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2023

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Political Science

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66
Citations
46474
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73
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43

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Citations
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World Ranking
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National Ranking
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Political Science in United States Leader Award
  • 2017 - John Gaus Award, American Political Science Association (APSA)
  • 2015 - H. George Frederickson Award, Public Management Research Association

Overview

James L. Perry is affiliated with Indiana University in the United States. Their research is primarily situated within the fields of Social Sciences and Business, Management and Accounting, with a notable focus on Public Administration and related subfields such as Sociology and Political Science, Strategy and Management, Political Science and International Relations, and Management Information Systems.

The scientist's work spans several main topics including Public Policy and Administration Research, Accounting and Organizational Management, Evaluation and Performance Assessment, Local Government Finance and Decentralization, Nonprofit Sector and Volunteering, Corporate Identity and Reputation, and Communication in Education and Healthcare.

James L. Perry has published research in a variety of academic journals and venues. Frequent publication outlets include:

  • Asia Pacific Journal of Public Administration
  • Public Administration
  • Public Administration Review
  • Journal of Public Affairs Education
  • Public Performance & Management Review

Some of their recent papers include:

  • What does the evidence tell us about merit principles and government performance? (2023), Public Administration
  • Experiments on the Effects of Positive and Negative Perceptions of A Public Sector Profession (2020), Public Performance & Management Review
  • Public service motivation: Putting our intellectual capital to work (2020), Journal of Public Affairs Education
  • Understanding evolving public motivational practices: An institutional analysis (2020), Governance
  • Elevating the Case for Leadership Development Programs: Return on Investment Evaluations (2020), Public Administration Review

James L. Perry has collaborated regularly with several coauthors, including Gordon Abner, Wai-Fung Lam, Kohei Suzuki, Eloy Oliveira, and Shinwoo Lee.

In addition to articles, the scientist has contributed to book literature with publications under notable publishers such as Cambridge University Press and Dialética eBooks. Their book titles include:

  • Managing Organizations to Sustain Passion for Public Service (2020)
  • Como administrar organizações para preservar o comprometimento pelo Serviço Público (2022)

James L. Perry has received recognition through awards including the John Gaus Award from the American Political Science Association in 2017 and the H. George Frederickson Award from the Public Management Research Association in 2015.

Best Publications

  • The Motivational Bases of Public Service

    James L. Perry;Lois Recascino Wise

  • An empirical assessment of organizational commitment and organizational effectiveness.

    Harold L. Angle;James L. Perry

  • Measuring Public Service Motivation: An Assessment of Construct Reliability and Validity

    James L. Perry

  • Collaboration Processes: Inside the Black Box

    Ann Marie Thomson;James L. Perry

  • Agendas, Alternatives, and Public Policies

    James Perry;John W. Kingdon

  • The Public-Private Distinction in Organization Theory: A Critique and Research Strategy

    James L. Perry;Hal G. Rainey

  • Revisiting the Motivational Bases of Public Service: Twenty Years of Research and an Agenda for the Future

    James L. Perry;Annie Hondeghem;Lois Recascino Wise

  • Antecedents of Public Service Motivation

    James L. Perry

  • Bringing Society In: Toward a Theory of Public-Service Motivation

    James L. Perry

  • Motivation in public management : the call of public service

    James L. Perry;Annie Hondeghem

  • Factors Affecting the Context for Motivation in Public Organizations

    James L. Perry;Lyman W. Porter

  • Conceptualizing and Measuring Collaboration

    Ann Marie Thomson;James L. Perry;Theodore K. Miller

  • Strategic Management in Public and Private Organizations: Implications of Distinctive Contexts and Constraints

    Peter Smith Ring;James L. Perry

  • Organizational Commitment: Individual and Organizational Influences

    Harold L. Angle;James L. Perry

  • Investigating the Structure and Meaning of Public Service Motivation across Populations: Developing an International Instrument and Addressing Issues of Measurement Invariance

    Sangmook Kim;Wouter Vandenabeele;Wouter Vandenabeele;Bradley E. Wright;Lotte Bøgh Andersen

  • Motivating Employees in a New Governance Era: The Performance Paradigm Revisited

    Robert F. Durant;Robert Kramer;James L. Perry;Debra Mesch

  • Back to the Future? Performance‐Related Pay, Empirical Research, and the Perils of Persistence

    James L. Perry;Trent A. Engbers;So Yun Jun

  • Dual Commitment and Labor-Management Relationship Climates

    Harold L. Angle;James L. Perry

  • What Drives Morally Committed Citizens? A Study of the Antecedents of Public Service Motivation

    James L. Perry;Jeffrey L. Brudney;David Coursey;Laura Littlepage

  • Building Theory and Empirical Evidence about Public Service Motivation

    James L. Perry;Annie Hondeghem

  • Exploring the link between integrated leadership and public sector performance

    Sergio Fernandez;Yoon Jik Cho;James L. Perry

  • Editors' Introduction in 'motivation in public management, the call of public service

    James L Perry;Annie Hondeghem

Frequent Co-Authors

A. C. Weber
A. C. Weber University of Oxford
Kate Scholberg
Kate Scholberg Duke University
Maury Goodman
Maury Goodman Argonne National Laboratory
G. Blazey
G. Blazey Northern Illinois University
M. Bishai
M. Bishai Brookhaven National Laboratory
N. J. Buchanan
N. J. Buchanan Colorado State University
Kendall Mahn
Kendall Mahn Michigan State University
V. Paolone
V. Paolone University of Pittsburgh
Robert Shrock
Robert Shrock Stony Brook University
Pierre Baldi
Pierre Baldi University of California, Irvine

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