Public Affairs and Administration, School of: Recent submissions
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Understanding leadership in a world of shared problems: advancing network governance in large landscape conservation
(Ecological Society of America, 2016-04-04)Conservation of large landscapes requires three interconnected types of leadership: collaborative leadership, in which network members share leadership functions at different points in time; distributive leadership, in ... -
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 ... -
Farmers and Rural Kansas Communities: Planning for the Future
(Rural Development Institute, Brandon University, 2014)Rural communities everywhere face ongoing questions about their resilience and plans for their futures. This study analyzes the perceptions Kansas farmers have of their communities as a basis for considering how rural ... -
Assessing the Relationship Between Hazard Mitigation Plan Quality and Rural Status in a Cohort of 57 Counties from 3 States in the Southeastern U.S.
(MDPI, 2012-09)Rural counties face unique challenges with regard to disaster vulnerability and resilience. We compared the quality of hazard mitigation plans (HMPs) completed in accordance with provisions of the Disaster Mitigation Act ... -
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 ... -
Taking Stock: Assessing and Improving Performance Budgeting Theory and Practice
(Taylor & Francis, 2015-02)Since the passing of the Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA) of 1993, the past 20 years represent one of the most remarkable eras for performance budgeting initiatives in the United States. As a result, many ... -
On the Importance of Strengthening Moderate Beliefs in Climate Science to Foster Support for Immediate Action
(MDPI, 2013-12-03)Whereas many studies focus on climate skeptics to explain the lack of support for immediate action on climate change, this research examines the effect of moderate believers in climate science. Using data from a representative ... -
Changing the Role of Research Libraries in Scholarly Communication
(Michigan Publishing, 2000-03-01)As the decade of the 1990s drew to a close, the basic issues related to the economics of scholarly publishing became familiar to most academic librarians, particularly those involved in collection development. A constantly ... -
School Finance Reform: Do Equalized Expenditures Imply Equalized Teacher Salaries?
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology Press (MIT Press), 2011-10-01)Kentucky is a poor, relatively rural state that contrasts greatly with the relatively urban and wealthy states typically the subject of education studies employing large-scale administrative data. For this reason, Kentucky's ... -
Public Personnel Update
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Applying the logic of sample surveys to qualitative case studies: The case cluster method
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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 ... -
Out of the Rubble and Towards a Sustainable Future: The “Greening” of Greensburg, Kansas
(MDPI AG, 2010-07-20)Following a devastating tornado there in 2007, the tiny city of Greensburg, Kansas has engaged in a sustainability-oriented recovery process through which it hopes to serve as a model for other communities planning for a ... -
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 ... -
Contemporary Challenges in Local Government
(American Society for Public Administration, 2013-07)Describes contemporary challenges in local government focusing on roles and responsibilities, structures, and processes.