{"title":"The Administrative Presidency and PK-12 Education Policy: Student Rights and Oversight During the Trump and Biden Era","authors":"Coral J. Flanagan, Kenneth K. Wong","doi":"10.1111/puar.13939","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/puar.13939","url":null,"abstract":"In politically polarized environments, presidential administrations rely on executive and administrative action to advance their social policy agendas. This article conducts a systematic review of the early Trump and Biden administration's use of unilateral action to influence PK-12 policy. We find that despite President Trump's campaign rhetoric around deregulation, both administrations employed unilateral action to influence education, although they pursued divergent policy priorities. We then demonstrate that across administrations, our multiple-level system of governance moderates presidential influence over education policy. We conclude that despite executive reliance on administrative action, state actors can play an important role in directing education policy by maintaining or challenging presidential priorities.","PeriodicalId":48431,"journal":{"name":"Public Administration Review","volume":"15 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":8.3,"publicationDate":"2025-03-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143608583","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}
Flavia Maria de Mattos Donadelli, Rodney James Scott
{"title":"Dynamics of Public Administration Reform Processes: Contrasting Top-Down Purity and Meso-Level Managerial Bricolage Reform in New Zealand","authors":"Flavia Maria de Mattos Donadelli, Rodney James Scott","doi":"10.1111/puar.13948","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/puar.13948","url":null,"abstract":"Although the results of paradigmatic change are a common focus of the literature, significantly less attention has been paid to the process through which public administration reform takes place. In particular, the role of meso-level induced changes has only recently started to receive some attention, and not much is yet known about how collaborative systems at the managerial level affect pathways of administrative reform. Here we compare the two most significant periods of reform in New Zealand in the past 50 years. The 1988–1989 reforms were based on simple (arguably simplistic) assumptions, amenable to rapid and politically led top-down reform. In contrast, the 2012–2020 reforms conceived of public administration as a complex social system suited to incremental managerially induced change that was mainly driven by the bureaucratic elite. Our article shows that collective leadership may result in extensive paradigmatic changes through endogenous feedback and meso-level induced processes.","PeriodicalId":48431,"journal":{"name":"Public Administration Review","volume":"16 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":8.3,"publicationDate":"2025-03-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143599966","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}
Matthew Potoski, Bjarke Lund-Sørensen, Ole Helby Petersen
{"title":"Measuring Transaction Costs in Public Sector Contracting Through Machine Learning and Contract Text","authors":"Matthew Potoski, Bjarke Lund-Sørensen, Ole Helby Petersen","doi":"10.1111/puar.13947","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/puar.13947","url":null,"abstract":"Transaction cost (TC) theoretical constructs are central to research throughout the social sciences, yet key concepts, such as measurability and asset specificity, often defy systematic empirical measurement. In government contracting research, empirical measurements of key TC theoretical constructs are limited to the International City/County Management Association's surveys of US municipal and county governments. We present a preregistered method using machine learning algorithms to generate product-level TC measures from contract text data and a government contract manager survey. We verify the algorithms' out-of-sample performance and use them to generate TC measures for additional products from corresponding contract text data. The result is a publicly available database of new TC measures for 176 diverse products and services covered in the European Union's Common Procurement Directives. These new measures facilitate the application of the TC framework across public management, including research on government contracting, collaboration, networks, and governance.","PeriodicalId":48431,"journal":{"name":"Public Administration Review","volume":"2 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":8.3,"publicationDate":"2025-03-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143532762","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}
Pieter Raymaekers, Koen Migchelbrink, Valérie Pattyn, Peter De Smedt
{"title":"Organizational and Individual Factors of Evidence Informed Policy Making in Public Organizations","authors":"Pieter Raymaekers, Koen Migchelbrink, Valérie Pattyn, Peter De Smedt","doi":"10.1111/puar.13946","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/puar.13946","url":null,"abstract":"Understanding the use of evidence by public organizations and public officials is a key issue for public administration scholars and practitioners. In this study, we examine how individual- and organizational-level factors relate to evidence informed policy making. Using the Norm of Evidence and Research in Decision-making (NERD), we conduct an online survey to analyze evidence informed policy making perceptions of public officials (<i>n</i> = 438) holding policy responsibilities within the Flemish (Belgian) government. The results highlight the importance of a rational, results- and production-oriented organizational culture, adequate access to information, sufficient time, and appropriate personnel. At the individual level, person-organization fit and public sector experience are associated with evidence use. Enhancing our knowledge of these organizational and individual factors is crucial for advancing the theory and practice of evidence informed policy making in public organizations.","PeriodicalId":48431,"journal":{"name":"Public Administration Review","volume":"9 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":8.3,"publicationDate":"2025-03-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143532760","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.13945","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/puar.13945","url":null,"abstract":"Click on the article title to read more.","PeriodicalId":48431,"journal":{"name":"Public Administration Review","volume":"55 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":8.3,"publicationDate":"2025-02-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143528347","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":"Celebrating 85 Years","authors":"","doi":"10.1111/puar.13944","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/puar.13944","url":null,"abstract":"Click on the article title to read more.","PeriodicalId":48431,"journal":{"name":"Public Administration Review","volume":"73 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":8.3,"publicationDate":"2025-02-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143528346","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":"The Socio‐Political Context of Citizen Activism: An International Comparative Perspective","authors":"Charles Wharton Kaye‐Essien","doi":"10.1111/puar.13943","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/puar.13943","url":null,"abstract":"This paper examines the moderating effects of socio‐political factors on the influence of issue salience and prosocial values on citizen activism in different governance contexts. While the literature on citizen activism has examined the emergence, motivations, and channels of activism, we still lack a broader understanding of how different social (membership of social groups and sense of attachment to local communities) and political (ease of citizen involvement and trust in government) contexts affect people's ultimate decisions about activism in different governance systems. This paper fills this gap, drawing on a comparative research methodology and using data from the World Values Survey Wave 7.","PeriodicalId":48431,"journal":{"name":"Public Administration Review","volume":"8 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":8.3,"publicationDate":"2025-02-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143528395","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":"The Moderating Role of Workplace Autonomy on Corruption Control Strategies: Evidence From 33 South Korean Ministries","authors":"Danee Kim, Gregory A. Porumbescu","doi":"10.1111/puar.13942","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/puar.13942","url":null,"abstract":"Corruption research highlights the importance of organizational and individual correlates, such as corruption control strategies or public employee attitudes. In this study, we integrate these research streams by examining whether the effectiveness of two common organizational approaches to controlling corruption—value-oriented strategies, which emphasize ethical decision-making, and compliance-oriented strategies, which rely on monitoring, audits, and punishment—depends on perceptions of workplace autonomy. To explore this, we use novel administrative data on corruption, along with codes of ethics and survey data from 1235 career public servants across 33 South Korean ministries. Findings suggest greater perceived autonomy is associated with greater corruption tolerance in organizational contexts where compliance-oriented corruption control strategies are prevalent. Conversely, greater perceived autonomy is associated with lesser corruption tolerance when value-oriented corruption control strategies are prevalent. These findings contribute to administrative corruption research by illustrating how individual perceptions of their workplace shape the efficacy of organizational corruption control strategies.","PeriodicalId":48431,"journal":{"name":"Public Administration Review","volume":"26 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":8.3,"publicationDate":"2025-02-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143477836","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":"Beyond Simplification in Public Sector Accountability: Contradictions Between Principal‐Agent and Complexity Theories","authors":"Tomi Rajala, Harri Jalonen","doi":"10.1111/puar.13941","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/puar.13941","url":null,"abstract":"This conceptual study explores the complexity of public sector accountability, traditionally framed by principal‐agent theory (PAT), which simplifies relationships through rigid contracts. The findings reveal how PAT's assumptions often misalign with the intricate realities of public sector accountability, which are better explained by complexity theories (CT). Contradictions between PAT and CT assumptions are highlighted, underlining the need for more flexible and dynamic accountability frameworks. The study calls for further research to refine the concept of complexity‐based accountability and investigate tensions between practical accountability applications of PAT and CT. Such research could transform public administration practice and scholarship by better accommodating the complex realities of managing public services.","PeriodicalId":48431,"journal":{"name":"Public Administration Review","volume":"10 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":8.3,"publicationDate":"2025-02-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143435247","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":"The role of institutional factors in shaping university mission statements: A topic‐modeling approach","authors":"Nicole Philippczyck, Harry Hoffmann, Simon Oertel","doi":"10.1111/puar.13921","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/puar.13921","url":null,"abstract":"Mission statements are common instruments for the strategic positioning of universities. However, there are few large‐scale, cross‐national studies examining the factors that influence the content of universities' mission statements. We address this research gap, exploring the content of 413 mission statements from European universities by applying correlated topic modeling (CTM). Moreover, relying on institutional theories of organization, we study factors that explain differences in the content of mission statements. Our findings reveal six distinct topics addressed in mission statements. The prevalence of a specific topic is significantly shaped by the cultural rationalization of the universities' national context, the university's founding context, and institutional control. Our findings not only contribute to research on universities' strategic positioning but also shed light on the diffusion of global trends across organizations and the determinants of their adaptation. Moreover, our study offers an illustrative example of how big data analytics can enhance public administration research.","PeriodicalId":48431,"journal":{"name":"Public Administration Review","volume":"112 1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":8.3,"publicationDate":"2025-02-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143435250","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}