Public Administration
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Established in 1923, Public Administration (PA) is the oldest journal in the field of public administration.
"Negotiating Presence: The Dynamics of Passive Representation Among Ultra-Orthodox Women in Public Organizations" by Maayan Davidovitz & Rachel Gali Cinamon finds that passive representation is an organizational process in which women build legitimacy. doi.org/10.1111%2Fpa...
"Does Gender Budgeting Improve Women's Well-Being, Equality, and Empowerment?" by Marjorie De la Cruz, Milena Neshkova, & Yoon-Jung Choi finds that gender budgeting produces measurable improvements in women’s well-being and empowerment. doi.org/10.1111/padm...
"Face-to-Face With Administrative Burdens: Design Simplification, Emotional Costs, and Procedural Outcomes in Digital Welfare Applications" by Fabian Hattke, Judith Hattke, David Hensel, Pamela Herd, Janne Kalucza, Donald Moynihan, & Rick Vogel finds... doi.org/10.1111%2Fpa...
"Agile Digital Transformation and the Rule of Law: Perks and Perils in a Belgian and a Dutch Public Sector Organization" by Shirley Kempeneer finds that agile digital transformation can complement administrative routines and strengthen the rule of law. doi.org/10.1111%2Fpa...
"From Social Equity Budgeting to Revenue Equity: Minority Leadership and Local Governments' Exploitative Revenues" by Tingzhong Huang, Rui Wang, Can Chen, & Herong Gao finds that Florida counties with larger minority populations... (1/n) doi.org/10.1111%2Fpa...
Today is a great day to read Jinhui Lan's review of "Public Finance Law and Public Administrations: The Shaping Power of Public Finance in the European Union"! doi.org/10.1111/padm...
Don't forget to read the review of "AI Innovations in Public Services: The Case of National Libraries," now on Early View in Public Administration, written by Abdollah Zeraatpisheh. doi.org/10.1111%2Fpa...
"Getting the Priorities Straight: Public Values in AI Adoption" by Jinke Oostvogel, Matthew Young, & Bram Klievink finds that AI adoption in public organizations involves an ongoing balancing of instrumental and intrinsic public values. doi.org/10.1111%2Fpa...
"Institutional Pressures or Organizational Capacity? Antecedents of Digital Maturity in Local Governments" by Sarah Van Impe, Lieselot Danneels, & Ben Suykens finds that administrative capacity is the key driver of digital maturity in local governments. doi.org/10.1111%2Fpa...
“Resolving Agile Ambidexterity: Between Ambivalence, Adaptation, and Accommodation“ by @inesmergel.bsky.social illustrates how public bureaucracies adopt agile work practices and resolve the tension between innovative project management and rigid line management. doi.org/10.1111/padm...
"The Disconnection of Advocacy and Analysis in Public Administration: A Critique of Robust Governance" by @profstoker.bsky.social, Brenton Prosser, and B. Guy Peters finds that robust governance may underestimate politics and overstate reform potential. doi.org/10.1111/padm...
"AI Public Value Creation: Data Encoding, Aggregation, and Algorithmic Computation" by Antonio Cordella & Francesco Gualdi finds that AI systems lock public values into technical infrastructures, making policy priorities more resistant to future revision. doi.org/10.1111/padm...
"Unraveling Bureaucratic Procrastination: Probabilistically Sufficient Factors and Necessary Conditions" by Xiaomin Zhang, Bo Yan, Bin Chen, Long Wu, & Yao Liu finds that organizational identification reduces bureaucratic procrastination. doi.org/10.1111%2Fpa...
"Balancing Neutral and Responsive Competences in the Context of Functional Politicization" by Niels Opstrup, Heidi Houlberg Salomonsen, Caroline Howard Grøn, & Anders Ryom Villadsen finds political tasks increase self-censorship, not dissent. doi.org/10.1111%2Fpa...
Excited to announce the publication of issue 104(2) of Public Administration! Take some time to review the original research found within the issue! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/14679299...
"A Replication of 'Emotional Responses to Bureaucratic Red Tape'" by Huaxing Liu, Cheng Huo, Ben Ma, Qing Huang, & Ziyuan Zhang finds that administrative burden is a robust antecedent of negative emotions, confirming findings of Hattke et al. (2020). doi.org/10.1111%2Fpa...
Scopus journal rankings and CiteScores are out for 2025, and Public Administration is continuing its rise to the top! The 2025 CiteScore was 11.9, continuing the trend that Public Administration is the place to publish if you want your research cited!
"When Coproduction Meets Professionalism: Toward a Conceptual Framework for Understanding Challenges of Lay Input" by Rikke Kolding shows that lay input in coproduction is not uniformly challenging to professionalism. doi.org/10.1111%2Fpa...
"Cultural Competence in Community-Level Initiatives to Advance Racial Equity in Homeless Services" by Saerim Kim, Andrew Sullivan, Kotomi Yokokura, Hyokyung Kwak, & Emily Nwakpuda finds that most U.S. homelessness collaboratives demonstrate strong... (1/n) doi.org/10.1111/padm...
"Fairness Perception, Administrative Burden, and Social Welfare Participation" by Yongdong Shen, Wenchi Wei, Chao An, & Zhouyi Chen finds that both administrative burden and perceptions of fairness shape participation in China’s welfare programs. doi.org/10.1111%2Fpa...
"Governing the Local Digital Transformation: A European Comparative Perspective" by Sabine Kuhlmann, Justine Marienfeldt, & Frederico Ganz is a comparative analysis of how governance systems shape unequal outcomes of local digital transformation. doi.org/10.1111/padm...
"Policymakers' Preferences Over Public–Private Modes of Service Delivery and Credit-Claiming: Experimental Evidence" by Eleanor Woodhouse, Paolo Belardinelli, & Nathan Lee finds that procurement is shaped by electoral incentives rather than just efficiency doi.org/10.1111/padm...
"Navigating the Algorithmic State: Public Values and Citizens’ Preferences of AI-Driven Public Service Delivery" by Guimin Zheng, Heewon Lee, Wenhui Li, @yixinliu.bsky.social, & Tian Tang answers the question of what makes government AI acceptable to citizens. doi.org/10.1111%2Fpa...
"What Works for Whom? Exploring the Determinants and Hierarchical Tensions of Public Network Effectiveness: A Configurational Analysis" by Yulong Jie & Shuigen Hu examines China's business environment governance networks and finds a "performance paradox". doi.org/10.1111/padm...
"Does Digital Transformation Rely on Collaborative Dynamics? A Case Study on the Italian Public Digital Strategy" by Lorenzo Costumato, Andrea Bonomi Savignon, Fabiana Scalabrini, & Luigina Paglieri examines the extent of collaboration in public digital transformation. doi.org/10.1111%2Fpa...
"Rethinking Reproductive Governance: What Can Public Administration on the Island of Ireland Learn From Abortion Accompaniment?" by Anna Theresa Schmid finds that abortion decriminalization in Ireland improved rights, but access gaps remain. doi.org/10.1111%2Fpa...
"Fighting Corruption Through Accountability? A Survey Experiment 感覺課責能否抑制貪腐?來自調查實驗的證據" by Ming-feng Kuo & Hsini Huang finds that bureaucrats recognize corruption, but external accountability weakens ethical judgment. doi.org/10.1111%2Fpa...
"Citizen-Centered Public Service Design in Agile Digital Transformation: Insights From Public Mobility Services" by Hemin Choi & Maria Cucciniello finds that citizen-centered design is key to agile digital transformation in public services. doi.org/10.1111%2Fpa...
Have you had a chance to read "Performance Rewards and Job Satisfaction in More and Less Developed Countries: Multi-Level Evidence From Bureaucrats in 10 Countries" in 104(1)? doi.org/10.1111/padm...
"Academic Experts in Policymaking: Divergent Patterns but Persistent Profiles Across Parliament, Government, and Media" by Janne Ingelbeen, Tessa Haesevoets & Bram Wauters compares the frequency, cross-arena overlap, and characteristics of academic experts. doi.org/10.1111/padm...