Public Administration Dissertations and Theses: Recent submissions
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Street-Level Judgments: How the Role of Judges Influences the Decision to Collaborate in Juvenile Courts
(University of Kansas, 2019-08-31)The use of problem-solving collaborations, much like in other areas of public management, is widespread in the United States juvenile court system. These problem-solving collaborations include, but are not limited to, ... -
The Influence of Business Interest Groups in Urban Policymaking: An Empirical Exploration of a Low Salience Policy Setting
(University of Kansas, 2019-08-31)The lack of a national comprehensive climate change policy in the United States has prompted cities to take the lead on urban sustainability actions. Extent research has explored various political, socio-economic and ... -
Beyond Adoption: The Influence of Local Institutional Arrangements on Sustainability Policy Implementation and Management
(University of Kansas, 2019-05-31)As we are more than a decade into describing and understanding local sustainability as a major phenomenon, local governments now face new challenges as they begin moving from commitment (i.e. stage of adopting sustainability ... -
Three Essays on the Economics of For-Profit Colleges
(University of Kansas, 2018-05-31)This dissertation consists of three studies regarding the growing role of for-profit colleges and universities in the United States. Analyzing the behaviors of these institutions through a microeconomic lens, I investigate ... -
What Happens at the Intersection of Policy and Practice? Examining Role Conflict and Professional Alienation of Occupational Therapy Professionals in Complex Environments
(University of Kansas, 2016-12-31)ABSTRACT To examine what happens at the intersection of policy and practice, this dissertation utilizes a three-article format to advance public administration scholarship and contribute to health system research about ... -
OMBUDS AND TITLE IX COORDINATORS: PROCEDURAL CONVERGENCE OF UNIVERSITY DISPUTE RESOLUTION MECHANISMS FOR HANDLING SEXUAL MISCONDUCT
(University of Kansas, 2015-05-31)This dissertation examines university non-law organizational dispute mechanisms (Ombuds and Title IX Coordinators) and their handling of sexual misconduct disputes. In 2011, the U.S. Department of Education Office of Civil ... -
Financial Health of Nonprofit Organizations
(University of Kansas, 2016-08-31)Nonprofit financial health is the least developed among the three sectors – public, private nonprofit --and often focuses on vulnerability, capacity, and stability (E. I. Altman, Haldeman, & Narayanan, 1977; Ashley & Faulk, ... -
The Effect of Collaboration on Performance in Public Management: Evidence from Community Policing
(University of Kansas, 2016-08-31)Practitioners and academics expect collaboration to matter in public management. Both treat it as an imperative to goal accomplishment and view collaboration as fundamental in community policing. However, existing research ... -
Accountability Remade: The Diffusion and Reinvention of Offices of Inspectors General
(University of Kansas, 2014-12-31)Offices of Inspectors General (OIGs), like other government accountability mechanisms, promise increased control, improved performance, and appropriate behavior from governmental actors. OIGs pursue these goals by monitoring ... -
Does the Race of Police Officers Matter? Police Officers on Interactions with Citizens and Police Procedures
(University of Kansas, 2014-08-31)Racial tensions in policing are as salient today as ever. While police departments face different challenges in the 21st century compared to the tumultuous years of the civil rights movement, the minority community still ... -
Pathways to Change: Explaining the Effectiveness in Community Based Development Organiztions
(University of Kansas, 2014-08-31)In recent years, nonprofit organizations have come under increasing pressure from funders and other key stakeholders to prove they are "worthy" of significantly expanded support and cooperation. One area in which nonprofit ... -
Specifying and Testing a Multi-Dimensional Model of Publicness: An Analysis of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Treatment Facilities
(University of Kansas, 2014-05-31)This study specifies and tests a multi-dimensional model of publicness, building upon extant literature in this area. Publicness represents the degree to which an organization has "public" ties. An organization's degree ... -
FOLLOWING THE LEADER OR LEADING THE FOLLOWER? THE EFFECTS OF MISSION-DRIVEN VS. LEADER-DRIVEN COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION
(University of Kansas, 2013-12-31)Emerging in the discussion of leadership is the separate and distinct concept of followership. Previously, followers were discussed more in relation to the leader, as if leaders were entirely responsible for the actions ... -
Rule Bending and Red Tape: Organizational and Individual Influences and the Effect of Ethical Climate
(University of Kansas, 2013-05-31)While it is established that rules are a critical part of organizations, less is known about the influences on the unintended consequences resulting from rules. Two of these consequences--rule bending and perception of red ... -
COST ACCOUNTING IN US CITIES: TRANSACTION COSTS AND GOVERNANCE FACTORS AFFECTING COST ACCOUNTING DEVELOPMENT AND USE
(University of Kansas, 2013-05-31)Cost accounting in government is a topic that has an oddly uncertain place in public financial management. Many people know what it is as an ideal construct but do not know what it is in practice. This uncertainty of ... -
Sustainable Public Administration: the Search for Intergenerational Fairness
(University of Kansas, 2013-05-31)This study presents a broad understanding of sustainability-sustainability as intergenerational equity, or fairness in relation to future generations. It seeks to fill the theoretical gap in the sustainability literature, ... -
Administrative morality in Colombia
(University of Kansas, 2013-05-31)This dissertation analyzes a cause of action created by the Colombian constitutional reform of 1991: administrative morality. This cause of action was created with the purpose of facilitating citizen engagement in governmental ... -
Welcoming the Outsider: Local Construction of the Law towards Immigrants
(University of Kansas, 2013-08-31)This dissertation examines the local construction of law on the street regarding immigrants. Local agencies play a key role in immigration enforcement and in providing services to immigrants. They are increasingly the face ... -
Public Management as Citizen Compliance: A Case Study of Income Tax Compliance Behavior in Thailand
(University of Kansas, 2012-08-31)This dissertation proposes that in democratic government understanding citizens is a key to effective public management and understanding taxpayers is a key to successful tax administration. Tax compliance has long been a ... -
Collective Bargaining in Municipal Government: How Unionization Impacts Employee's Attitudes, Behaviors, and Values
(University of Kansas, 2011-04-18)The purpose of this dissertation is to examine the impact of public sector labor unions on member attitudes, beliefs, and values. I expect that as union members commit to the values of labor organizations they will perceive ...