<scp>A</scp>demographic and career profile of municipal<scp>CAOs</scp>in<scp>C</scp>anada: Implications for local governance

O'Flynn, Patrick Eamon; Mau, Tim A.

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“…A higher percentage of policy influencers in Alberta identified as having a ‘conservative’ political ideology compared with policy influencers in Québec (38·8 and 12·4 %, respectively). The older age and male skew of policy influencer respondents reflects the demographic profile of policy leaders in Canada, more generally ( 25 , 26 ) . Public respondents were sampled to reflect the demographic characteristics of each province.…”

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Assessing general public and policy influencer support for healthy public policies to promote healthy eating at the population level in two Canadian provinces

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McGetrick

Raine

et al. 2019

Public Health Nutr.

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ObjectiveTo assess and compare the favourability of healthy public policy options to promote healthy eating from the perspective of members of the general public and policy influencers in two Canadian provinces.DesignThe Chronic Disease Prevention Survey, administered in 2016, required participants to rank their level of support for different evidence-based policy options to promote healthy eating at the population level. Pearson’s χ2 significance testing was used to compare support between groups for each policy option and results were interpreted using the Nuffield Council on Bioethics’ intervention ladder framework.SettingAlberta and Québec, Canada.ParticipantsMembers of the general public (n 2400) and policy influencers (n 302) in Alberta and Québec.ResultsGeneral public and policy influencer survey respondents were more supportive of healthy eating policies if they were less intrusive on individual autonomy. However, in comparing levels of support between groups, we found policy influencers indicated significantly stronger support overall for healthy eating policy options. We also found that policy influencers in Québec tended to show more support for more restrictive policy options than their counterparts from Alberta.ConclusionsThese results suggest that additional knowledge brokering may be required to increase support for more intrusive yet impactful evidence-based policy interventions; and that the overall lower levels of support among members of the public may impede policy influencers from taking action on policies to promote healthy eating.

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Assessing general public and policy influencer support for healthy public policies to promote healthy eating at the population level in two Canadian provinces

Kongats

McGetrick

Raine

et al. 2019

Public Health Nutr.

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“…While policy influencer respondents in our sur vey were more often older and male, this demographic profile reflects the makeup of policy leaders in Canada more generally. 39,40 Similarly, general public respondents were selected at the household level to reflect the demographic profiles within their respective provinces.…”

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Using the intervention ladder to examine policy influencer and general public support for potential tobacco control policies in Alberta and Quebec

Kongats

McGetrick

Raine

et al. 2020

Health Promot Chronic Dis Prev Can

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Objective: To assess general public and policy influencer support for populationlevel tobacco control policies in two Canadian provinces. Methods:We implemented the Chronic Disease Prevention Survey in 2016 to a census sample of policy influencers (n = 302) and a random sample of members of the public (n = 2400) in Alberta and Quebec, Canada. Survey respondents ranked their support for tobacco control policy options using a Likertstyle scale, with aggregate responses presented as net favourable percentages. Levels of support were further analyzed by coding each policy option using the Nuffield Council on Bioethics intervention ladder framework, to assess its level of intrusiveness on personal autonomy.Results: Policy influencers and the public considered the vast majority of tobacco con trol policy options as "extremely" or "very" favourable, although policy influencers in Alberta and Quebec differed on over half the policies, with stronger support in Quebec. Policy influencers and the public strongly supported more intrusive tobacco control policy options, despite anticipated effects on personal autonomy (i.e. for policies target ing children/youth and emerging tobacco products like electronic cigarettes). They indi cated less support for fiscally based tobacco control policies (i.e. taxation), despite these policies being highly effective. Conclusion:Overall, policy influencers and the general public strongly supported more restrictive tobacco control policies. This study further highlights policies where support among both population groups was unanimous (potential "quick wins" for health advocates). It also highlights areas where additional advocacy work is required to communicate the populationhealth benefit of tobacco control policies.

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“…This may be because where women face a glass ceiling, racial minorities may face a solid brick ceiling when it comes to occupying the most senior positions in public organizations. Indeed, O'Flynn and Mau (2014) report that only one out of 159 respondents (municipal chief administrative officers) self‐identified as a visible minority.…”

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Top managers in public organizations: A systematic literature review and future research directions

Huang

Villadsen

2023

Public Administration Review

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Despite increasing attention, top management research has been heavily dominated by a focus on private companies with much less emphasis on the top managers in public organizations. We present a systematic literature review of 212 studies focused on public sector top managers published between 2005 and 2020. First, the paper provides descriptive results suggesting that the empirical focus on top managers in the public sector is increasing, though still limited compared to research on upper echelons in private firms. Second, we develop an empirically based “systems” model illustrating the role and function of top managers in public organizations. We use the model to show that the components of top management are interdependent, adaptive, and embedded in complex relationships in the system, and to identify avenues for future research.

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Ademographic and career profile of municipalCAOsinCanada: Implications for local governance

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Assessing general public and policy influencer support for healthy public policies to promote healthy eating at the population level in two Canadian provinces

Assessing general public and policy influencer support for healthy public policies to promote healthy eating at the population level in two Canadian provinces

Using the intervention ladder to examine policy influencer and general public support for potential tobacco control policies in Alberta and Quebec

Top managers in public organizations: A systematic literature review and future research directions

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