Subfield · Public Administration
Most cited papers in Public Administration
What are the most cited papers in Public Administration?
The most cited paper in Public Administration is "A PUBLIC MANAGEMENT FOR ALL SEASONS?" (Christopher Hood, 1991), with 9,741 citations. Next come "Collaborative Governance in Theory and Practice" (8,068) and "HIERARCHIES, JOBS, BODIES:" (7,338).
Showing 50 of 100 papers. Every paper with more than 1,156 citations is listed.
| # | Paper | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A PUBLIC MANAGEMENT FOR ALL SEASONS? Christopher Hood · Public Administration | Mar 1991 | 9,741 |
| 2 | Collaborative Governance in Theory and Practice Christopher Ansell, Alison L. Gash · Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory | 13 Nov 2007 | 8,068 |
| 3 | HIERARCHIES, JOBS, BODIES: Joan R. Acker · Gender & Society | Jun 1990 | 7,338 |
| 4 | Men and Women of the Corporation Mary Anne Devanna · The Journal of Applied Behavioral Science | Apr 1978 | 6,493 |
| 5 | Concluding Remarks Gail Hutchinson · Cold Spring Harbor Symposia on Quantitative Biology | 1957 | 5,867 |
| 6 | STRATEGIC RESPONSES TO INSTITUTIONAL PROCESSES Christine Maree Oliver · Academy of Management Review | 1991 | 4,857 |
| 7 | The New Governance: Governing without Government R. A. W. Rhodes · Political Studies | Sep 1996 | 4,304 |
| 8 | Modes of Network Governance: Structure, Management, and Effectiveness Keith G. Provan, Patrick Kenis · Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory | 29 Jun 2007 | 3,956 |
| 9 | Power in Movement: Social Movements and Contentious Politics William A. Gamson, Sidney Tarrow · Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews | May 1999 | 3,923 |
| 10 | The “new public management” in the 1980s: Variations on a theme Christopher Hood · Accounting Organizations and Society | Feb 1995 | 3,812 |
| 11 | An advocacy coalition framework of policy change and the role of policy-oriented learning therein Paul Sabatier · Policy Sciences | 1988 | 3,569 |
| 12 | An Integrative Framework for Collaborative Governance Kirk Emerson, Tina Nabatchi, Stephen Balogh · Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory | 2 May 2011 | 3,544 |
| 13 | Inequality Regimes Joan R. Acker · Gender & Society | 30 Jun 2006 | 3,382 |
| 14 | Learning from Abroad: The Role of Policy Transfer in Contemporary Policy‐Making David Peter Dolowitz, David D. Marsh · Governance | 2000 | 3,272 |
| 15 | EFFECTS OF HUMAN RESOURCE SYSTEMS ON MANUFACTURING PERFORMANCE AND TURNOVER. Jeffrey B. Arthur · Academy of Management Journal | Jun 1994 | 3,045 |
| 16 | Precarious Work, Insecure Workers: Employment Relations in Transition Arne L. Kalleberg · American Sociological Review | Feb 2009 | 2,994 |
| 17 | The Reification of Absorptive Capacity: A Critical Review and Rejuvenation of the Construct Peter J. Lane, Balaji R. Koka, Seemantini Madhukar Pathak · Academy of Management Review | Oct 2006 | 2,865 |
| 18 | Governance as theory: five propositions Gerry Stoker · International Social Science Journal | Mar 1998 | 2,745 |
| 19 | Institutionalization and Structuration: Studying the Links between Action and Institution Stephen R. Barley, Pamela S. Tolbert · Organization Studies | 1997 | 2,608 |
| 20 | New Public Management Is Dead--Long Live Digital-Era Governance Patrick Dunleavy · Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory | 8 Sep 2005 | 2,571 |
| 21 | WHY PEOPLE STAY: USING JOB EMBEDDEDNESS TO PREDICT VOLUNTARY TURNOVER. T. R. Mitchell, Brooks C. Holtom, T. W. Lee et al. · Academy of Management Journal | Dec 2001 | 2,561 |
| 22 | Varieties of Participation in Complex Governance Archon Fung · Public Administration Review | 9 Nov 2006 | 2,406 |
| 23 | Bringing the State Back In: Strategies of Analysis in Current Research Theda R. Skocpol · Cambridge University Press eBooks | 13 Sep 1985 | 2,393 |
| 24 | The Design and Implementation of Cross‐Sector Collaborations: Propositions from the Literature John M. Bryson, Barbara C. Crosby, Melissa M. Stone · Public Administration Review | 9 Nov 2006 | 2,392 |
| 25 | Inside the Hybrid Organization: Selective Coupling as a Response to Competing Institutional Logics Anne-Claire Pache, Filipe Manuel Simoes Dos Santos · Academy of Management Journal | 30 Sep 2012 | 2,376 |
| 26 | Bargaining Structure, Corporatism and Macroeconomic Performance Lars Calmfors, John Driffill, Seppo Honkapohja et al. · Economic Policy | Apr 1988 | 2,372 |
| 27 | Accounting for the effects of accountability. Jennifer Susan Lerner, Philip E. Tetlock · Psychological Bulletin | 1999 | 2,277 |
| 28 | The Fair Wage-Effort Hypothesis and Unemployment George A. Akerlof, Janet L. Yellen · The Quarterly Journal of Economics | May 1990 | 2,215 |
| 29 | Integration of Trade and Disintegration of Production in the Global Economy Robert C. Feenstra · The Journal of Economic Perspectives | Nov 1998 | 2,109 |
| 30 | The Sources of Four Commonly Reported Cutoff Criteria Charles E. Lance, Marcus M. Butts, Lawrence C. Michels · Organizational Research Methods | 10 Mar 2006 | 2,060 |
| 31 | A Theory of Racialized Organizations Victor Erik Ray · American Sociological Review | 25 Jan 2019 | 1,987 |
| 32 | Beyond Engagement and Participation: User and Community Coproduction of Public Services Tony Bovaird · Public Administration Review | Sep 2007 | 1,977 |
| 33 | Measuring Public Service Motivation: An Assessment of Construct Reliability and Validity Jay L. Perry · Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory | 1996 | 1,972 |
| 34 | Citizen Participation in Decision Making: Is It Worth the Effort? Renée A. Irvin, John S. Stansbury · Public Administration Review | 7 Jan 2004 | 1,938 |
| 35 | Top-Down and Bottom-Up Approaches to Implementation Research: a Critical Analysis and Suggested Synthesis Paul Sabatier · Journal of Public Policy | 1986 | 1,874 |
| 36 | An invitation to social construction Torbjörn Bredenlöw · Scandinavian Journal of Management | Dec 2001 | 1,871 |
| 37 | Defining digital transformation: Results from expert interviews Ines A. Mergel, Noella Edelmann, Nathalie Haug · Government Information Quarterly | 25 Jun 2019 | 1,866 |
| 38 | The New Public Service: Serving Rather than Steering Robert B. Denhardt, Janet Vinzant Denhardt · Public Administration Review | Nov 2000 | 1,782 |
| 39 | Organizational Life Cycles and Shifting Criteria of Effectiveness: Some Preliminary Evidence Robert E. Quinn, Kim S. Cameron · Management Science | 1983 | 1,759 |
| 40 | Reframing Public Policy: Discursive Politics and Deliberative Practices Frank Fischer · Digital Commons - USU (Utah State University) | 2003 | 1,723 |
| 41 | HIGH-INVOLVEMENT WORK PRACTICES, TURNOVER, AND PRODUCTIVITY: EVIDENCE FROM NEW ZEALAND. James P. Guthrie · Academy of Management Journal | Feb 2001 | 1,645 |
| 42 | Nonstandard Employment Relations: Part-time, Temporary and Contract Work Arne L. Kalleberg · Annual Review of Sociology | Aug 2000 | 1,608 |
| 43 | ‘Accountability’: An Ever‐Expanding Concept? Richard G. Mulgan · Public Administration | 2000 | 1,598 |
| 44 | Outsourcing at Will: The Contribution of Unjust Dismissal Doctrine to the Growth of Employment Outsourcing David Autor · Journal of Labor Economics | 2003 | 1,587 |
| 45 | On the Measurement of Organizational Slack L. J. Bourgeois · Academy of Management Review | 1981 | 1,577 |
| 46 | Reframing public participation: strategies for the 21st century Judith E. Innes, David E. Booher · Planning Theory & Practice | 2004 | 1,575 |
| 47 | Public Value Governance: Moving Beyond Traditional Public Administration and the New Public Management John M. Bryson, Barbara C. Crosby, Laura Bloomberg · Public Administration Review | 12 Jun 2014 | 1,528 |
| 48 | Synthesizing the Implementation Literature: The Ambiguity-Conflict Model of Policy Implementation Richard E. Matland · Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory | Apr 1995 | 1,514 |
| 49 | Bargaining in the Shadow of the Law: The Case of Divorce Robert H. Mnookin, Lewis A. Kornhauser · The Yale Law Journal | Apr 1979 | 1,503 |
| 50 | Wicked Problems Brian William Head, John Alford · Administration & Society | 28 Mar 2013 | 1,501 |
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