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CALL FOR PAPERS - SYMPOSIUM INNOVATIVE METHODS IN PUBLIC MANAGEMENT

  • 1.  CALL FOR PAPERS - SYMPOSIUM INNOVATIVE METHODS IN PUBLIC MANAGEMENT

    Posted 05-14-2014 23:46
    Dear OB-members, 

    See below a call for papers for a symposium issue of     International Public Management Journal (IPMJ). The purpose of this symposium is to introduce a range of methods to public management scholarship that are underutilized or indeed novel to the field. 

    Potential new methods and techniques could include Natural Language Processing, ethnography, meta-analysis, Item-Response Theory, Bayesian statistics, random assignment, neuro-imaging, Difference in Difference models. However, we also encourage papers to describe other (qualitative and quantitative) methods and techniques (not listed above). They should be new or neglected and potentially beneficial for public management researchers. Proposed papers may contain specific applications but should primarily focus on how these applications bring out broader lessons for the field of public management research.

    For more info see http://bit.ly/QKelQm    

    CALL FOR PAPERS International Public Management Journal (IPMJ). Symposium: State-of-the-art in public management research methods
     

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    Public management scholars have always been eager to borrow theories from other disciplines to enrich understanding of public management practices (Raadschelders, 2013). However, public management scholars have been lagging behind in their knowledge and utilization of methods from other fields (Gill & Meier, 2000; Lee et al., 2012; Kelman, 2005). We believe that public management research can greatly benefit from methodological innovations.

    Therefore, the purpose of this symposium is to introduce a range of methods to public management scholarship that are underutilized or indeed novel to our field. We are interested in contributions that introduce new and/or innovative methods, and discuss ways in which these can improve the application and understanding of public management issues, such as performance of public organizations, their innovativeness, or ways to cut red tape. The first goal is to broaden the awareness and methodological toolkit of public management scholars. Secondly, we aim to improve the methodological plurality and rigorousness of public management scholarship.

    By doing so, this symposium explicitly goes beyond the ubiquitous case study and cross-sectional survey method which has dominated the field for quite some time (Groeneveld et al., 2014; Pandey & Marlowe 2014).

    Potential proposals -- by no means an exhaustive list – could address the following:

    · Examples of applications of new methods and techniques from other areas of research and the way they benefit public
    management research
    · Practical applications of 'neglected' methods and techniques in public management research;
    · General overviews of the use of novel methods in public management research.

    Potential new methods and techniques could include Natural Language Processing, ethnography, meta-analysis, Item-Response Theory, Bayesian statistics, random assignment, neuro-imaging, Difference in Difference models. However, we also encourage papers to describe other (qualitative and quantitative) methods and techniques (not listed above). They should be new or neglected and potentially beneficial for public management researchers. Proposed papers may contain specific applications but should primarily focus on how these applications bring out broader lessons for the field of public management research.

    All submissions will be reviewed using the journal's regular double blind review process. Authors interested in submitting papers should submit their manuscripts by November 1, 2014.

    Manuscripts should be submitted electronically at http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/upmj

    References

    Gill, J., & Meier, K. J. (2000). Public administration research and practice: A methodological manifesto. Journal of Public Administration
    Research and Theory, 10(1), 157-199.

    Groeneveld, S., Tummers, L. G., Bronkhorst, B., Ashikali, T., & Van Thiel, S. (2014). Quantitative Methods in Public Administration: Their
    Use and Development Through Time. International Public Management Journal, Forthcoming.

    Kelman, S. (2005). Public management needs help!. Academy of Management Journal, 48(6), 967-969.

    Lee, G., Benoit, B., J., & Johnson, T. P. (2012). Survey research in public administration: Assessing mainstream journals with a total
    survey error framework. Public Administration Review, 72(1), 87-97.

    Pandey, S.K. & Marlowe, J. 2014. Assessing Survey-Based Measurement of Personnel Red Tape With Anchoring Vignettes. Review of
    Public Personnel Administration. Advance online publication. doi:10.1177/0734371X14531988

    Raadschelders, J. C. (2013). Public administration: The interdisciplinary study of government. Oxford University Press.

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    Dr. Lars Tummers

    Assistant Professor Erasmus University Rotterdam

    Visiting Scholar University of California, Berkeley

    Public Management & Public Policy

    E: Tummers@fsw.eur.nl 

    I: www.larstummers.com

    I: www.LIPSE.org

    T: @LGTummers

     

    Leadership in the public sector - Published in Public Administration Review  

    http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/puar.12138/abstract (with Dr. Eva Knies)


    New book on policy alienation  - Published by Edward Elgar

    http://www.e-elgar.com/bookentry_main.lasso?currency=UK&id=15144



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