Recent decades have seen a trend in which public policy graduates shun government and
enter private‐sector employment. In part, the shift reflects changing sectoral opportunities …

The discipline of public administration draws predominantly from political and organizational
theory, but also from other social and behavioral sciences, philosophy, and even theology …

This study explores the predictors of government career preferences using a higher
education socialization framework. Existing research suggests that students' interest in …

The purpose of this study is to explore the extent to which the characteristics of public
administration degree programs are related to public service motivation (PSM) using a …

Exploration of NPM to discern its stance on social justice offers contrasting perspectives.
Social justice may be thought largely absent from NPM thinking. If and where its signs …

Scholars have long suggested that the degree orientations of public administration
programs were related to the attitudes and behaviors of students, even though empirical …

Despite several scholarly inquiries, the question of whether there are critical differences
between Masters of Public Administration (MPA) and Masters of Public Policy (MPP) …

To address ongoing discussions about the convergence of MPA and MPP curricula and
students, data were collected on career values and goals of 175 MPA and MPP students …

Prior research has documented pernicious effects of professional education on prosocial
and public service motivations. Considering the centrality of these values for public …

Around the world, failures and scandals in government have evidenced the need to improve
the information and communication technology (ICT) curriculum of public administration …