Experimental research has been increasingly recognized as the gold standard for causal
inference. However, despite the call for the adoption of experimental approaches to the …

Proponents of the behavioral public administration movement call for greater use of theories
from psychology and experimental research designs to improve the rigor of public …

Applications based on artificial intelligence (AI) play an increasing role in the public sector
and invoke political discussions. Research gaps exist regarding the disclosure effects …

This paper provides a systematic review of empirical experimental studies in PSM from 1992
to 2022. The paper adopted a systematic review methodology by following the Preferred …

Modern reforms meant to incentivize public managers to be more innovative and accepting
of risk are often implicitly based in the longstanding assumption that public employees are …

Abstract Institutional Quality (IQ) and Institutional Governance (IG) are multi-dimensional
concepts influenced by many indicators, making them researchable. Moreover, IQ in Asia is …

Objective This article examines the impact of internal factors such as governance and state
fragility on institutional quality in terms of public service fragility (PSF) in Asian economies …

Public service-motivated individuals have a greater concern for the delivery of public
services and for the societal consequence of collective inaction, seeing themselves play a …

Psychological distance theory and social value theory suggest there is a risk difference in
self versus other decision‐making. On this basis, this study explores whether public officials' …

In a crisis situation, accountability and discretion are associated with the blame avoidance
behavior of street-level bureaucrats. However, whether and how blame avoidance occurs in …