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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2019 - John Gaus Award, American Political Science Association (APSA)
  • Fellow of The National Academy of Public Administration
  • Fellow of The National Academy of Public Administration
  • Fellow of The National Academy of Public Administration

Overview

J. Edward Kellough is affiliated with the University of Georgia in the United States and conducts research primarily within the social sciences. Their work spans multiple subfields, including political science and international relations, public administration, sociology and political science, management information systems, and law.

Their research addresses a variety of topics, such as public policy and administration research, accounting and organizational management, the nonprofit sector and volunteering, policy transfer and learning, electoral systems and political participation, American constitutional law and politics, and law, rights, and freedoms.

Among Kellough's recent publications are:

  • The Importance of Merit Principles for Civil Service Systems: Evidence from the U.S. Federal Sector, 2021, Review of Public Personnel Administration
  • The Fragility of Merit: Erosion of the Foundation of Public Service Under Trump, 2023, Review of Public Personnel Administration
  • In Search of Fundamental Fairness and Equal Protection: The Role of the U.S. Supreme Court in Shaping American Democracy, 2024, The American Review of Public Administration
  • Agency Variation in the Employment of Women in U.S. Federal STEM Jobs: The Impact of Female Supervisors, 2023, Public Personnel Management
  • A Titan in public budgeting and finance: Tribute to Thomas P. Lauth April 27, 1938-May 13, 2023, 2024, Public Budgeting & Finance

Kellough has collaborated with several coauthors, including Gene A. Brewer, Hal G. Rainey, Ellen V. Rubin, Keith Baker, and Y Song. Their work frequently appears in publication venues such as:

  • Review of Public Personnel Administration
  • The American Review of Public Administration
  • Public Personnel Management
  • Public Budgeting & Finance

In recognition of their contributions, Kellough has received the John Gaus Award from the American Political Science Association in 2019 and has been named a Fellow of The National Academy of Public Administration.

Best Publications

  • Bureaucracy as a Representative Institution: Toward a Reconciliation of Bureaucratic Government and Democratic Theory

    Sally Coleman;Jeffrey L. Brudney;J. Edward Kellough

  • Representative Bureaucracy: Assessing the Evidence on Active Representation

    Mark Bradbury;J. Edward Kellough

  • The Paradox of Merit Pay in the Public Sector Persistence of a Problematic Procedure

    J. Edward Kellough;Haoran Lu

  • Representative Bureaucracy: Exploring the Potential for Active Representation in Local Government

    Mark D. Bradbury;J. Edward Kellough

  • Pay for Performance in Georgia State Government Employee Perspectives on GeorgiaGain After 5 Years

    J. Edward Kellough;Lloyd G. Nigro

  • Ensuring Employment Equity: Are Federal Diversity Programs Making a Difference?

    Katherine C. Naff;J. Edward Kellough

  • Responding to a Wake-up Call: An Examination of Federal Agency Diversity Management Programs

    J. Edward Kellough;Katherine C. Naff

  • The Reinvention of Public Personnel Administration: An Analysis of the Diffusion of Personnel Management Reforms in the States

    J. Edward Kellough;Sally Coleman Selden

  • Integration in the Public Workplace: Determinants of Minority and Female Employment in Federal Agencies

    J. Edward Kellough

  • Women and Minorities in Federal Government Agencies: Examining New Evidence from Panel Data

    Christopher Cornwell;J. Edward Kellough

  • Understanding affirmative action : politics, discrimination, and the search for justice

    J. Edward Kellough

  • Volunteers in State Government: Involvement, Management, and Benefits

    Jeffrey L. Brudney;J. Edward Kellough

  • Cross-Agency Comparisons of Quit Rates in the Federal Service Another Look at the Evidence

    J. Edward Kellough;Will Osuna

  • Dramatic Reform in the Public Service: At-Will Employment and the Creation of a New Public Workforce

    J. Edward Kellough;Lloyd G. Nigro

  • Pay-for-Performance Systems in State Government: Perceptions of State Agency Personnel Managers*

    J. Edward Kellough;Sally Coleman Selden

  • Choosing Public Sector Employment: The Impact of Wages on the Representation of Women and Minorities in State Bureaucracies

    Jared J. Llorens;Jeffrey B. Wenger;J. Edward Kellough

  • Civil Service Reform in the States: Personnel Policy and Politics at the Subnational Level

    J. Edward Kellough;Lloyd G. Nigro

  • The Reinventing Government Movement: A Review and Critique

    J. Edward Kellough

  • A Revolution in Public Personnel Administration: The Growth of Web-Based Recruitment and Selection Processes in the Federal Service:

    Jared J. Llorens;J. Edward Kellough

  • Civil Service Reform in Georgia Going to the Edge

    Lloyd G. Nigro;J. Edward Kellough

  • Does Civil Service Reform Affect Behavior? Linking Alternative Personnel Systems, Perceptions of Procedural Justice, and Complaints

    Ellen V. Rubin;J. Edward Kellough

  • Performance Appraisal Problems in the Public Sector: Examining Supervisors’ Perceptions:

    Yu-Chun Lin;J. Edward Kellough

  • Personnel Reform in the States: A Look at Progress Fifteen Years after the Winter Commission

    Lloyd G. Nigro;J. Edward Kellough

Frequent Co-Authors

Gene A. Brewer
Gene A. Brewer Arizona State University
Jeffrey L. Brudney
Jeffrey L. Brudney University of North Carolina Wilmington
David W. Pitts
David W. Pitts Urban Institute
Richard M. Walker
Richard M. Walker Lingnan University

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