Public Administration Research and Practice: A Methodological Manifesto

Gill, Jeff; Meier, Kenneth J.

doi:10.1093/oxfordjournals.jpart.a024262

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“…8 8 We apply the Mann-Whitney U test in the R statistical program to estimate the difference between the medians of the response between paired systems, where the two-tailed alternative hypothesis is defined as m 1 -m 2 ≠0, m i being the median of the response of group i. We heed the advice from Cohen (1994) and Gill and Meier (2000), and focus the interpretation on the interval estimates of the value of m 1 -m 2 instead of subjecting the small dataset to null hypothesis significance testing (NHST). This method is also suitable, as it follows the analytical emphasis on relative rather than absolute differences across the systems.…”

Section: Adaptation Strategies and Performance Trade-offsmentioning

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Institutional nesting and robustness of self-governance: the adaptation of irrigation systems in Taiwan

Lam

Chiu

2016

Int J Commons

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Rapid social-economic development has posed serious challenges to irrigation management in Taiwan. Drawing upon data collected through in-depth interviews with farmers and local irrigation officials and an appraisal survey, this study compares the processes of adaptation that have taken place in irrigation systems in four distinct ecological-institutional settings in the Chianan area of Taiwan. We have found that different modes of institutional nesting have affected farmers' choice of adaptation strategies and the way self-governance has played out in the adaptation process, and that different adaptation strategies have brought about different impacts on system robustness and the sustainability of self-governance.

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Institutional nesting and robustness of self-governance: the adaptation of irrigation systems in Taiwan

Lam

Chiu

2016

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“…A number of scholars have argued that the field of public management is methodologically underdeveloped as compared to other disciplines (Kettl 1995;Gill and Meier 2000;Raadschelders and Lee 2011). Recently, editors from leading public administration journals have offered ideas for improvement.…”

Section: An Urgent Need --Improving the Methodological Toolkit Of Pubmentioning

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Promoting State-of-the-Art Methods in Public Management Research

Grimmelikhuijsen

Tummers

Pandey

2016

International Public Management Journal

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“…270-289, Mar./Abr. 2015 www.anpad.org.br/rac Various reviews of articles written on the subject of public administration, published both in Brazil and elsewhere (e.g., Gill & Meier, 2000;Kettl, 2000;Ongaro, 2008), show the many ambiguities that distinguish this area of knowledge, which result, according to the author, from the interaction between the subject matter, approach and theoretical references used in those articles. The main reviews published on this subject in Brazil are: Fischer (1984Fischer ( , 1993; Mezzomo and Laporta (1994); Mezzomo and Vaz (1994) and Souza (1998).…”

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Case study in public administration: a critical review of Brazilian scientific production

Guerra¹,

Gomes²,

Isidro-Filho³

2015

Rev. adm. contemp.

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ResumoEste artigo apresenta uma revisão crítica de parte da produção acadêmica brasileira em administração pública. O objetivo é identificar de que forma estudos de caso têm sido utilizados em trabalhos brasileiros que tratam da administração governamental. Foram analisadas 47 publicações de 2006 a 2011. Além de observar características teóricas e metodológicas, outros quatros tópicos específicos de interesse foram considerados: (a) o que se entende por estudo de caso; (b) a relação entre o fenômeno de interesse e o caso investigado; (c) a possibilidade de replicação; e (d) como o suposto método contribui no desenvolvimento da área de administração pública. Os resultados indicam falhas e inconsistências metodológicas nos trabalhos revisados, o que compromete o valor científico e a relevância da produção acadêmica nacional. As principais inconsistências encontradas foram as seguintes: descrição confusa da metodologia; descrição de resultados inconsistentes com a coleta e a análise de dados; falta de informação a respeito dos entrevistados; e falta de descrição das variáveis investigadas.Palavras-chave: administração pública; estudo de caso; pesquisa qualitativa; método. AbstractThis paper presents a critical review of 47 articles published between 2006 and 2011 to identify how case studies have been applied in Brazilian research on public administration. In addition to their theoretical and methodological characteristics, four further specific topics of interest were addressed: (a) what is meant by case study; (b) the relationship between the phenomenon of interest and the case under investigation; (c) the possibility of replication; and (d) how the supposed method contributes towards the development of the field of public administration. The main inconsistencies found were: the methodological descriptions are confusing; the results are inconsistent compared with data gathering procedures and data analysis techniques; a lack of information about the number of interviewed individuals; and no descriptions of research variables. The results suggest the reviewed case studies present methodological inconsistencies and limitations, which undermine their scientific value and relevance to academic work in Brazil.

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Public Administration Research and Practice: A Methodological Manifesto

Cited by 120 publications

References 94 publications

Institutional nesting and robustness of self-governance: the adaptation of irrigation systems in Taiwan

Institutional nesting and robustness of self-governance: the adaptation of irrigation systems in Taiwan

Promoting State-of-the-Art Methods in Public Management Research

Case study in public administration: a critical review of Brazilian scientific production

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