{"title":"Citizens' perceptions of the legitimacy of independent agencies: The effects of expertise-based and reputation-sourced authority","authors":"Dovilė Rimkutė, Honorata Mazepus","doi":"10.1111/puar.13916","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/puar.13916","url":null,"abstract":"Legitimacy is a central concern for independent agencies tasked with shaping policies. While expertise-based and reputation-sourced authority bases are assumed to be relevant for agency legitimacy, their individual and joint effects on citizens' perceptions lack comprehensive examination. To address this gap, the study integrates insights from bureaucratic politics, bureaucratic reputation, and cognitive psychology. Our survey experiment with Dutch citizens, focusing on the European Food Safety Authority, suggests that expertise-based authority positively affects perceived agency legitimacy, while a negative reputation has detrimental effects. Furthermore, expertise-based authority moderates the impact of reputation, amplifying positive effects and mitigating negative ones. This implies that agencies are more susceptible to reputational threats when they lack expertise-based authority. The study advances the theoretical tenets of bureaucratic reputation theory and offers effective strategies for agencies to strengthen their legitimacy among the most critical audience in democratic political systems—citizens.","PeriodicalId":48431,"journal":{"name":"Public Administration Review","volume":"74 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":8.3,"publicationDate":"2025-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142917406","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Reducing horizontal neglect in local government: The role of informal institutions","authors":"Jostein Askim, Kurt Houlberg, Søren Serritzlew","doi":"10.1111/puar.13925","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/puar.13925","url":null,"abstract":"The problem of “horizontal neglect” is fundamental to decentralization. However, while individual local authorities may lack incentives to consider the benefits and costs that their actions have on others, they are not always indifferent to these spillover effects. The study focuses on a clear case of horizontal neglect, namely the tendency of local authorities to overspend prior to merging. By employing a survey experiment involving Norwegian local elected officials, the article demonstrates that horizontal neglect can be alleviated through informal institutions, specifically through prosocial norms and the framing of decisions in a way that encourages officials to consider the impact on other jurisdictions. Priming local politicians with reminders of their broader responsibilities reduces both horizontal neglect and the overspending effect of social norms that stem from local politicians’ opposition to the merger of their own municipality.","PeriodicalId":48431,"journal":{"name":"Public Administration Review","volume":"32 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":8.3,"publicationDate":"2024-12-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142887469","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"American Society for Public Administration Code of Ethics","authors":"","doi":"10.1111/puar.13910","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/puar.13910","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":48431,"journal":{"name":"Public Administration Review","volume":"299 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":8.3,"publicationDate":"2024-12-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142886845","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Petter Gullmark, Tommy Høyvarde Clausen, Ali Aslan Gümüsay, Gry Agnete Alsos
{"title":"Public entrepreneurial opportunities: How institutional logics shape public servants' opportunity evaluation","authors":"Petter Gullmark, Tommy Høyvarde Clausen, Ali Aslan Gümüsay, Gry Agnete Alsos","doi":"10.1111/puar.13920","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/puar.13920","url":null,"abstract":"Which entrepreneurial opportunities do public servants find appealing, and what influences their evaluation? Our investigation of 14 Norwegian municipal entrepreneurial projects indicates that public servants positively assess the attractiveness of welfare, economic, and participatory opportunities. Their evaluations are shaped by public sector logics. Our contribution is twofold: first, we connect the discourse on entrepreneurial opportunities with that of institutional logics, demonstrating that evaluations of public entrepreneurial opportunities depend on the presence and hierarchy of state, market, and community logics. This underscores the limited yet meaningful agency of public servants in these evaluations. Second, we illuminate underexplored public entrepreneurial opportunities by proposing a taxonomy that categorizes them based on the interplay of state, market, and community logics.","PeriodicalId":48431,"journal":{"name":"Public Administration Review","volume":"14 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":8.3,"publicationDate":"2024-12-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142886843","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Richard F. Callahan, Steve Redburn, Lauren Larson, Brad Riley
{"title":"Reducing homelessness: An intergovernmental challenge","authors":"Richard F. Callahan, Steve Redburn, Lauren Larson, Brad Riley","doi":"10.1111/puar.13918","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/puar.13918","url":null,"abstract":"To increase understanding of the intergovernmental dimension of addressing homelessness, the National Academy of Public Administration in 2022 formed a Working Group of Academy Fellows. In researching three case studies that have had a measure of success, local leaders reached across geographic and functional boundaries to forge agreement on shared goals and joint strategy. Five basic tasks at the local level contributed to effective initiatives: One, defining, committing to, and communicating the challenge of homelessness, with agreement on shared objectives and a coordinated strategy. Two, building a network to coordinate the contributions of each partner. Three, designing and delivering timely integrated services by aligning federal and state programs to the local context. Four, collecting, using, and sharing data to inform planning and targeted delivery of assistance. Five, building or strengthening governance and financing structures that support continued action and learning to sustain and improve local efforts over time.","PeriodicalId":48431,"journal":{"name":"Public Administration Review","volume":"7 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":8.3,"publicationDate":"2024-12-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142869911","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Emma Northcott, Sheela Pandey, Sanjay K. Pandey, Eiko Strader
{"title":"The Asian American experience in the federal workforce: How employees navigate the complexities of racialization","authors":"Emma Northcott, Sheela Pandey, Sanjay K. Pandey, Eiko Strader","doi":"10.1111/puar.13922","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/puar.13922","url":null,"abstract":"The Asian American experience in the federal workforce remains poorly understood. This qualitative study, based on interviews with 41 Asian American federal workers, examines how this heterogeneous minority group experiences racialization in the U.S. federal government. The analysis of interview data revealed five aggregate dimensions that shape the experiences of Asian American federal employees: (1) racial identity formation, (2) racialization at work, (3) aspects of the federal government context such as organizational culture and practices, (4) individual strategies to overcome constraints, and (5) awareness of the political climate and social ties outside the work context. By probing how Asian American employees experience racialization and the strategies they adopt in response, this study contributes to a small but growing literature on inclusion and racialization processes beyond the Black-White binary in the U.S. public sector.","PeriodicalId":48431,"journal":{"name":"Public Administration Review","volume":"40 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":8.3,"publicationDate":"2024-12-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142869906","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Compliance burden versus program integrity protection: A survey experiment on citizen attitudes toward administrative documentation requirements in public service policy","authors":"Rasmus Stenderup, Mogens Jin Pedersen","doi":"10.1111/puar.13919","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/puar.13919","url":null,"abstract":"Public services often require formal documentation from citizens or public employees. Although these administrative requirements are commonly viewed as burdensome, they play a critical role in safeguarding program integrity. Drawing from a pre-registered survey experiment conducted among Danish residents (<i>n</i> = 2004), this article examines citizen attitudes toward policy reforms that either intensify or alleviate the burden of formal documentation requirements. We analyze how these contrasting types of policy reforms shape citizen support, with a particular emphasis on the trade-off between compliance burden and program integrity protection. Furthermore, the impact of whether these changes in requirements apply to citizens or public employees is explored. Our findings suggest a general preference among citizens for the removal of administrative documentation requirements aimed at protecting program integrity, regardless of whether they apply to citizens or public employees. These attitudes appear influenced by political ideology, personal experience, and the specific policy area context.","PeriodicalId":48431,"journal":{"name":"Public Administration Review","volume":"22 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":8.3,"publicationDate":"2024-12-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142849548","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Governance and global collaboration in non-democratic countries","authors":"Hamid E. Ali","doi":"10.1111/puar.13897","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/puar.13897","url":null,"abstract":"The concept of good governance (GG) has emerged from the corridors of global institutions, influencing changes, particularly in non-democratic countries. This paper uses both qualitative and quantitative approaches to address the following question: To what extent does global collaboration (GC) impact governance in non-democratic countries? The paper incorporates proxies for GC, more deeply exploring the dynamics and frameworks that link GC and governance. The GC variables measuring institutional globalization have a positive impact on governance, while global openness and information globalization have a negative impact. These mixed results invite further research on governance and GC. However, the national visions can set the stage for future agendas that combine partnership, collaboration, transparency, and innovation to achieve GG.","PeriodicalId":48431,"journal":{"name":"Public Administration Review","volume":"28 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":8.3,"publicationDate":"2024-12-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142804727","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Katherine Willoughby, Jos Raadschelders, Hongtao Yi, Preston Philips
{"title":"Editorial: A journal update and note of appreciation","authors":"Katherine Willoughby, Jos Raadschelders, Hongtao Yi, Preston Philips","doi":"10.1111/puar.13914","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/puar.13914","url":null,"abstract":"Click on the article title to read more.","PeriodicalId":48431,"journal":{"name":"Public Administration Review","volume":"18 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":8.3,"publicationDate":"2024-12-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142789939","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}