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Overview

Jonathan P. West is affiliated with the University of Miami in the United States. Their research spans multiple areas within the social sciences, with a focus on political science, communication, information systems, and social psychology. The work encompasses themes such as ethics in business and education, electoral systems and political participation, social media and politics, and the psychology of moral and emotional judgment.

West's scholarly contributions include a selection of papers published between 2020 and 2022. Notable publications involve interdisciplinary inquiries into whistleblowing, oaths of office, and historical analysis related to New Zealand archaeology. These papers are:

  • Whistleblowing or leaking? Public opinion toward Assange, Manning, and Snowden, 2020, Research & Politics
  • Oaths of Office in American States: Problems and Prospects, 2020, Public Personnel Management
  • When is "time's up"? The influence of severity and costs/benefits on perceptions of whistleblowing, 2022, International Public Management Journal
  • Classical Rationalism and Contemporary Realism: Oaths of Office as Empty Formality or Empowering Function?, 2021, Public Integrity
  • The Other Archive: Archaeology and history in New Zealand. Pākehā Settlements in a Māori World: New Zealand Archaeology 1769-1860., 2020, Journal of New Zealand studies

Their research has appeared repeatedly in the Journal of New Zealand Studies and has also been featured in other academic outlets such as Research & Politics, Public Personnel Management, Public Integrity, and the International Public Management Journal.

Frequent collaborators in West's research include Casey Klofstad, Joseph E. Uscinski, James S. Bowman, Michael Touchton, and Jennifer M. Connolly. These partnerships indicate active engagement with scholars specializing in political science and related fields.

Main fields of study for West are categorized under Social Sciences with strong interdisciplinary overlaps, particularly in Political Science and International Relations, Information Systems and Management, Communication, Artificial Intelligence, and Social Psychology. Within these fields, the research frequently touches on themes of leadership, courage, and heroism studies, hate speech and cyberbullying detection, and American constitutional law and politics.

Best Publications

  • Workplace Relations: Friendship Patterns and Consequences (According to Managers)

    Evan M. Berman;Jonathan P. West;Maurice N. Richter

  • Reaching the top : Racial differences in mobility paths to upper-tier occupations

    George Wilson;Ian Sakura-Lemessy;Jonathan P. West

  • Municipal Commitment to Total Quality Management: A Survey of Recent Progress

    Evan M. Berman;Jonathan P. West

  • Productivity Enhancement Efforts in Public and Nonprofit Organisations

    Evan M. Berman;Jonathan P. West

  • The Impact of Revitalized Management Practices on the Adoption of Information Technology: A National Survey of Local Governments

    Jonathan P. West;Evan M. Berman

  • Managing Emotional Intelligence in U.S. Cities: A Study of Social Skills among Public Managers

    Evan M. Berman;Jonathan P. West

  • Responsible Risk-Taking

    Evan M. Berman;Jonathan P. West

  • Ethics Management in Municipal Governments and Large Firms: Exploring Similarities and Differences

    Evan Berman;Jonathan West;Anita Cava

  • Ending Civil Service Protections in Florida Government: Experiences in State Agencies

    James S. Bowman;Jonathan P. West

  • Georgia on the Mind of Radical Civil Service Reformers

    Jonathan P. West

  • Borderlands Sourcebook: A Guide to the Literature on Northern Mexico and the American Southwest

    G. Wesley Burnett;Ellwyn R. Stoddard;Richard L. Nostrand;Jonathan P. West

  • From Traditional to Virtual HR: Is the Transition Occurring in Local Government?

    Jonathan P. West;Evan M. Berman

  • What drives people to believe in Zika conspiracy theories

    Casey A. Klofstad;Joseph E. Uscinski;Jennifer M. Connolly;Jonathan P. West

  • State Government Human Resource Professionals’ Commitment to Employment at Will

    Jerrell D. Coggburn;R. Paul Battaglio;James S. Bowman;Stephen E. Condrey

  • American Public Service: Radical Reform and the Merit System

    James S. Bowman;Jonathan P. West

  • Ethics Training in U.S. Cities : Content, Pedagogy, and Impact

    Jonathan P. West;Evan M. Berman

  • Implementing TQM in local government: The leadership challenge

    Jonathan P. West;Evan M. Berman;Michael E. Milakovich

  • The Domestic Use of Drones: An Ethical Analysis of Surveillance Issues

    Jonathan P. West;James S. Bowman

  • Public values in special districts: A survey of managerial commitment

    Evan M. Berman;Jonathan P. West

  • Electronic Surveillance at Work: An Ethical Analysis

    Jonathan P. West;James S. Bowman

  • Communicating to the Public in the Era of Conspiracy Theory

    Jennifer M. Connolly;Joseph E. Uscinski;Casey A. Klofstad;Jonathan P. West

  • The Profession of Public Administration: An Ethics Edge in Introductory Textbooks?

    James S. Bowman;Evan M. Berman;Jonathan P. West

  • Job Satisfaction of Public Managers in Special Districts

    Jonathan P. West;Evan M. Berman

Frequent Co-Authors

Richard C. Feiock
Richard C. Feiock Florida State University
Meghna Sabharwal
Meghna Sabharwal The University of Texas at Dallas
George D. Wilson
George D. Wilson Beaumont Health
Nicholas P. Lovrich
Nicholas P. Lovrich Washington State University

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