Civil service and the growth of government
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jpubeco.2019.07.004
Abstract: I study a dynamic model of electoral accountability which links the scale of government activity to the presence of civil service protections. In the model, voters with a demand for public goods forward tax revenue… read more here.
Keywords: growth government; service growth; civil service; civil servants ... See more keywords
‘From Our Side Rules Are Followed’: Authorizing bureaucracy in Nepal's ‘permanent transition’
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DOI: 10.1017/s0026749x1600055x
Abstract: Abstract This article explores how local civil servants produce the conditions of possibility for bureaucratic authority in Nepal's contested political environment of war and post-war ‘transition’. Specifically, it examines the everyday practices of local civil… read more here.
Keywords: transition; article; civil servants; local civil ... See more keywords
Prisoners of Pakistan: Bengali military personnel and civil servants in Pakistan, 1971–1974
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DOI: 10.1017/s0026749x23000525
Abstract: Abstract This article examines, for the first time, a significant aspect of Bangladesh’s Liberation War in 1971: the fate of ‘stranded Bengalis’ in West Pakistan during and after the war. The war ended with over… read more here.
Keywords: war; military personnel; personnel civil; bengali military ... See more keywords
Speaking truth to power: political advisers’ and civil servants’ responses to perceived harmful policy proposals
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DOI: 10.1017/s0143814x18000508
Abstract: How are civil servants and politically appointed advisers likely to respond to policy proposals that they believe will harm their countries severely even if they are legal? Based on the different loyalties and roles of… read more here.
Keywords: harmful policy; voice; policy; perceived harmful ... See more keywords
Does the beauty premium effect always exist? — an ERP study of the facial attractiveness stereotype in public’s attitudes toward in-Service Chinese civil servant
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DOI: 10.1080/00207454.2019.1655012
Abstract: Abstract Objectives: Civil servants image is one of the most important representatives of government image. Therefore, it is of great significance to study the factors affecting the public’s attitudes toward in-service civil servants. The current… read more here.
Keywords: toward service; civil servants; service; civil servant ... See more keywords
The design of opportunities for civil servants’ inter-departmental networking behavior
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DOI: 10.1080/10967494.2024.2358012
Abstract: Abstract Extant research has identified individual, organizational, and environmental level attributes that shape the variation in public managers’ external networking behavior. It theorized that public managers’ networking behavior is instrumentally motivated by resource deficiencies. We… read more here.
Keywords: networking behavior; design opportunities; opportunities civil; civil servants ... See more keywords
Reaching out to men in ending intimate partner violence: a qualitative study among male civil servants in Ibadan, Nigeria
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DOI: 10.1080/17482631.2022.2128263
Abstract: ABSTRACT Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) is one of the most pervasive human rights violation which has negative impacts on the health and well-being of individuals, families and communities. Purpose The aim of this study was… read more here.
Keywords: intimate partner; civil servants; partner violence; ibadan nigeria ... See more keywords
The effect of training on public service delivery effectiveness in public sector organizations: the mediating role of civil servants’ performance
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DOI: 10.1080/23311886.2025.2466788
Abstract: Abstract This study examined the impact of effective training on civil servants’ performance and quality of public service delivery. The main aim was to evaluate how effective training contributes to civil servants’ performance and the… read more here.
Keywords: performance; civil servants; service delivery; servants performance ... See more keywords
Institutional conditions for governments working on sustainability transitions
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DOI: 10.1093/scipol/scae028
Abstract: The literature on societal transitions offers many policy recommendations. The implicit assumption is that the civil servants can follow these recommendations and design policies to accelerate transitions. This article shows that governmental transformation is needed… read more here.
Keywords: transitions institutional; institutional conditions; civil servants; sustainability transitions ... See more keywords
Neighbors with benefits: How politicians' local ties generate positive externalities when bureaucratic oversight is limited
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DOI: 10.1111/gove.12867
Abstract: Existing literature suggests bureaucrats shirk when political oversight is limited or inefficient. When civil servants engage in multitasking, elected office holders have neither the capacity nor the incentives to monitor bureaucrat–citizen interactions. I argue that… read more here.
Keywords: generate positive; positive externalities; oversight; politicians local ... See more keywords
Control and Stoicism
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DOI: 10.1111/jpc.16300
Abstract: In the Whitehall Study, epidemiologist Michael Marmot found that among male British civil servants in the 1960s and 1970s, and also female civil servants in the 1980s, mortality was lowest in the most senior civil… read more here.
Keywords: philosophy; control stoicism; control; civil servants ... See more keywords