As mentioned earlier in this book, the historical, social, economic, and cultural dimensions of a... more As mentioned earlier in this book, the historical, social, economic, and cultural dimensions of a specific country affect the concept of social equity. Korea is no exception. The purpose of this chapter is to consider the disadvantaged groups recognized by the Korean government and to analyze affirmative action approaches established in the civil service system to address social equity concerns regarding the disadvantaged groups. Finally, this discussion examines how these government actions have influenced representative bureaucracy in Korea. The Korean government has identified several disadvantaged groups according to social equity concerns and implemented public-sector affirmative action policies for hiring members of the disadvantaged groups. As of 2018, these groups included women, people with disabilities, workers from local regions outside the Seoul metropolitan areas and from lowincome families. The political, economic, and social contexts of justifying inclusion in the category of "disadvantaged" are briefly elaborated here. Once this is explained, the next section provides an analysis examining
This article discusses Max Weber's Methodology, Lowell L. Bennion's (1933) published doct... more This article discusses Max Weber's Methodology, Lowell L. Bennion's (1933) published doctoral dissertation from the University of Strasbourg, France. This book is important because it is the first systematic English language treatment of Weber's work. It also suggests an early link between Weberian and Durkheimian scholarship and foreshadows later debates regarding Talcott Parsons' interpretation of Weber. Additionally the book provides a unique contribution by applying Weber's "Calvinism-Capitalism" thesis to the development of Mormonism. We explore the academic context in which the book was written and its reception by American sociologists at the time. After summarizing the text, we examine its perspective on the issues later raised about Parsons' account of Weber. We conclude by looking at Lowell Bennion as a sociologist and a devout Mormon, and the unique connection that he forged between his re ligion and Max Weber's ideas.
Despite a growing literature on the topic, our understanding of organizational sensemaking remain... more Despite a growing literature on the topic, our understanding of organizational sensemaking remains somewhat fragmented, and discussions have not yet fully integrated related ideas into a conceptual framework that includes the contextual terrain in which these activities occur. This article offers such a model. We begin with a story from a Korean fire inspector, delineating the process of his sensemaking into three stages: noticing, interpretation, and action. We demonstrate how sensemaking can be understood in three separate contextsthe ecological, institutional, and social relational. We show how each context provides a setting for a unique account of the three stages of sensemaking. We derive four theoretical propositions and conclude with implications and discuss prospects for this promising research area.
U.S. federal agencies seek ways to retain valued workers and simultaneously recruit new blood. By... more U.S. federal agencies seek ways to retain valued workers and simultaneously recruit new blood. By focusing on compatibilities between federal employees and work environments, this study incorporates person-environment fit theory and tests the impact of three compatibilities on job satisfaction of federal civil servants based on the 2015 Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey. Results show that perceived compatibilities between federal employees and their jobs, work group, and supervisors have significant effects on job satisfaction among federal civil servants. Based on these results, we argue that interactional perspectives offer a useful additional theoretical framework for understanding employee job satisfaction.
This anicle raises fundamental questions that should be asked about the implications of distance ... more This anicle raises fundamental questions that should be asked about the implications of distance education for public affilirs teaching and practice. The questions discussed relate to educational objectives, students and their needs, adult learning theory, human and organization:il limiting factors, implications for faculty, and the challenges of accreditation. The authors draw on evidence from the literature, a large focus group, and field observation on their own campus to address these issues. They conclude that student socialization presents the most important questions of all. New electronic technologies are now forcing our field to reexamine closely the processes through which we socialize future generations of public servants.
Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory, Jul 1, 1996
Page 1. BOOK REVIEWS Management Comes to Policy Studies Laurence E. Lynn Jr. Public Management as... more Page 1. BOOK REVIEWS Management Comes to Policy Studies Laurence E. Lynn Jr. Public Management as Art, Science and Profession. Chatham, NJ: Chatham House Publishers, Inc., 200 pp. Larry Lynn has authored a book ...
This article illustrates managerial responses to different performance feedback signals in decisi... more This article illustrates managerial responses to different performance feedback signals in decision-making processes for improving performance. First, we conceptualize and illuminate distinctive dimensions of feedback signals-internal feedback, external feedback, and comparative feedback signals. Then, we test how these different feedback signals improve performance of public-sector programs based on a 10-year panel data set from the Korean Performance Assessment Rating Tool (K-PART). We find that performance signals from sources internal to individual programs and from external reference points of problem identification (social performance comparison) affect program performance. This suggests an association between internal management and social comparison mechanisms relative to performance improvement. The novel contribution of this research lies in promoting scholarship on performance management by identifying three unique sources of performance feedback signaling.
Page 1. A Piece of Lost History: Max Weber and Lowell L. Bennion LAURIE NEWMAN DIPADOVA AND RALPH... more Page 1. A Piece of Lost History: Max Weber and Lowell L. Bennion LAURIE NEWMAN DIPADOVA AND RALPH S. BROW~R This article discusses Max Weber's Methodology, Lowell L. Bennion's (1933) published doctoral dissertation from the University of Strasbourg, France. ...
Nonprofit leaders are instrumental in constructing and managing organizational reality. They thus... more Nonprofit leaders are instrumental in constructing and managing organizational reality. They thus need to possess skills to make meaning about various activities, interests, and organizational values, especially when mission and service contexts are in flux. Scholars recognize the sector‐distinct leadership role in social construction. Nevertheless, research has yet to articulate clearly how meaning‐making by nonprofit leaders develops leadership. This article fills this knowledge gap. We illuminate meaning‐making leadership in nonprofits. We identify interpretive leadership skill as an essential executive competency for configuring a shared reality of the nonprofit and guiding others to that reality. Interpretive leadership skill is composed of three meaning‐making capabilities: contextual astuteness, coordination capacity, and self‐reflective capacity. We theorize that interpretive leadership skill develops from the cognitive and identity development processes of the leader in social interactions. A constructive‐developmental approach to leadership underlies our theory building. Theoretical and practical utility of this conceptualization is discussed, as are directions for future research.
The study of intersectoral (across the three sectors) and intergovernmental (across the levels of... more The study of intersectoral (across the three sectors) and intergovernmental (across the levels of government) management has become more explicit as our knowledge of networks and governance increases. We present a mini-symposium on these issues beginning with this article, which presents an overview of the origins of intersectoral management, summarizes contributions from the symposium articles, and develops topics concerning intersectoral management that could benefit from further exploration, including distributive and redistributive consequences and the role of the state; transparency in public service and policy formation; theories about the sectors; and public service practice and curriculum.
This article discusses Max Weber's Methodology, Lowell L. Bennion's (1933) published doct... more This article discusses Max Weber's Methodology, Lowell L. Bennion's (1933) published doctoral dissertation from the University of Strasbourg, France. This book is important because it is the first systematic English language treatment of Weber's work. It also suggests an early link between Weberian and Durkheimian scholarship and foreshadows later debates regarding Talcott Parsons' interpretation of Weber. Additionally the book provides a unique contribution by applying Weber's "Calvinism-Capitalism" thesis to the development of Mormonism. We explore the academic context in which the book was written and its reception by American sociologists at the time. After summarizing the text, we examine its perspective on the issues later raised about Parsons' account of Weber. We conclude by looking at Lowell Bennion as a sociologist and a devout Mormon, and the unique connection that he forged between his re ligion and Max Weber's ideas.
International Review of Public Administration, 2011
This study illuminates the role of civil society actors in advocating for and helping implement T... more This study illuminates the role of civil society actors in advocating for and helping implement The Philippine Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Act of 2010. We illustrate how these actors served as both bottom-up and top-down brokers and translators in communicating ideas and action between vulnerable communities they represent and policy actors in the Philippine national government. We situate their actions within the Philippinesâ unique historical, cultural, political, and socio-economic context, noting the significance of their policy entrepreneurship by comparison to conditions a mere 25 years earlier, when the Marcos Regime would have hunted down and killed them for their activism. We conclude with observations about important contributions that the disaster risk reduction paradigm makes to development theory, and assert the importance of political and social goals, that are often drowned out by the dominant role that economics and ownership models hold in some Western ...
As mentioned earlier in this book, the historical, social, economic, and cultural dimensions of a... more As mentioned earlier in this book, the historical, social, economic, and cultural dimensions of a specific country affect the concept of social equity. Korea is no exception. The purpose of this chapter is to consider the disadvantaged groups recognized by the Korean government and to analyze affirmative action approaches established in the civil service system to address social equity concerns regarding the disadvantaged groups. Finally, this discussion examines how these government actions have influenced representative bureaucracy in Korea. The Korean government has identified several disadvantaged groups according to social equity concerns and implemented public-sector affirmative action policies for hiring members of the disadvantaged groups. As of 2018, these groups included women, people with disabilities, workers from local regions outside the Seoul metropolitan areas and from lowincome families. The political, economic, and social contexts of justifying inclusion in the category of "disadvantaged" are briefly elaborated here. Once this is explained, the next section provides an analysis examining
This article discusses Max Weber's Methodology, Lowell L. Bennion's (1933) published doct... more This article discusses Max Weber's Methodology, Lowell L. Bennion's (1933) published doctoral dissertation from the University of Strasbourg, France. This book is important because it is the first systematic English language treatment of Weber's work. It also suggests an early link between Weberian and Durkheimian scholarship and foreshadows later debates regarding Talcott Parsons' interpretation of Weber. Additionally the book provides a unique contribution by applying Weber's "Calvinism-Capitalism" thesis to the development of Mormonism. We explore the academic context in which the book was written and its reception by American sociologists at the time. After summarizing the text, we examine its perspective on the issues later raised about Parsons' account of Weber. We conclude by looking at Lowell Bennion as a sociologist and a devout Mormon, and the unique connection that he forged between his re ligion and Max Weber's ideas.
Despite a growing literature on the topic, our understanding of organizational sensemaking remain... more Despite a growing literature on the topic, our understanding of organizational sensemaking remains somewhat fragmented, and discussions have not yet fully integrated related ideas into a conceptual framework that includes the contextual terrain in which these activities occur. This article offers such a model. We begin with a story from a Korean fire inspector, delineating the process of his sensemaking into three stages: noticing, interpretation, and action. We demonstrate how sensemaking can be understood in three separate contextsthe ecological, institutional, and social relational. We show how each context provides a setting for a unique account of the three stages of sensemaking. We derive four theoretical propositions and conclude with implications and discuss prospects for this promising research area.
U.S. federal agencies seek ways to retain valued workers and simultaneously recruit new blood. By... more U.S. federal agencies seek ways to retain valued workers and simultaneously recruit new blood. By focusing on compatibilities between federal employees and work environments, this study incorporates person-environment fit theory and tests the impact of three compatibilities on job satisfaction of federal civil servants based on the 2015 Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey. Results show that perceived compatibilities between federal employees and their jobs, work group, and supervisors have significant effects on job satisfaction among federal civil servants. Based on these results, we argue that interactional perspectives offer a useful additional theoretical framework for understanding employee job satisfaction.
This anicle raises fundamental questions that should be asked about the implications of distance ... more This anicle raises fundamental questions that should be asked about the implications of distance education for public affilirs teaching and practice. The questions discussed relate to educational objectives, students and their needs, adult learning theory, human and organization:il limiting factors, implications for faculty, and the challenges of accreditation. The authors draw on evidence from the literature, a large focus group, and field observation on their own campus to address these issues. They conclude that student socialization presents the most important questions of all. New electronic technologies are now forcing our field to reexamine closely the processes through which we socialize future generations of public servants.
Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory, Jul 1, 1996
Page 1. BOOK REVIEWS Management Comes to Policy Studies Laurence E. Lynn Jr. Public Management as... more Page 1. BOOK REVIEWS Management Comes to Policy Studies Laurence E. Lynn Jr. Public Management as Art, Science and Profession. Chatham, NJ: Chatham House Publishers, Inc., 200 pp. Larry Lynn has authored a book ...
This article illustrates managerial responses to different performance feedback signals in decisi... more This article illustrates managerial responses to different performance feedback signals in decision-making processes for improving performance. First, we conceptualize and illuminate distinctive dimensions of feedback signals-internal feedback, external feedback, and comparative feedback signals. Then, we test how these different feedback signals improve performance of public-sector programs based on a 10-year panel data set from the Korean Performance Assessment Rating Tool (K-PART). We find that performance signals from sources internal to individual programs and from external reference points of problem identification (social performance comparison) affect program performance. This suggests an association between internal management and social comparison mechanisms relative to performance improvement. The novel contribution of this research lies in promoting scholarship on performance management by identifying three unique sources of performance feedback signaling.
Page 1. A Piece of Lost History: Max Weber and Lowell L. Bennion LAURIE NEWMAN DIPADOVA AND RALPH... more Page 1. A Piece of Lost History: Max Weber and Lowell L. Bennion LAURIE NEWMAN DIPADOVA AND RALPH S. BROW~R This article discusses Max Weber's Methodology, Lowell L. Bennion's (1933) published doctoral dissertation from the University of Strasbourg, France. ...
Nonprofit leaders are instrumental in constructing and managing organizational reality. They thus... more Nonprofit leaders are instrumental in constructing and managing organizational reality. They thus need to possess skills to make meaning about various activities, interests, and organizational values, especially when mission and service contexts are in flux. Scholars recognize the sector‐distinct leadership role in social construction. Nevertheless, research has yet to articulate clearly how meaning‐making by nonprofit leaders develops leadership. This article fills this knowledge gap. We illuminate meaning‐making leadership in nonprofits. We identify interpretive leadership skill as an essential executive competency for configuring a shared reality of the nonprofit and guiding others to that reality. Interpretive leadership skill is composed of three meaning‐making capabilities: contextual astuteness, coordination capacity, and self‐reflective capacity. We theorize that interpretive leadership skill develops from the cognitive and identity development processes of the leader in social interactions. A constructive‐developmental approach to leadership underlies our theory building. Theoretical and practical utility of this conceptualization is discussed, as are directions for future research.
The study of intersectoral (across the three sectors) and intergovernmental (across the levels of... more The study of intersectoral (across the three sectors) and intergovernmental (across the levels of government) management has become more explicit as our knowledge of networks and governance increases. We present a mini-symposium on these issues beginning with this article, which presents an overview of the origins of intersectoral management, summarizes contributions from the symposium articles, and develops topics concerning intersectoral management that could benefit from further exploration, including distributive and redistributive consequences and the role of the state; transparency in public service and policy formation; theories about the sectors; and public service practice and curriculum.
This article discusses Max Weber's Methodology, Lowell L. Bennion's (1933) published doct... more This article discusses Max Weber's Methodology, Lowell L. Bennion's (1933) published doctoral dissertation from the University of Strasbourg, France. This book is important because it is the first systematic English language treatment of Weber's work. It also suggests an early link between Weberian and Durkheimian scholarship and foreshadows later debates regarding Talcott Parsons' interpretation of Weber. Additionally the book provides a unique contribution by applying Weber's "Calvinism-Capitalism" thesis to the development of Mormonism. We explore the academic context in which the book was written and its reception by American sociologists at the time. After summarizing the text, we examine its perspective on the issues later raised about Parsons' account of Weber. We conclude by looking at Lowell Bennion as a sociologist and a devout Mormon, and the unique connection that he forged between his re ligion and Max Weber's ideas.
International Review of Public Administration, 2011
This study illuminates the role of civil society actors in advocating for and helping implement T... more This study illuminates the role of civil society actors in advocating for and helping implement The Philippine Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Act of 2010. We illustrate how these actors served as both bottom-up and top-down brokers and translators in communicating ideas and action between vulnerable communities they represent and policy actors in the Philippine national government. We situate their actions within the Philippinesâ unique historical, cultural, political, and socio-economic context, noting the significance of their policy entrepreneurship by comparison to conditions a mere 25 years earlier, when the Marcos Regime would have hunted down and killed them for their activism. We conclude with observations about important contributions that the disaster risk reduction paradigm makes to development theory, and assert the importance of political and social goals, that are often drowned out by the dominant role that economics and ownership models hold in some Western ...
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