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Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory @jpart1991.bsky.social · Aug 6

@pmra-1991.bsky.social
Roskilde University
Stephan Grimmelikhuijsen
Seulki Lee
@elizabethlinos.bsky.social
@michael-siciliano.bsky.social
Thad Calabrese
Rick Vogel
@gabilotta.bsky.social
@nathanfavero.com
@anadimand.bsky.social
Melissa Falkær Olsen
@sassmikkelsen.bsky.social

Breaking the rules, but for whom? How client characteristics affect frontline professionals’ prosocial rule-breaking behavior

Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory @jpart1991.bsky.social · Aug 6

Findings show all three deservingness dimensions increase PSRB, with needed deservingness having the strongest effect, offering new insights into the discretionary behavior of frontline workers.

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Abstract. Studies have shown that a client’s characteristics can affect frontline professionals’ decision-making and use of discretion. However, we do not

Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory @jpart1991.bsky.social · Aug 6

This study investigates how perceptions of earned, needed, and resource deservingness shape prosocial rule-breaking (PSRB) among Dutch social welfare professionals, using a vignette experiment and focus groups.

Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory @jpart1991.bsky.social · Aug 6

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How do client characteristics influence the willingness of frontline professionals to break rules to help them? 🧵

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Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory @jpart1991.bsky.social · Aug 3

@olehelby.bsky.social
Aaron Deslatte

Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory @jpart1991.bsky.social · Aug 3

@pmra-1991.bsky.social
Roskilde University
Stephan Grimmelikhuijsen
Seulki Lee
@elizabethlinos.bsky.social
@michael-siciliano.bsky.social
Thad Calabrese
Rick Vogel
@gabilotta.bsky.social
@nathanfavero.com
@anadimand.bsky.social
Melissa Falkær Olsen
@sassmikkelsen.bsky.social

Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory @jpart1991.bsky.social · Aug 3

By analyzing interviews from Mexico, the research highlights six key capacities that influence how burdens are structured, offering practical insights for improving equitable service delivery.

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Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory @jpart1991.bsky.social · Aug 3

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How do government capacities shape the burdens citizens face when accessing public services?

This study shows that administrative capacities, such as communication strategies, resource availability, and inter-agency coordination, can either reduce or intensify administrative burdens.

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Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory @jpart1991.bsky.social · Jul 31

@olehelby.bsky.social
Aaron Deslatte

Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory @jpart1991.bsky.social · Jul 31

@pmra-1991.bsky.social
Roskilde University
Stephan Grimmelikhuijsen
Seulki Lee
@elizabethlinos.bsky.social
@michael-siciliano.bsky.social
Thad Calabrese
Rick Vogel
@gabilotta.bsky.social
@nathanfavero.com
@anadimand.bsky.social
Melissa Falkær Olsen
@sassmikkelsen.bsky.social

Financial performance of state-owned enterprises: does political ideology play a role?

Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory @jpart1991.bsky.social · Jul 31

This study highlights how political ideology and party behavior shape the financial sustainability of public organizations, even beyond election cycles.

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ABSTRACT. Corporatization in the public sector entails decentralizing the provision of public goods and services to more autonomous entities, including sta

Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory @jpart1991.bsky.social · Jul 31

Do right-leaning governments run state-owned enterprises (SOEs) better?

This new research from Brazil (2019–2022) finds that SOEs perform better financially under more right-leaning incumbents—but only when their political parties focus on policy over power.

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Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory @jpart1991.bsky.social · Jul 28

@olehelby.bsky.social
Aaron Deslatte

Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory @jpart1991.bsky.social · Jul 28

@pmra-1991.bsky.social
Roskilde University
Stephan Grimmelikhuijsen
Seulki Lee
@elizabethlinos.bsky.social
@michael-siciliano.bsky.social
Thad Calabrese
Rick Vogel
@gabilotta.bsky.social
@nathanfavero.com
@anadimand.bsky.social
Melissa Falkær Olsen
@sassmikkelsen.bsky.social

Governance in layers: how female street-level bureaucrats reshape state power through emotional labor

Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory @jpart1991.bsky.social · Jul 28

The article calls for rethinking public service design to formally recognize this unseen, undervalued labor.

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Abstract. This article draws on multisited ethnographic fieldwork conducted from 2021 to 2024 across six Chinese cities, encompassing twenty-eight semi-str

Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory @jpart1991.bsky.social · Jul 28

This ethnographic study across six Chinese cities reveals how female street-level bureaucrats use emotional labor not just to cope, but to govern. By absorbing community tensions and projecting state empathy, they maintain stability, often at great personal cost.

Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory @jpart1991.bsky.social · Jul 28

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What if the glue holding frontline governance together is invisible and gendered?

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Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory @jpart1991.bsky.social · Jul 25

@olehelby.bsky.social
Aaron Deslatte

Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory @jpart1991.bsky.social · Jul 25

@pmra-1991.bsky.social
Roskilde University
Stephan Grimmelikhuijsen
Seulki Lee
@elizabethlinos.bsky.social
@michael-siciliano.bsky.social
Thad Calabrese
Rick Vogel
@gabilotta.bsky.social
@nathanfavero.com
@anadimand.bsky.social
Melissa Falkær Olsen
@sassmikkelsen.bsky.social

Routines amid the unpredictable: a street-level organization’s robust response to COVID-19

Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory @jpart1991.bsky.social · Jul 25

By integrating insights from turbulence theory into street-level bureaucracy, the paper argues that robustness, not innovation, often underlies the real work of policy during crises.

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Abstract. Street-level organizations, which implement public policy on behalf of the state, often operate under unstable conditions. Workers routinely face

Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory @jpart1991.bsky.social · Jul 25

This study shows that even under unpredictable instability, like the COVID-19 pandemic, street-level workers can fall back on familiar routines, rather than inventing new strategies, to maintain core functions.

Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory @jpart1991.bsky.social · Jul 25

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Have you ever wondered how frontline public workers respond when crises upend their usual ways of operating?

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Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory @jpart1991.bsky.social · Jul 22

@olehelby.bsky.social
Aaron Deslatte