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Recent Publications
The Department of Public Administration faculty are actively engaged in influencing the development of our profession through productive research. In particular, we are all working to enhance the capacities of public service organizations to work efficiently, democratically and transparently.
Alden, A.(in press). Collaborative Grant Development. In K. Bromley (ed.), Writing for Educators: Perspectives for Academics, Principals, and Teachers. Norwood, MA: Christopher Gordon Pub.
Campbell, D., Jacobus, B., & Yankey, J. (2006). Creating and managing strategic alliances. In R. Edwards, J. Yankey & M. Altpeter (Eds.), Skills for effective management of nonprofit organizations (2nd Ed.). Silver Spring, MD: NASW Press
Nonprofit Management and Leadership: Getting to Yes...or No: Nonprofit Decision-Making and Interorganizational Restructuring.
Amirkhanyan, A.A., Kim, H.J., & Lambright, K.T. (2007). Putting the pieces together: A comprehensive framework for understanding the decision to contract out and contractor performance. International Journal of Public Administration, 30, 699-725.
Lambright, K.T. Lessons outside of the classroom: An exploratory examination of service
learning’s effectiveness at achieving learning objectives. Forthcoming in Journal of Public Affairs Education.
All That Glitters Is Not Gold: Disaggregating Networks and the Impact on Performance. In G. A. Boyne, K. J. Meier, L. J. O'Toole, Jr. & R. M. Walker (Eds.), Public Service Performance: Perspectives on Measurement and Management (pp. 152-170). New York: Cambridge University Press (2006) (with Laurence J. O'Toole and Kenneth J. Meier).
Lambright, K.T. Agency theory and beyond: Contracted providers’ motivations to properly use service monitoring tools. Forthcoming in Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory
Lu, Y. GASB Statement No. 34: The Implication for Reporting and Accountability -The Georgia Experience, Journal of Public Budgeting, Accounting, Financial Management (forthcoming, 2007).
Mischen, Pamela A. 2007. Intra-organizational Implementation Research: Theory and Method. Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory, doi: 10.1093/jopart/mul027.
Rubaii-Barrett, N. 2006. Teaching Courses on Managing Diversity: Using Learning Contracts to Address Challenges and Model Behavior. Journal fo Public Affairs Education, 12(3): 361-384.
Rubaii-Barrett, N. and Wise, L. 2006. Language Minorities and the Digital Divide: A Study of State e-Government Accessibility" Journal of Public Management & Social Policy, 12 (2): 4-17. [Lead article in Fall 2006 issue]
Sinclair, Thomas A.P. Previewing Policy Sciences: Multiple Lenses and Segmented Visions. Politics and Policy. Vol. 34, No. 3, pps. 481-503.
Research News
Professor David Campbell has been invited by the Alliance for Children and Families to write the paper on evolving measures of organizational performance.
Professor David Campbell has been granted a research leave for the Spring 2008 semester to facilitate completion of a number of on-going research projects.
Professor Nadia Rubaii-Barrett has been invited to submit a book chapter on local government policy responses to immigration as part of an edited volume tentatively titled “Social Diversity, Power and Historical Contingency.”
Professors Pamela Mischen and Tom Sinclair will have had their article “Making Implementation More “Democratic” through Action Implementation Research” accepted for publication in the Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory.
Professors Tom Sinclair and Pamela Mischen have had their manuscript “Performance Budgeting: Reforming a Complex Adaptive System” accepted for publication in a forthcoming issue of Zarzadzanie Publiczne.
Professors Pamela Mischen and Kristina Lambright will present a paper on “The Evolution of Trust in Networks” at the annual conference of the American Society for Public Administration (ASPA) on March 8, 2008, in Dallas, TX.
Professor Pamela Mischen and CACRD Research Associate Steve Jackson will present a paper titled “Using Social Network Analysis to Evaluate Interorganizational Leadership Roles in a Community Initiative” at the Community Development Society Annual International Conference, June 22 – 25, 2008, in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.
Professor Nadia Rubaii-Barrett’s article “Diversity and Technology: Competing or Complementary Challenges for Human Resource Management?” appeared in both English and Russian in the Russian journal Personnel Mix, 2007, issue 7-8.
The CACRD received a $35,000 grant for Ready by 21 Program Assessment from Broome County Youth Bureau
The CACRD received a $7,000 grant from the Provost’s Multi-/Inter-Disciplinary Symposia Grant for the Binghamton Neighborhood Project to hold symposium in fall 2008
