Pub Date : 2023-01-02DOI: 10.1080/12294659.2023.2188626
Hyunjung Kim
ABSTRACT Previous studies suggest that reforms of public personnel administration, especially implemented under the initiatives of New Public Management (NPM), increase government efficiency, while bureaucratic politicization is negatively associated with organizational performance and expertise. Yet, few studies provide empirical evidence about the interaction effect between NPM reforms and bureaucratic politicization on government performance. This study focuses on performance-related pay (PRP) reforms in public personnel administration and examines how the relationship between PRP and quality of government changes depending on political appointment. Using cross-country data analysis, findings show that the adoption of PRP is associated with higher quality of government, but the effect is negatively conditioned on the level of political appointment. Where political appointment is low, countries with PRP reforms are more likely to be impartial, efficient, and responsive to changes, but PRP reforms may not be effective for quality of government, where political appointment is pervasive in the civil service.
{"title":"Performance-oriented management and political appointment: the interaction effect on quality of government","authors":"Hyunjung Kim","doi":"10.1080/12294659.2023.2188626","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/12294659.2023.2188626","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Previous studies suggest that reforms of public personnel administration, especially implemented under the initiatives of New Public Management (NPM), increase government efficiency, while bureaucratic politicization is negatively associated with organizational performance and expertise. Yet, few studies provide empirical evidence about the interaction effect between NPM reforms and bureaucratic politicization on government performance. This study focuses on performance-related pay (PRP) reforms in public personnel administration and examines how the relationship between PRP and quality of government changes depending on political appointment. Using cross-country data analysis, findings show that the adoption of PRP is associated with higher quality of government, but the effect is negatively conditioned on the level of political appointment. Where political appointment is low, countries with PRP reforms are more likely to be impartial, efficient, and responsive to changes, but PRP reforms may not be effective for quality of government, where political appointment is pervasive in the civil service.","PeriodicalId":39993,"journal":{"name":"International Review of Public Administration","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42600960","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-01-02DOI: 10.1080/12294659.2023.2170774
Majdi Mellouli, Omar Bentahar, S. Boudabbous, Nachiappan Subramanian
ABSTRACT Big data in the fourth Industrial revolution can support a government’s e-initiatives to provide improved care, experiences, and services for citizens. However, the effectiveness of e-government systems in the current data era is difficult to prove empirically, especially in emerging economies, due to the lack of an integrated model to measure sustainable value creation. Indeed, the main models used for evaluating e-government values neglect the environmental sustainability construct. To fill this theoretical and analytical gap, this study offers a sustainable value creation model that includes three constructs, namely organizational performance, user satisfaction, and environmental sustainability. We validated our model using structural equations modeling analysis with 320 responses from the Tunisian Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs). Our findings highlight trust as a key factor driving the intention to use an e-government system that leads to sustainable value. The study provides valuable insight for community leaders to help them in the process of adopting an e-government initiative and evaluating its sustainable value.
{"title":"Sustainable value creation by adopting an e-government initiative: empirical evidence from the emerging economy context","authors":"Majdi Mellouli, Omar Bentahar, S. Boudabbous, Nachiappan Subramanian","doi":"10.1080/12294659.2023.2170774","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/12294659.2023.2170774","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Big data in the fourth Industrial revolution can support a government’s e-initiatives to provide improved care, experiences, and services for citizens. However, the effectiveness of e-government systems in the current data era is difficult to prove empirically, especially in emerging economies, due to the lack of an integrated model to measure sustainable value creation. Indeed, the main models used for evaluating e-government values neglect the environmental sustainability construct. To fill this theoretical and analytical gap, this study offers a sustainable value creation model that includes three constructs, namely organizational performance, user satisfaction, and environmental sustainability. We validated our model using structural equations modeling analysis with 320 responses from the Tunisian Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs). Our findings highlight trust as a key factor driving the intention to use an e-government system that leads to sustainable value. The study provides valuable insight for community leaders to help them in the process of adopting an e-government initiative and evaluating its sustainable value.","PeriodicalId":39993,"journal":{"name":"International Review of Public Administration","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48809096","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-01-02DOI: 10.1080/12294659.2023.2191494
J. Boston
{"title":"Superstates: empires of the twenty-first century","authors":"J. Boston","doi":"10.1080/12294659.2023.2191494","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/12294659.2023.2191494","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":39993,"journal":{"name":"International Review of Public Administration","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48358299","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-01-02DOI: 10.1080/12294659.2022.2157095
A. Mohan
{"title":"Restorative justice from a children’s rights perspective","authors":"A. Mohan","doi":"10.1080/12294659.2022.2157095","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/12294659.2022.2157095","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":39993,"journal":{"name":"International Review of Public Administration","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43333922","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-12-20DOI: 10.1080/12294659.2022.2157096
Roshni Das
{"title":"Bedlam: an intimate journey into America’s mental health crisis","authors":"Roshni Das","doi":"10.1080/12294659.2022.2157096","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/12294659.2022.2157096","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":39993,"journal":{"name":"International Review of Public Administration","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48869889","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-10-02DOI: 10.1080/12294659.2022.2136053
Jee In Chung, Soo-Young Lee, H. Lee
ABSTRACT This study analyzes the effect of need satisfaction on turnover intention for public employees using Alderfer’s ERG theory. Unlike previous studies, we focus on employees that fall within the range of voluntary turnover threshold to explore which of their needs result in a significantly increased turnover intentions. That is, we examine which needs act as latent key determinants that trigger voluntary turnover. We found that job satisfaction is a factor that induces threshold candidates to voluntary turnover and may also act as a latent critical trigger that causes non-threshold candidates to enter into the threshold and the effect of job satisfaction on turnover intention was found to be greater for threshold candidates. On the other hand, lower job security satisfaction led to increased turnover intention for non-threshold candidates which suggests that dissatisfaction with job security can act as a late critical trigger that causes them to enter into turnover threshold. Lastly, Among the threshold candidates, employees with lower pay satisfaction had higher turnover intention and among the non-threshold candidates, those with lower career development satisfaction showed higher turnover intention, respectively. Our results imply that differentiated management approaches are essential between strategies to prevent employees within the threshold from exiting and strategies to prevent new entry into the threshold.
{"title":"Critical latent triggers for threshold candidates at exit? A study of Korean public employees","authors":"Jee In Chung, Soo-Young Lee, H. Lee","doi":"10.1080/12294659.2022.2136053","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/12294659.2022.2136053","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT This study analyzes the effect of need satisfaction on turnover intention for public employees using Alderfer’s ERG theory. Unlike previous studies, we focus on employees that fall within the range of voluntary turnover threshold to explore which of their needs result in a significantly increased turnover intentions. That is, we examine which needs act as latent key determinants that trigger voluntary turnover. We found that job satisfaction is a factor that induces threshold candidates to voluntary turnover and may also act as a latent critical trigger that causes non-threshold candidates to enter into the threshold and the effect of job satisfaction on turnover intention was found to be greater for threshold candidates. On the other hand, lower job security satisfaction led to increased turnover intention for non-threshold candidates which suggests that dissatisfaction with job security can act as a late critical trigger that causes them to enter into turnover threshold. Lastly, Among the threshold candidates, employees with lower pay satisfaction had higher turnover intention and among the non-threshold candidates, those with lower career development satisfaction showed higher turnover intention, respectively. Our results imply that differentiated management approaches are essential between strategies to prevent employees within the threshold from exiting and strategies to prevent new entry into the threshold.","PeriodicalId":39993,"journal":{"name":"International Review of Public Administration","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-10-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"59677840","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-10-02DOI: 10.1080/12294659.2022.2136054
A. K. Abdulkareem, Zulfah Jumoke Abdulkareem, A. Ishola, M. L. Bello, K. A. Oladimeji
ABSTRACT Nigeria implemented e-government in the early 2000s to improve public service delivery, promote citizens’ participation, enhance transparency and accountability. Twenty years after implementation, this study examines the influence of openness of public organizations, social media use and the mediating effect of trust in e-government on e-participation. The study proposed a conceptual model comprising seven hypotheses tested using PLS-SEM. Data were collected through a questionnaire from 689 respondents from Nigeria. The results show that openness of e-government and trust in e-government positively influence e-participation. The direct relationship between social media use and e-participation cannot be confirmed; however, trust in e-government mediates the indirect relationships. Similarly, it examines the role of social media use in investigating e-participation. The findings implied that public sector organizations and e-government implementers would learn and take advantage of the e-government system and social media strengths to meet the citizens’ expectations.
{"title":"The influence of openness of public organizations and social media use on e-participation: the mediating effect of trust in e-government","authors":"A. K. Abdulkareem, Zulfah Jumoke Abdulkareem, A. Ishola, M. L. Bello, K. A. Oladimeji","doi":"10.1080/12294659.2022.2136054","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/12294659.2022.2136054","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Nigeria implemented e-government in the early 2000s to improve public service delivery, promote citizens’ participation, enhance transparency and accountability. Twenty years after implementation, this study examines the influence of openness of public organizations, social media use and the mediating effect of trust in e-government on e-participation. The study proposed a conceptual model comprising seven hypotheses tested using PLS-SEM. Data were collected through a questionnaire from 689 respondents from Nigeria. The results show that openness of e-government and trust in e-government positively influence e-participation. The direct relationship between social media use and e-participation cannot be confirmed; however, trust in e-government mediates the indirect relationships. Similarly, it examines the role of social media use in investigating e-participation. The findings implied that public sector organizations and e-government implementers would learn and take advantage of the e-government system and social media strengths to meet the citizens’ expectations.","PeriodicalId":39993,"journal":{"name":"International Review of Public Administration","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-10-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44451122","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-10-02DOI: 10.1080/12294659.2022.2147751
A. Wellstead, Michael Howlett, Aritra Chakrabarty
ABSTRACT Knowledge‐based policy influence organizations such as think tanks or policy hubs seek to develop public value through the kinds of knowledge utilization activities in which they are engaged. But what exactly do they do, how do they do it and how does this result in public value? While historically public managers have long been assumed to be the principal purveyors of public value, now many policy actors in their various activities claim to seek to enhance public value and can do so in a number of distinct ways requiring a reassessment of the kinds of activities and efforts they are engaged in. This paper looks at key differences between long-established organizations like think tanks and newcomers like policy labs to see how they differ in focus upon co-creation, co-design, and co-production in their search for public value.
{"title":"What is co-creation and how does it create public value?","authors":"A. Wellstead, Michael Howlett, Aritra Chakrabarty","doi":"10.1080/12294659.2022.2147751","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/12294659.2022.2147751","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Knowledge‐based policy influence organizations such as think tanks or policy hubs seek to develop public value through the kinds of knowledge utilization activities in which they are engaged. But what exactly do they do, how do they do it and how does this result in public value? While historically public managers have long been assumed to be the principal purveyors of public value, now many policy actors in their various activities claim to seek to enhance public value and can do so in a number of distinct ways requiring a reassessment of the kinds of activities and efforts they are engaged in. This paper looks at key differences between long-established organizations like think tanks and newcomers like policy labs to see how they differ in focus upon co-creation, co-design, and co-production in their search for public value.","PeriodicalId":39993,"journal":{"name":"International Review of Public Administration","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-10-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43625846","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-10-02DOI: 10.1080/12294659.2022.2147410
Yoonhee Choi, Eunjung Hwang
ABSTRACT Korea’s population is aging and the quality of life (QOL) of older adults has become a significant social challenge. Research on the QOL of older adults has focused on health, social support, and objective institutional factors, without identifying the influence of subjective factors related to policy. This study includes policy expectations for national pension, long-term care insurance for older adults, and basic pension, in addition to health factors, such as cognitive function, depression, and activities of daily living (ADL), and social support from family members and friends. The results based on the 7th Korean Longitudinal Study of Aging (KLoSA) confirmed the significant relevance of relationships with friends (+) as social support along with cognitive function (+) and depression (-). Policy expectations for the national pension and long-term care insurance also had a positive relation with the QOL of older adults. These results have implications for future research and policies.
{"title":"Do policy expectations, health, and social support affect the quality of life of older adults?","authors":"Yoonhee Choi, Eunjung Hwang","doi":"10.1080/12294659.2022.2147410","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/12294659.2022.2147410","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Korea’s population is aging and the quality of life (QOL) of older adults has become a significant social challenge. Research on the QOL of older adults has focused on health, social support, and objective institutional factors, without identifying the influence of subjective factors related to policy. This study includes policy expectations for national pension, long-term care insurance for older adults, and basic pension, in addition to health factors, such as cognitive function, depression, and activities of daily living (ADL), and social support from family members and friends. The results based on the 7th Korean Longitudinal Study of Aging (KLoSA) confirmed the significant relevance of relationships with friends (+) as social support along with cognitive function (+) and depression (-). Policy expectations for the national pension and long-term care insurance also had a positive relation with the QOL of older adults. These results have implications for future research and policies.","PeriodicalId":39993,"journal":{"name":"International Review of Public Administration","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-10-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48862011","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-10-02DOI: 10.1080/12294659.2022.2152570
Seeun Ryu, Yunseung Kim, Jiseul Kim
ABSTRACT Studies on capital expenditure barely exist in S. Korea, although Korean local governments make substantial capital expenditure on infrastructure. To examine the determinants of capital spending in S. Korea, we conducted the system generalized method of moments estimation with panel data of 16 Korean local governments over the period 2002–2020. The model of this study, focusing on resource availability and political dynamics, provides strong support to the capital spending hypotheses. Specifically, our research reveals that capital expenditures are significantly associated with resource availability (general taxes earmarked for capital projects, intergovernmental grants, and local bonds) and political factors (elections). We also found that institutional change in the form of the adoption of the ceiling bond system is positively associated with local capital expenditure.
{"title":"Determinants of capital spending in local governments of South Korea","authors":"Seeun Ryu, Yunseung Kim, Jiseul Kim","doi":"10.1080/12294659.2022.2152570","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/12294659.2022.2152570","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Studies on capital expenditure barely exist in S. Korea, although Korean local governments make substantial capital expenditure on infrastructure. To examine the determinants of capital spending in S. Korea, we conducted the system generalized method of moments estimation with panel data of 16 Korean local governments over the period 2002–2020. The model of this study, focusing on resource availability and political dynamics, provides strong support to the capital spending hypotheses. Specifically, our research reveals that capital expenditures are significantly associated with resource availability (general taxes earmarked for capital projects, intergovernmental grants, and local bonds) and political factors (elections). We also found that institutional change in the form of the adoption of the ceiling bond system is positively associated with local capital expenditure.","PeriodicalId":39993,"journal":{"name":"International Review of Public Administration","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-10-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42333285","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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