The Department of Public Administration faculty are actively engaged in influencing the development of our profession through productive research. In particular, we are all working to enhance the capacities of public service organizations to work efficiently, democratically and transparently.
Barrett, S., Rubaii-Barrett, N., & Pelowski, J. (in press). Preparing for and responding to
student incivilities: Starting the dialog in public affairs education. Journal of Public Affairs Education.
Campbell, D. (in press). Stand by me: Organization founding in the aftermath of disaster. The American Review of Public Admnistration.
Campbell, D. (in press). Giving up the single life: Motivations for interorganizational restructuring in nonprofit organizations. Administration in Social Work.
Isett, K., LeRoux, K, Mergl, I., Mischen, P.A., & Rethemeyer, K. (in press). Networks in public administration scholarship: Understanding where we are and where we need to go. Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory.
Lambright, K.T. (in press). An update of a classic: Applying expectancy theory to understand contracted provider motivation. Administration & Society.
Lambright, K.T., Mischen, P.A., & Laramee, C. (in press). Building trust in public and nonprofit networks: Personal, dyadic, and third party influences. The American Review of Public Administration.
Lambright, K.T., & Lu, Y. (in press). An examination of factors influencing service learning's educational outcomes: What impacts the learning in service learning? Journal of Public Affairs Education.
Rubaii-Barrett, N. (in press). The micro-politics of immigration: Local government responsiveness to language diversity. In David Ericson (Ed), Toward a more inclusive politics? Controversies and strategies for the 21st century. Routledge Press.
Amirkhanyan, A.A., Kim, H.J., & Lambright, K.T. (2009). Faith-based assumptions about performance: Does church affiliation matter for service quality and access? Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, 38, 490-521.
Lambright, K.T. (2009). Agency theory and beyond: Contracted providers' motivations to properly use service monitoring tools. Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory, 19, 207-227.
Mischen, P.A. (2009). The impact of performance measurement on child protective service agencies through the lens of knowledge management. Child Welfare, 87, 125 - 143.
Mischen, P.A., & Sinclair, T.A.P. (2009). Making implementation more "democratic" through action implementation research. Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory,
19, 145 - 164.
Campbell, D. (2008). Getting to yes or no: Nonprofit decision making and interorganizational restructuring. Nonprofit Management and Leadership, 19, 221-241.
Campbell, D., Bonbright, D. & Nguyen, L. (2008). The 21st century potential of constituent voice: Opportunities for reform. Report prepared for the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the David and Lucille Packard Foundation, available at:http://www2.binghamton.edu/ccpa/publicadministration/research/cacrd/initiatives/The_2 1st_Century_Potential_of_Constituency_Voice.pdf
Mischen, P.A., & Jackson, S.K. (2008). Connecting the dots: Applying complexity theory, knowledge management and social network analysis to policy implementation. Public Administration Quarterly, 32, 314 - 339.
Rubaii-Barrett, N. (2008). Immigrant integration: An intergovernmental imperative. Policy issue white paper prepared for the International City/County Management Association (ICMA).
Rubaii-Barrett, N., & Wise, L.R. (2008). Diversity accessibility and e-government: An empirical analysis of state practices. Journal of Disability Policy Studies, 19, 52-64.
