Search Results - "Australian Journal of Public Administration"

The promise of co-design for public policy by Blomkamp, Emma

“…As a novel method for creatively engaging citizens and stakeholders to find solutions to complex problems, co-design holds great promise for policy makers. It…”
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Trust in government increased during the Covid-19 pandemic in Australia and New Zealand by Goldfinch, Shaun, Taplin, Ross, Gauld, Robin

“…Using an online panel, we surveyed a representative sample of 500 each in Australia and New Zealand during July 2020, in the middle of the Covid-19 pandemic…”
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Paradoxical leadership in public sector organisations: Its role in fostering employee resilience by Franken, Esme, Plimmer, Geoff, Malinen, Sanna

“…Government organisations, and their employees, need to be resilient to manage challenges such as resource constraints, rising demands, and the tensions and…”
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Governing public–private partnerships: A systematic review of case study literature by Xiong, Wei, Chen, Bin, Wang, Huanming, Zhu, Dajian

“…Governance plays a critical role in determining the success and failure of public–private partnerships (PPPs). We conducted a systematic review of case study…”
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Design Thinking in Policymaking Processes: Opportunities and Challenges by Mintrom, Michael, Luetjens, Joannah

“…Design thinking - policy development - environmental scanning - participant observation - open-to-learning conversations - mapping - sensemaking - future…”
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Administering inequality?: The National Disability Insurance Scheme and administrative burdens on individuals by Carey, Gemma, Malbon, Eleanor, Blackwell, James

“…Over the last 30 years, governments have sought to give citizens greater choice and control of the public services they utilise. As a result, we have seen the…”
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Politicisation of the public service during democratic backsliding: Alternative perspectives by Peters, B. Guy, Pierre, Jon

“…'This Research Note explores the issue of politicisation of the public service against the backdrop of the emergence of populism'. A common feature of populist…”
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Extent of sustainability disclosure by Australian public universities: Inclusive analysis of key reporting media by Trireksani, Terri, Zeng, Yun‐Ting, Djajadikerta, Hadrian Geri

“…This paper measures and inclusively analyses the extent of Australian public universities' sustainability disclosures on three key reporting media, that is…”
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Public service motivation helps: Understanding the influence of public employees' perceived overqualification on turnover intentions by Bao, Yuanjie, Zhong, Wei

“…Perceived overqualification is an important phenomenon that can lead to several undesirable outcomes; however, this phenomenon has received little research…”
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Moving policy theory forward : connecting multiple stream and advocacy coalition frameworks to policy cycle models of analysis by Howlett, Michael, McConnell, Allan, Perl, Anthony

“…Approaches to understanding the policy process - Advocacy Coalition Framework (ACF) model - recommendation to extend and modify Kingdon's multiple streams…”
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Organisations adapting to dual aspirations of individualisation and collaboration in the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) market by Foster, Michele, Hummell, Eloise, Fisher, Karen, Borg, Samantha J., Needham, Catherine, Venning, Alyssa

“…Disability support is often provided at the interface with other human services such as health, education, and employment agencies. This can present many…”
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Public servants working from home during the pandemic: Who gained and who lost? by Williamson, Sue, Colley, Linda, Huybers, Twan, Tani, Massimiliano

“…Employees experienced both advantages and disadvantages while working from home during the COVID-19 pandemic. Researchers have examined these impacts on women…”
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The future of working from home in the public sector: What does the evidence tell us? by Williamson, Sue, Pearce, Alicia, Connor, James, Weeratunga, Vindhya, Dickinson, Helen

“…The COVID-19 pandemic created a working from home experiment for the public sector. This paper examines what might happen next as countries move towards a…”
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Avoiding theoretical stagnation : a systematic review and framework for measuring public value by Faulkner, Nicholas, Kaufman, Stefan

“…Public value theory in public administration – measuring the extent to which organisations generate public value – identifying, evaluating and synthesising…”
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Will working from home become the 'new normal' in the public sector? by Williamson, Sue, Colley, Linda, Hanna‐Osborne, Sally

“…The COVID-19 pandemic compelled large sections of the workforce out of their workplaces and into their homes to work. Many commentators suggest this has…”
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Debt by design: The anatomy of a social policy fiasco - or was it something worse? by Whiteford, Peter

“…'Robodebt' is the label applied to an Australian government initiative designed to increase recoveries of 'over-payments' made to social security recipients…”
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Public services in Island sub-districts: Towards geography-based governance by Madubun, Jusuf

“…This study proposes a form of governance of sub-district public services based on the geography of the Maluku archipelago in Indonesia. Using qualitative…”
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From New Public Management to Public Value: Paradigmatic Change and Managerial Implications by O'Flynn, Janine

“…Idea of public value as a way of understanding government activity, informing policy-making and improving service delivery - response to concerns about 'new…”
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Reconsidering expertise for public policymaking: The challenges of contestability by Head, Brian W.

“…It is commonly claimed there is a crisis of expertise in liberal democracies and that experts who provide evidence-based policy ideas have become widely…”
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Public sector innovation in the Asia-pacific trends, challenges, and opportunities by der Wal, Zeger, Demircioglu, Mehmet Akif

“…Public organizations face a multitude of challenges that force them to innovate existing processes, policies, programs, and products. Indeed, in recent years,…”
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