Although there is consensus among scholars that red tape has negative consequences,
there is a lack of synthesis on these negative effects. We conduct a meta‐analysis and meta …

Abstract Since the New Administration perspective was introduced by Dwight Waldo, equity
has played a key role in public administration and public policy studies. Much research has …

Winner of the 2020 Outstanding Book Award Presented by the Public and Nonprofit Section
of the National Academy of Management Winner of the 2019 Louis Brownlow Book Award …

Behavioral public administration is the analysis of public administration from the micro‐level
perspective of individual behavior and attitudes by drawing on insights from psychology on …

This article offers two theoretical contributions. First, we develop the concept of
administrative burden as an important variable in understanding how citizens experience …

Administrative burdens are the frictions that people face in their encounters with public
services, leading to meaningful costs that include learning, compliance, and psychological …

In the United States at the height of the Cold War, roughly between the end of World War II
and the early 1980s, a new project of redefining rationality commanded the attention of …

Contemporary public administration reflects its historical roots, as well as contemporary
ideas about how the public bureaucracy should be organized and function. This book …

In the third edition of his award-winning book, Hal G. Rainey provides a comprehensive, up-
to-date analysis of research on public organizations and management. Drawing on a review …

The public sector is far more dynamic and innovative than its reputation. Take, for instance,
the spectacular changes in health care, employment policy and environmental protection …