Public Administration Research

AbstractThis study contributes for marketing theory for analyzes the effect of Promotional extent (weighted percentage of a beauty's company's portfolio which is promoted to amplify sales by sales leverage) and whether it is possible to determine optimal...

AbstractThis article discusses the immediate post-independence African policy and the consequences of Africa's national sovereignty-African socialism in its various forms, and the establishment of the Organization of African Unity (OAU). The political...

AbstractThis study presents a strategic plan of waste management for Alban, Crema & Cia Ltda., a company located in the south of Brazil, since it must adapt to the needs of society, fulfilling the law to ensure its market positioning. In order to...

AbstractGovernment response is the process in which an administrative organization owning public authority gives positive and necessary response and reply regarding social problems and civil appeal by all kinds of means based on the public interest....

AbstractNigeria with over 300 ethnic groups, over 1000 dialects, who practiced several religions, with different cultures and histories came under the British imperialist in the 19th century. With the 1st January, 1914 amalgamation of Southern and Northern...

AbstractThis paper presents theoretical discussion to the possible contributions of the methodology action research for the exercise of reflection and change process, aiming to identify and approach, management theories and practices in Brazilian public...

AbstractIn the past few years, there has been a rapid development in China's generic drug market, while the new drug innovation performance is not outstanding. As an effective means to achieve multiple policies for the government, drug price not only...

AbstractThe present work seeks to evaluate the level of transparency demonstrated by the online portals of city governments that make up the Regional Development Bureau -RDB- of the municipality of Joinville, in the State of Santa Catarina, Brazil, employing...

AbstractWith the development of the world economy and the unsustainable use of resources, the environment is becoming devastating and has serious problems. In order to strengthen environmental management, it's time to develop the low-carbon economy....

AbstractIt is generally claimed that in the past, poverty reduction programmes in Nigeria failed because the beneficiaries were not involved in the programme design and formulation. However, LEEMP was designed to be community driven and thus it was expected...

AbstractThe aim this article a critical discursive analysis of the "management plan" genre of a public institution of higher education, from 2012 to 2015, located in southeast Brazil. The aforementioned plan is inserted in the discursive practice of...

AbstractThis study aims to examine the spaces for citizen participation in the municipal budgeting process and to access the extent of citizen participation in local government decision-making with specific focus on citizen participatory budgeting in...

AbstractThis article examines the differences in the adoption and implementation of the reform of financial accounting in the Portuguese municipalities. This study is based on a questionnaire sent to the financial officers of the Portuguese municipalities...

AbstractTwo of the biggest issues facing large non-profits and organizations employing civil servants today are knowledge transfer from the retiring Baby Boomers to their younger replacements, the Gamers, and the retention of those younger employees....

AbstractPromoting ethical orientation can facilitate the transition from the logic of government to that of governance involving participation, responsibility, transparency, and accountability. Therefore, it is interesting to define a strategy of professional...

AbstractThis article based on policy network theory analyzes the internal and external factors affecting citizen participation in the public policy process in the Chinese context. It displays that the policy network resources possessed by citizen are...

AbstractThis research aims to detect whether there are variables determining the contribution of the phenomenon Electoral Budget Cycles (EBC) for re-election of the Mayor is justified in the fact there is evidence that the results of the public financial...

AbstractThere is general agreement in the literature that student-on-student crime accounts for the overwhelming majority of crimes committed on campus in the United States (Dickerson, 2008). Background checks on students as a requirement of admission...

AbstractBecause of the small target market and poor profitability of Orphan Drug, it is difficult to effectively encourage the R&D and production Behavior of the Industry by the market mechanisms alone. So that, it is necessary to implement the incentive...

AbstractThe paper empirically examined the relationship between education level and political participation of women of the South West region of Cameroon. The indices of political participation include the following: membership of political party, voting...

AbstractResponding to a variety of constituent pressures in recent years, a number of states in the U.S. have enacted legal requirements that their public universities conduct background checks on prospective new employees. The assumption behind these...

AbstractThis study investigated the institutional factors which affect the performance of Public Administration students in a Nigerian University. Primary data were obtained through the administration of questionnaires on 131final year students of Public...

AbstractOne effect of the deteriorating fiscal condition of governments is the effort to "reform" the "welfare state." Often expressed using the rubrics of the New Public Management (NPM) and Public/Private Partnerships (PPP), a significant component...

AbstractCareer development is becoming an important issue for all employees. Employees must assume greater responsibility for their own career development, become more adaptive, be able to handle ambiguity, and be more resilient when facing career challenges....

AbstractIn 1997, the Labour Government came to power committed to reforming public service delivery, particularly towards the improvement of children's services. The paper focuses on the implementation process involved in rolling out its Sure Start policy...

AbstractIn recent years local government scholars have sought to more explicitly describe the diverse structures that exist within municipalities by developing typologies that extend beyond the traditional mayor-council versus council-manager form definitions....

AbstractThe objective of this article is to introduce the main blocks in building virtual front and back offices of public administration. Virtual administration is probably kind of an ultimate or top stage of ICT platforms of e-government. First a justification...

AbstractHuman resources, as the important part of soft power establishment, have immeasurable influence on Chongqing's national central city construction. Therefore, the importance of the human resources of soft power establishment to Chongqing's construction...

AbstractNigeria is a country blessed with large quantities of crude oil deposits, but the revenue generated from the oil has added little or nothing to the lives of Nigerians. More worrisome is the fact that the issue of oil subsidy removals by successive...

AbstractThe use of ICT in tertiary institutions for learning, researching, teaching and community development is an ongoing reality in 21st century. However, the inequalities that exist among tertiary students are the source of a significant anxiety....

AbstractYouth unemployment has remained one of the present and steady social problems that characterise Nigeria as a developing economy. Measures to address this social problem have featured prominently in the development agenda of successive governments....

AbstractLeadership is undoubtedly a very big challenge in Africa, and Nigeria in particular. Having a competent, effective and purposeful leadership that is capable of turning its highly chorused great potentials into real economic and political power...

AbstractWhat are the methodological requirements of performance measures? To what extent can managers influence performance scores and do they have similar organizational circumstances? What is needed for sound and fair comparisons between organizations?...

AbstractTransportation financing public-private partnerships (P3s) are a common practice in many countries. However, they represent a relatively new approach to transportation infrastructure financing for state and local governments in the United States....

AbstractPublic administrators are often said not to constitute a profession for one or more of at least ten reasons, for example, that they are not independent consultants but employees (and therefore lack "professional autonomy"). Yet, many public administrators...

AbstractThis article explores the linkages between public-interest and regulatory theory. By examining academic scholarship relating to effectiveness and regulatory theory, this article proposes that there are links between agencies with a public-interest...

AbstractProcurement reforms are seen as essential for achieving a long term improvement in financial management within Africa. To gain insight into this situation an analysis of success stories and cases where challenges and difficulties have arisen...

AbstractThis article attempts to investigate whether the international experiences generated from the success stories of advanced economies would also be recognized in the emerging markets. Generally speaking, budget experts around the globe are contending...

AbstractIn China, there is a social management mode plight because of asymmetric information status which is based on the opposition concept between the government and society, and the public in the rapid development and changing era. In order to solve...

AbstractPersonnel evaluation system is a significant tool which manipulates efficiency of civil servants. Researchers have found that effectiveness of personnel evaluation system of Bangladesh is not satisfactory compared to expectancy. Unproductive...

AbstractThis study examines capital budgeting processes at the state level in the USA. This research examines the effects of economic decline on changes in capital budgeting practices. The secondary sources of information were analyzed, including data...

AbstractThis is a cross-sectional study focusing on public policy in the seven nations of Central America: Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Panama. Outcomes are evaluated in terms of public wellbeing. Public policy...

AbstractThe application of the Quality Management System in the Public Sector requires established objectives and continuous improvement aimed at citizens' satisfaction. Therefore, more empirical evidence is needed to meet citizens' requirements. The...

AbstractThe university administration is expected to provide the enabling environment and the material facilities to research, teach or disseminate it, and preserve it. The implementation of policies towards achieving these rests on the administrative...

AbstractThis theoretical essay is dedicated to present the constituent elements and characteristics of bureaucracy as a form of organization of public administration. In a second step discusses the criticism of the ideal typical bureaucratic dysfunctions...

AbstractFor optimizing the efficiency and giving the effective services to customer, there are many methods which have been proposed in different countries. In our country (Iran) to increase the satisfaction of client to organizations, "Respect for client...

AbstractCitizens are occasionally asked to make specific policy decisions that elected officials are either unable or unwilling to make directly. Among the most common policies where specific voter approval is sought is the leveling of new taxes at the...

AbstractMost of the studies on Public Sector's corruption focused on the micro economic aspects of the criminal behavior and only limited research has conducted on the macro level in general and market equilibrium in particular. In an attempt to better...

AbstractGlobalization, a process of international integration or international network through interaction in the areas of trade, culture, finance, investment, and technological interconnectedness has been described by scholars as a means of promoting...

AbstractThe aim of the paper was to establish the University's responsiveness to challenges workers faced in trying to balance work and family responsibilities. A sample of fifty (50) non-teaching members of staff was selected from a population of 487....

AbstractThe Citizens Election Fund, Connecticut's version of a clean elections law, was established in 2005 in the wake of the corruption scandal during the administration of Governor John Rowland. Modeled after the public financing systems of Maine...

AbstractThis article discusses operative management in public governance networks. Drawing on case studies from public governance networks in Norwegian city regions, the article investigates the political preconditions for operative management, by asking...

AbstractWe use a sample of full-time workers over 50 years of age from the 2004 and 2006 waves of the Health and Retirement Study (HRS) to investigate whether workers in federal, state, and local government receive more generous wage and pension compensation...

AbstractPublic objectives are mostly implemented within the public administration. Despite Weber's idea of rationality in the public administration the latter operates more in evolutionary manner by imitation of processes that have been effective in...

AbstractThis article explores how the Indian federal structure impacts health care. India has a history of central planning and concentration of power at the federal level. This concentration of power has left state and local levels of government in...

AbstractThis paper reiterates in succinct form the discipline's discussion of how qualitative inquiry stands to contribute substantively to public affairs knowledge and why it is therefore a necessary skill to develop as scholars in the field and its...

AbstractThe business world is concerned with improvement of organizational performance. Consequently, Human Resource Management (HRM) practices outcome on organizational performance has been the major concern of the previous scholars. Therefore, any...

AbstractThe issue of leadership in the context of its place in our organisation and, in various human terrains has elicited series of scholarly attentions over the years. Leadership has become a key concern in organisations within both the private and...

AbstractKnowledge Management (KM) especially in developing countries in recent years has generated much interest to be incorporated as a strategy to enhance business competitiveness. However the results of several recent studies on the subject especially...

AbstractThis case deals with the win-win situation of the social enterprise model of business. The case focuses on the aspect that the economic aspect of maximizing wealth for the shareholders can be integrated with the social objective of 'Doing good'....

AbstractThe increasing incidence of the twin evils of corruption and insecurity in Nigeria in spite of efforts made by successive administrations aimed at reducing their tide have been issues of public concern. The major objective of this paper is to...

AbstractThe place of religion in the United States has been hotly contested ever since the establishment of the American polity. This article revisits the origins of national identity in that country and argues that while religion played a crucial role...

AbstractThe research identifies the knowledge management strategies and how they impact on organizational performance in the hospitality industry in Zimbabwe. This research makes use of the Processes, Intellectual capital, Culture and Strategy (PICS)...

AbstractIncreased consumption and intensive computerization have generated an increasing interest in the production process and increased productivity at the expense of the human factor and its performance, and the progressive brutalization of occupations...

AbstractIntentions to reenlist in the U.S. military are analyzed in relation to reported experiences of unwanted, uninvited individualized and more general environmental sexual behaviors and whether or not any such incidents are labeled as sexual harassment....

AbstractThis study is the final part of a larger project with an action research approach focusing on food distribution (FD) within municipal service and care for elderly persons, living at home (= 65 years), from various perspectives. The aim was to...

AbstractThis paper will investigate to what extent the following idea, which became very popular during the last third of the twentieth century in Latin America, is true: that political realism was the ideological foundation of the National Security...

AbstractFiscal decentralization has gained support by most of the world's leading development organizations including the World Bank, United States Agency for International Development and, Asian Development Bank among others in the last two to three...

AbstractTaking Chongqing Liangjiang new district within second-ring road as researching area, analyzed its land use and landscape pattern changes during 1988, 2001 and 2010. After utilizing ENVI to do the remote sensing images interpretation, land use...

AbstractThis study appraises the monetization of workers fringe benefit in Nigeria's federal Civil Service with a view to identifying the problem areas. Data collected through questionnaire were analyzed using Chi-square. The findings revealed that the...

AbstractThis article debates the dynamics of the scavengers' struggle in Belo Horizonte and its consequences reverted in specific public policies for this social group. We start from the idea of social struggle and conflict, going through the debates...

AbstractThe idea of inclusive education has gained prominence in the ideological context of modern Western democracies. Thus, this analysis focuses on the understanding of how the Brazilian inclusive education has been managed from the Decree-Law no...

AbstractThis article explores the meaning that individuals involved with the Hip Hop attach to their work. The theoretical framework explores the meanings that work has acquired through history, especially in contemporaneity. A qualitative approach for...

AbstractThe public service is the central machinery with which the state discharges its responsibility of governance. The success or otherwise of government depends to a large extent on the effectiveness of its public service. This paper assesses the...

AbstractThe purpose of this paper was to examine (1) the role of gender in predicting service quality perceptions and (2) the relationship between quality perceptions and satisfaction. The findings of this study were based on the empirical analysis of...

AbstractThe paper presents findings of a research examining the perceptions regarding promotions of employees in the public sector. A questionnaire containing a series of factors related to promotion was conducted on 166 employees from the public sector...

AbstractThe research was an assessment on the uptake level of a fully integrated HRIS at Midlands State University in Zimbabwe. The research was aimed at assessing at if the university human resource department has adopted a fully integrated HRIS, the...