What impact does the negotiation stage prior to adoption of international agreements have on subsequent implementation stage? We address this question by examining linkages between decision making European Union directives and any infringements delays in national transposition. formulate a preference-based explanation failures comply, which focuses states' incentives deviate amount discretion granted states. This is compared with state-based explanations that focus country-specific...

Do social media de-bureaucratize the organization of government communications? Key features bureaucratic ideal-type are centralized and formalized external communications disconnection internal communications. Some authors argue that this organizational model is being replaced by a less better fits communication demands information society. To explore argument empirically, use twitter Dutch police departments investigated through an analysis 982 accounts 22 interviews. The empirical shows...

Public management is a domain of research that now roughly three decades old. Researchers in this area have made important advances understanding about the performance public organizations. But questions been raised scope and methods (PMR). Does it neglect development major institutions modern state? Has focused unduly on problems advanced democracies? itself irrelevant to debates role design government, capacity deal with emerging challenges? This set eight short essays were prepared for...

Research on the presidency of EU shows mixed results. Although most scholars agree that is not able to advance its domestic interests in European forum, Tallberg (2006) provides evidence for effects. In present paper, we empirically estimate presidency-based power Council Union DEU data — a large-scale set containing policy issues from various areas. We show holding does significantly and positively contribute bargaining member states, but only final stages decision-making.

Current research in public management reports a positive effect of agency network activity the interorganizational on its performance (degree centrality hypothesis). This study presents different hypothesis: The embeddedness relations cohesive subgroups positively affects ("cohesive subgroup" dependent variable present is organizational and measured terms individual client satisfaction. hypotheses are tested using data Dutch colleges for training primary education teachers (n = 28). These...

Abstract The literature on network management in the public sector reports positive effects of activity agency performance. Current studies show however no differences between specific types contacts an agency's environment. present article adopts explorative design to study different environmental actors networks nine colleges for nursing Netherlands. A typology ties is introduced, and applied cases. It appears that reflect levels ambition colleges. level be associated with two indicators...

Studies in public management show that agencies draw different types of support from actors and organizations their environment. If this is true, we would expect managers differentiate networking activity toward external organizations. However, empirical studies the activities do not reveal such a differentiation: these consistently report existence only one factor managerial activity. The present article aims to solve puzzle by disaggregating into multiple scales activity, each related...

This article analyses the effect of conflict in Council European Union (EU) on delays transposition EU directives. Based enforcement and management theories, we predict that speeds up process. In addition, control for instigation infringement procedures by Commission expect a weaker cases where disagrees with directive if directives grant more discretion to member states. These hypotheses are tested using two indicators conflict: heterogeneity polarization. Cox regression analysis is applied...

Three perspectives on delegation in the European Union are presented this article. The transaction-costs perspective focuses information asymmetries between policy makers and implementers. According to commitment perspective, delegate authority as a solution problems. consensus-building views decision trade-off decisiveness inclusiveness during bargaining process. Hypotheses derived from these regarding amount of both Commission member states legislation. From detailed eighty-six EU laws,...

This study brings together two perspectives on managers' reported levels of red tape. The work motivation perspective explains how characteristics, such as engagement (alienation) or commitment, affect their external control feedback relations with actors and organizations reduce miscommunications conflicts between multiple sources rules, regulations, procedures. Hypotheses are derived about the effects engagement, commitment to organization, networking activity hypotheses simultaneously...

A growing political polarisation on ethnic integration policy is characteristic of current discussions in Dutch politics. The preferences citizens, by contrast, remain fairly stable over time. Thus, polarised politics the Netherlands assumed to grow apart from ordinary leading a gap between and society. present article describes compares trends societal 1994 2006. Three mechanisms are explored that explain discrepancy polarisation: (a) parties' responsiveness elites, (b) mean partisan...

Despite the scholarly consensus on importance of civic organizations for livability neighborhoods, there are relatively few empirical studies examining to what extent these engage in various forms political participation contribute quality neighborhood. The authors argue that get a better overview neighborhood-oriented participation, it is necessary look beyond those with an explicit focus neighborhood and include newer such as coproduction, government-initiated plans seek address issues...

In the context of public service delivery, professionals nowadays intensively collaborate with citizens. The joint, sometimes mandatorily, efforts citizens and to provide services have become known as “coproduction.” Although coproduction directly affects professionals’ work environment, attitudes toward are hardly studied. This article explains variation in engagement from characteristics their specifically perceived level autonomy, organizational support for coproduction, red tape...

Using unique survey data on Dutch collective agreement negotiators, the authors model how information about other bargaining events influences probability of negotiators encountering impasses or industrial action during bargaining. Competing hypotheses this influence, derived from economic, social psychological and sociological approaches, are tested. The findings indicate that outcomes elsewhere has no significant effect occurrence conflict. However, if content spillover refers to conflict...

The present study seeks to answer the question how, and what extent, environmental turbulence—measured as percentage change in number of pupils—affects organizational performance. We examine how different managerial networking orientations moderate effect pupils on school hypothesize that negatively affects further hypotheses are tested a dataset Dutch primary schools ( n = 546), which includes information about principals, characteristics, Results analyses show our measure turbulence...

In the public management literature, network effects are studied primarily at two levels: (a) level of interorganizational as a whole and (b) individual organizations’ networking behavior. This article combines levels within one theoretical framework derives hypotheses about on organizational performance for each analysis. The tested data set five networks in Dutch higher education. Within these intercollege networks, we study graduates’ satisfaction with educational program offered by 91...

The question whether political conflict affects the course and outcomes of policy implementation is debated among scholars in public administration. Whereas some emphasize mediating effects procedures for control bureaucracy, other highlight actions preferences agencies. present study combines both perspectives argues that divergence explained by interaction with agency preferences. Political specified conjunction decision-making context. Conflict decisive legislators—rather than legislature...

This article studies how participation norms affect workers’ willingness to strike. A factor analysis on the responses of 468 Dutch union members about appropriate behavior during a strike produces two factors. The first reflects “solidarity norm” favoring group solidarity; second norm treatment defecting colleagues, which we call “free-rider-punishment” norm. Using OLS regression, show that adherence these significantly affects members’ strike, controlling for identification, and past in...

The present study aims to explain variation between member states in compliance with provisions of a European Union (EU) law. Predictions are derived about the effects technical fit, discretion, Commission warnings, and conflict Council on probability member-state transposition separate EU policy requirements. Hypotheses tested level 15 27 major laid down Framework Equality Directive (2000/78/EC). Extensive analysis documents reports from key informants provided information progress at end...

Abstract Current migration studies and policy reviews neglect the vital link between experiences of labour migrants their return reintegration process. The objective this study is to highlight phenomenon bring matter makers’ attention. This uses in‐depth interviews a series focus group discussions explore relationship economic unskilled Ethiopian women who are from Middle Eastern countries. Economic reintegration, which in its basic form about securing livelihood, challenge for most...