence from the U.S. States.” Social Science Quarterly, 91, 2 (June): 576-591.  (Co-author: Rhys Andrews)
  39. “Why Elephants Gallop: Assessing and Predicting Organizational Performance in Federal Agencies.” In Stuart Ira Bretschneider, Carolyn Heinrich, Beryl A. Radin, and Craig Thomas (eds.), JPART Reader.  Available electronically: http://www.oxfordjournals.org/our journals/jopart/collectionspage.html.  This article was first published in 2000.  (Co-author: Sally Coleman Selden)
  40. “Public Service Motivation and Performance.” In Richard M. Walker, George A. Boyne, and Gene A. Brewer (eds.), Public Management and Performance: Research Directions.  Cambridge, UK, and New York: Cambridge University Press, pp. 152-177.
  41. “Red Tape: The Bane of Public Organizations?” In Richard M. Walker, George A. Boyne, and Gene A. Brewer (eds.), Public Management and Performance: Research Directions.  Cambridge, UK, and New York: Cambridge University Press, pp. 110-126.  (Co-author: Richard M. Walker)
  42. “How Far has Market Orientation Penetrated Public Organizations? An Empirical Test on Customer Satisfaction.”  In M. Ramesh, Eduardo Araral Jr., and Xun Wu (eds.), Reasserting the Public in Public Services: New Public Management Reforms.  London: Routledge, pp. 63-78.  An earlier version of this chapter was presented at a research conference at the National University of Singapore in 2007.  (Co-authors:  Richard M. Walker and George A. Boyne)
  43. “The Impact of Red Tape on Governmental Performance: An Empirical Analysis.” Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory, 20, 1 (January): 233-257.  An earlier version of this article was presented at the 27th Annual Fall Research Conference of the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management (APPAM), Washington DC, November 3–5, 2005.  (Co-author: Richard M. Walker)
  44. “Assessing the Impact of Crises on the Performance and Governance of Asian Countries.” In Clay Wescott, Bidhya Bowornwathana and Lawrence R. Jones (eds.), Research in Public Policy Analysis and Management, Vol. 18 – The Many Faces of Public Management Reform in the Asia-Pacific Region. Bingley, UK: Emerald Group Publishing Limited, pp. 361-381.  (Co-authors: Yu Jin Choi and Richard M. Walker)
  45. “Can Management Strategy Minimize the Impact of Red Tape on Organizational Performance?” Administration & Society, 41, 4 (July): 423-448.  Earlier versions of this article were presented at the Second Transatlantic Dialogue (2TAD) meeting in Leuven, Belgium, June 1-3, 2006; and the Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, Illinois, April 12-15, 2007.  (Co-author: Richard M. Walker)
  46. “Can Public Managers Reduce Red Tape? The Role of Internal Management in Overcoming External Constraints.”  Policy & Politics, 37, 2 (April): 255-272.  An earlier version of this article was presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, August 31 – September 3, 2006.  (Co-author: Richard M. Walker)
  47. “Linking Accountability, Corruption and Government Effectiveness in Asia: An Examination of World Bank Governance Indicators.” In Bidhya Bowornwathana and Clay Wescott (eds.), Research in Public Policy Analysis and Management, Vol. 17 – Comparative Governance Reform in Asia: Democracy, Corruption, and Government Trust.  Bingley, UK: Emerald Group Publishing Limited, pp. 227-245.  (Co-authors: Richard M. Walker and Yujin Choi)
  48. “An Organizational Echelon Analysis of the Determinants of Red Tape in PublicOrganizations.” Public Administration Review, 68, 6 (November/December): 1112-1127.  An earlier version of this article was presented at the Eighth Biennial Public Management Research Association (PMRA) Conference, Los Angeles, California, September 29 – October 1, 2005.  (Co-author: Richard M. Walker)
  49. “Federal Farm Policy and the Role of Agricultural Agencies in Rural America.” In Gary A. Goreham (ed.), Vol. 1 – Encyclopedia of Rural America: The Land and the People, 2d ed.  Millerton, New York: Grey House Publishing, pp. 439-444.
  50. “Employee and Organizational Performance.” In James L. Perry and Annie Hondeghem (eds.).  Motivation in Public Management: The Call of Public Service.  Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press, pp. 136-156.
  51. “Accountability, Corruption and Government Effectiveness in Asia: An Exploration of World Bank Governance Indicators.”  In Asian Forum Symposium, International Public Management Review, 8, 2 (October): 200-219.  (Co-authors: Yu Jin Choi and Richard M. Walker)
  52. “The Status of Organization Development in Public Administration: Another Case of Practice Being Ahead of Theory.” In Thomas G. Cummings (ed.), Handbook of Organizational Development.  Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, pp. 541-551.  (Co-author: Robert T. Golembiewski)
  53. “All Measures of Performance are Subjective: More Evidence on U.S. Federal Agencies.” In George A. Boyne, Kenneth J. Meier, Laurence J. O’Toole, Jr., and Richard M. Walker (eds.), Public Service Performance.  Cambridge, UK, and New York: Cambridge University Press, pp. 35-54.
  54. “Designing and Implementing E-Government Systems: Critical Implications for Public Administration and Democracy.” Administration & Society, 38, 4 (September): 472-499.  (Co-authors: Bruce J. Neubauer and Karen Geiselhart)
  55. “In the Eye of the Storm: Frontline Supervisors and Federal Agency Performance.” Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory, 15, 4 (October): 505-527.  An earlier version of this article was presented at the Determinants of Performance in Public Organizations: Advancing Knowledge in Public Management Conference, Cardiff, Wales, May 6-8, 2004.
  56. “Does Administrative Reform Improve Bureaucratic Performance? A Cross-Country Empirical Analysis.”  Public Finance and Management, 4, 3 (Summer): 399-428.  An earlier version of this article was presented at a Research Workshop on the Empirical Study of Governance, Management, and Performance, College Station, Texas, February 21-23, 2001.
  57. “Virtual Scholarly Collaboration: A Case Study.” The Journal of Computing Sciences in Colleges, 19, 4 (April): 92-98.  (Co-author: Bruce J. Neubauer)
  58. “Building Social Capital: Civic Attitudes and Behavior of Public Servants.” Lead article in Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory, 13, 1 (January): 5-26.  An earlier version of this article was presented at the 6th Biennial Public Management Research Association (PMRA) Conference, Bloomington, Indiana, October 18-20, 2001.
  59. “Bureaucratic Politics.” In Jack Rabin (ed.), Encyclopedia of Public Administration and Public Policy.  New York, NY: Marcel Dekker, Inc., pp. 141-146.
  60. “Measuring Power and Presence: Bureaucratic Representation in the American States.” Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory, 11, 3 (July): 379-402.  Earlier versions of this article were presented at the Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, Illinois, April 27-30, 2000; and the Annual Meeting of American Political Science     Association, Atlanta, Georgia, September 2-5, 1999.  (Co-authors: Vernon L. Greene and Sally Coleman Selden)
  61. “The Great Transformation? Administrative and Civil Service Reform in Western Democracies.”  In Stephen E. Condrey and Robert A. Maranto (eds.), Radical Reform of the Civil Service.  Lanham, MD: Lexington Books, pp. 43-68.
  62. “Why Elephants Gallop: Assessing and Predicting Organizational Performance in Federal Agencies.” Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory, 10, 4 (October): 685-711.  An earlier version of this article was presented at the Annual Meeting of American Political Science Association, Atlanta, Georgia, September 2-5, 1999.  (Co-author: Sally Coleman Selden)
  63. “Individual Conceptions of Public Service Motivation.” Public Administration Review, 60, 3 (May/June): 254-264.  (Co-authors: Sally Coleman Selden and Rex L. Facer II)
  64. “Work Motivation in the Senior Executive Service: Testing the High-Performance Cycle Theory.” Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory, 10, 3 (July): 531-550.  Earlier versions of this article were presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, New York, New York, September 1-4, 1994; and the Twenty-Fifth Anniversary Celebration Conference for the Doctor of Public Administration Program, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, May 9-10, 1997.  (Co-author: Sally Coleman Selden)
  65. “Comparing the Roles of Political Appointees and Career Executives in the U.S. Federal Executive Branch.” The American Review of Public Administration, 30, 1 (March): 69-86.  An earlier version of this article was presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Boston, Massachusetts, September 3-6, 1998.  (Co-author: Robert A. Maranto)
  66. “Determinants of Graduate Research Productivity in Doctoral Programs of Public Administration.” Lead article in Public Administration Review, 59, 5 (September/October): 373 382.  An earlier version of this article was presented at the Annual Meeting of the National Association of Schools of Public Affairs and Administration, Miami, Florida, October 13-19, 1999.  (Co-authors: James W. Douglas, Rex L. Facer II, and Laurence J. O’Toole, Jr.)
  67. “What’s in a Name? Comparing DPA and Ph.D. Programs.”  Journal of Public Affairs Education, 5, 4 (October): 309-317.  (Co-authors: Rex L. Facer II, Laurence J. O’Toole, Jr., and James W. Douglas)
  68. “The Role of City Managers: Are They Principals, Agents, or Both?” The American Review of Public Administration, 29, 2 (June): 124-148.  An earlier version of this article was presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Washington, DC, August 28-31.  (Co-authors: Sally Coleman Selden and Jeffrey L. Brudney)
  69. “Reconciling Competing Values in Public Administration: Understanding the Administrative Role Concept.” Administration & Society, 31, 3 (May): 171-204.  An earlier version of this article was presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, San Francisco, California, August 29 – September 1, 1996.  (Co-authors: Sally Coleman Selden and Jeffrey L. Brudney)
  70. “Supervisors’ Perceptions of the Performance of Cooperative Education Employees Working in Federal Agencies.” Review of Public Personnel Administration, 19, 2 (Spring): 50-60.  An earlier version of this article was presented at the Annual Meeting of the Southern Political Science Association, Atlanta, Georgia, October 28-31, 1998.  (Co-author: James W. Douglas)
  71. “Whistle-Blowers in the Federal Civil Service: New Evidence of the Public Service Ethic.” Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory, 8, 3 (July): 413-439.  An earlier version of this article was presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Chicago, Illinois, August 31 – September 3, 1995.  (Co-author: Sally Coleman Selden)
  72. “The State of Doctoral Education in Public Administration: Developments in the Field’s Research Preparation.” Journal of Public Affairs Education, 4, 2 (April): 123-135.  An earlier version of this article was presented at the Annual Meeting of the Southeastern Conference on Public Administration, Miami, Florida, October 3-5, 1996.  (Co-authors: Rex L. Facer II, Laurence J. O’Toole, Jr., and James W. Douglas)
  73. “Does It Pay? The Case of Mobile Coronary Care Units.”  Journal of Health and Human Resources Administration, 5, 3 (Summer): 90-103.  (Co-author: Frank K. Gibson)

Invited Non-Refereed Works:

  1. “Introduction to the Symposium on Public Service Motivation: An International Sampling of Research.” Special Issue on Public Service Motivation in the International Journal of Public Administration, 35, 1 (Special Issue): 1-4.  (I was a guest editor of the symposium with co-editors Adrian Ritz and Wouter Vandenabeele.)
  2. “Public Service Motivation: Expanding the Frontiers of Theory and Empirical Research.” Review of Public Personnel Administration 31, 1 (March): 3-9.  (I was guest editor of the five-article symposium and wrote the lead-in.)
  3. “Case History: Drafting the Bolero Plan.” Public Administration Review 64, 6 (November/December): 1162-1171.  (I was case editor of the journal, wrote the introduction, and edited the archival case study.)
  4. “Professional Norms Discussed.” Administration and Politics 5, 1 (Fall): 2-3.

Guest Edited Special Issues and Symposia:

  1. Guest editor, ‘Symposium on Public Service Motivation’, International Journal of Public Management. Several articles were published in extant issues during the year.  (Co-guest editors: Adrian Ritz and Wouter Vandenabeele)
  2. Guest editor, ‘Replication, Experiments and Knowledge in Public Management Research’, Public Management Review, 19, 9 (Special Issue): 1221-1379. (Co-guest editors: Richard M. Walker and Oliver James)
  3. Guest editor, ‘Special Issue: Symposium on The Future of Public Service Motivation Research’. Public Administration (UK), 92, 4 (December): 779–1123.  (Co-guest editors: Adrian Ritz and Wouter Vandenabeele.)
  4. Guest editor, ‘Symposium on Public Service Motivation: An International Sampling of Research.’ Special Issue in the International Journal of Public Administration, 35, 1 (Special Issue): 1-79.  (Co-guest editors: Adrian Ritz and Wouter Vandenabeele.)
  5. Guest editor, symposium on ‘Public Service Motivation: Expanding the Frontiers of Theory and Empirical Research.’ Review of Public Personnel Administration 31, 1 (March): 3-107.

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