Service-learning courses help students to identify career opportunities and foster civic engagement, but links to projects with local governments may be difficult to forge. State municipal associations are well positioned
Mar 2025
The Routledge Handbook on Crisis, Polycrisis, and Public Administration
This volume considers how local, national, and global crises with differing durations, sizes, and impacts challenge the public sector to respond. Within the public administration and policy disciplines, there has
Jan 2025
A leniência organizacional, definida como a falha sistemática da gestão em lidar com problemas de desempenho (como baixa produtividade, baixa qualidade de trabalho, absenteísmo, etc.), é frequentemente uma realidade em
Jul 2023
Public Service Motivation and Employee Burnout and Turnover During Times of Crisis
Using two-waive survey data and personnel records collected from a police organization, this study examines the relationship between public service motivation (PSM) and public employee burnout and turnover behavior during
Feb 2023
Behavioral Public Administration: Recognizing, Celebrating and Reflecting on Research Trends
Wright, B. E. (2023). Behavioral Public Administration: Recognizing, Celebrating and Reflecting on Research Trends. In Frontier Research in Behavioral Public Administration (pp. 17-24). Singapore: Springer Nature Singapore. Full Article
Nov 2022
In recent years, law enforcement officers in the USA have faced substantial new demands due to the COVID-19 pandemic and nationwide community protests for racial justice and police reform. To
Sep 2021
Sustainability management, strategy and reform in local government
As discussions about sustainability management in local government evolve, public managers lack clear frameworks prescribing how sustainability should be integrated into the practice of management. Studies in public administration tend
Jan 2021
The organization of city government into specialized departments allows cities to accomplish an array of service delivery tasks. Government reformers argue this fragmentation creates coordination challenges when problems spillover the lines of specialized
May 2019
Collaborative local governance: building metropolitan services, vision, and teamwork
Local governments and metropolitan areas within the US provide venues in which to explore fundamental questions about the links between professional public management and a democratic society. The progressive reform
Apr 2016
Overpaid? Public Service Delivery and City Manager Compensation in California
City manager compensation has received heightened scrutiny in the media and in public debate. High salaries for city managers are sometimes compared with the salaries of elected officials, but this
