PMRA (Public Management Research Association)
NOVEMBER 30, 2017
To many scholars in the field of public administration and public management, the study of nonprofit organizations is viewed as a narrow niche, a handful of people working at the margins of the field on topics that largely sit outside of mainstream concerns for public managers. Is this a desirable trend?
Public Purpose - An Independent Advisory Company
MAY 1, 2020
In my work in the public sector over the last 20 years or more, one of the most familiar tropes is the exasperated crusade so many engage in to find better ways to collaborate within and across governments and between governments and the wider community. Might the choice palette be more appetising than that sterile binary?
This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.
PMRA (Public Management Research Association)
JANUARY 19, 2017
Elite interviews with network participants can ask about the history of the network but when it comes to mapping the structure of the network to establish the nature of the connections between the actors/organizations in the network the questions are typically a variant of, “Have you engaged in any kind of joint activity in the last six months?”
ASPA National Weblog
OCTOBER 6, 2016
Our research also shows that residents who live in a community longer compared to newer residents more often engage in community-centered activities, expose themselves more to news about local goings-on and give higher ratings to local government services. And this is for people with about the same age and income.
PMRA (Public Management Research Association)
JANUARY 31, 2017
The second, and potentially bigger pay off is a pipeline to graduate programs – enabling us to attract students from a variety of undergraduate majors to public service. Third, we have the opportunity to engage the community in ways that are not done by traditional political science programs.
PMRA (Public Management Research Association)
SEPTEMBER 28, 2017
Some of these include: reducing citizen estrangement by practicing democratic administration over bureaucratic administration (Durant and Ali 2013); [v] fostering citizen engagement (King and Stivers 1998); facilitating deliberative democracy (Nabatchi 2010); [vi] and creating communities of participation and inclusion (Feldman and Khademian 2007).
ASPA National Weblog
OCTOBER 18, 2016
Engagement survey evidence supports this view. A 2013 survey conducted by the Society for Human Resource Management stated the relationship between co-workers was becoming more important than the one they had with their supervisor. There’s a lot of truth in that statement. We all know a disgruntled employee.
Expert insights. Personalized for you.
40 
Let's personalize your content