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Figures of: A Century of Public Administration: Traveling through Time and Topics
No full textPublic Administration (PA) has been a unique witness and protagonist of scholarship in the field of public administration over the course of an entire century. On the occasion of the journal’s 100th anniversary, we conduct a systematic analysis of the publication history using bibliometric methods enhanced by natural language processing (NLP). The findings show how disciplinary influences, geographical settings, and methodological orientations have changed over time. In our main analysis, we extract 63 thematic clusters on the basis of linguistic similarities and track their evolution through five eras of PA scholarship. Overall, the results show both the journal’s strong British roots and its evolvement towards an increasingly international, interdisciplinary, and dynamic community. The findings also indicate the state of the field as a ‘fragmented adhocracy’, with changing modes of differentiation over time
Human resource management (HRM) and public service motivation (PSM): Where are we, and where do we go from here?
No full textPurpose– The purpose of this paper is to provide an introduction to the special issue on public service motivation (PSM) and human resource management (HRM). The authors analyse and review how the literatures on HRM and PSM relate to each other.Design/methodology/approach– The paper combines two complementary studies: a bibliometric analysis of the interrelationships between the two literatures and a meta-analysis of the impact of HR practices on PSM.Findings– Although HRM is among the core subject categories to which the literature on PSM refers, the pre-eminence of HR topics self-reported by PSM researchers indicates large room for further transfer. Intrinsic HR practices show positive and significant effects on PSM, while no such association was found for extrinsic HR practices.Originality/value– The editorial is a complement to a recent bibliometric review of PSM research, focusing more particularly on the interrelationships with HRM and applying hitherto unused techniques. It is also the first meta-analysis of the association between HR practices and PSM
Recruitment messaging, environmental fit and public service motivation: experimental evidence on intentions to apply for public sector jobs
No full textPurpose Public organisations face increasing challenges to attract young and highly qualified staff. Previous studies have shown that public service motivation (PSM) is associated with a higher propensity to apply for public sector jobs, but the implications from these findings for the design of the recruitment process are still unclear. The study investigates how differently framed recruitment messages (i.e. inspirational and rational) affect perceptions of person-job (PJ) and person-organisation (PO) fit, how these associations are moderated by PSM and how they translate into application intentions.Design/Methodology/Approach We conducted a survey experiment and tested our hypotheses in a sample of 600 students in Germany. The experimental stimuli were hypothetical job advertisements in which inspirational and rational messages on organisational missions and job tasks were varied.Findings Results show that recruitment messaging, as mediated by perceived PJ and PO fit, can increase application intentions depending on the framing of the messages. Inspirational framings are more effective in attracting personnel than rational framings, especially when such messages convey specific and extensive information about job tasks. The extent to which recruitment messages translate into perceptions of fit depends, in part, on the level of the applicant’s PSM.Originality By focusing on recruitment messages and their framings, this study is among the few that explore how human resource management (HRM) can capitalize on previous findings of research on PSM. The findings have implications for the selection and presentation of information on organisational missions and job tasks in the recruitment process. In a more theoretical vein, results contribute to the emerging consensus on the role of perceived PJ and PO fit in the attraction to public sector jobs. We deepen this reasoning by introducing self-discrepancy theory to the field of public management.<br/
Civic duty and career outcomes in a career-based system: A two-wave, multisource study
No full textSince research on career trajectories in the public sector is rare, little is known about who continues a public-sector career and is promoted to higher-level positions. Building on social exchange theory, this study examines whether civic duty in t1 prevents public servants from leaving and is reciprocated in terms of promotions, how this relationship is mediated by career commitment, and how promotions impact career commitment in t2. We gathered responses from 1,490 members of the Federal Armed Forces Germany in a two-wave survey and matched them with objective data on turnover and promotions. The results show that civic duty has no direct effect on turnover and only slightly increases the likelihood of promotions. This may explain why promotions have no effect on career commitment in t2. We draw conclusions regarding retention and career management and discuss the implications in light of the criticism of career-based systems in the public service
Public service motivation and continuous organizational change: taking charge behaviour at police services
No full textBuilding change capabilities into public organizations is a challenge for strategic management. This study focuses on the micro-level of extra-role behaviors that contribute to continuous improvements in working procedures at the front-end of organizations (i.e. taking charge behavior; TCB). More particularly, we examine public service motivation (PSM) as a key variable mediating between perceived practices and TCB of street-level bureaucrats. The analyses are based on survey data from a state police force in Germany (N=1,165). Results confirm the role of PSM as full mediator, but this mediation is limited to the relationship between leadership behaviors and TCB, while perceived organizational characteristics – except for red tape – have direct positive impact on TCB
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Full text linkThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Variations on the Author
Full text link“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
Appropriate Similarity Measures for Author Cocitation Analysis
Full text linkWe provide a number of new insights into the methodological discussion about author cocitation analysis. We first argue that the use of the Pearson correlation for measuring the similarity between authors’ cocitation profiles is not very satisfactory. We then discuss what kind of similarity measures may be used as an alternative to the Pearson correlation. We consider three similarity measures in particular. One is the well-known cosine. The other two similarity measures have not been used before in the bibliometric literature. Finally, we show by means of an example that our findings have a high practical relevance.information science;Pearson correlation;cosine;similarity measure;author cocitation analysis
Sector-specific associations, trust, and survival of PPPs: A behavioral experiment based on the centipede game
Full text linkPublic-private partnerships (PPPs) have become widespread in the delivery of public services. This study explores behavioral mechanisms of building and eroding trust in partnering across sectors at the micro-level of interaction between public and private partners. Combining classic theoretical concepts on the development of interorganizational trust and administrative behavior, this study derives theory suggesting that partners’ sector affiliation may have adverse signaling effects on individuals’ intention to uphold effective partnerships over time, and that this intent may be moderated by sector-specific associations. Tested with a novel and dynamic multi-stage behavioral experiment based on the classic centipede game conducted with German graduate students (N=482;Obs.=4,338), results suggest that sector affiliation functions as a strong but potentially misleading signal for partners’ strategic behavior in PPPs and that sector-specific associations asymmetrically moderate respondents’ will to collaborate. These findings contribute to a more nuanced theoretical understanding of the micro-foundations of strategic behavior particularly at nascent stages of PPPs, calling into question basic assumptions about coordination efficiency in cross-sectoral
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