Barrett & Greene

AUGUST 5, 2024

But when elected officials do so, they are missing the idea that people trust candor. It’s always been the case that bad news drives out good news, which justifiably may make some of you wary that reporters will be sour cherry picking the bad news from a performance report – even one that is largely positive.

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Barrett & Greene

MARCH 14, 2023

by Hala Altamimi Assistant Professor, School of Public Affairs and Administration, University of Kansas In the public administration literature, it is generally expected that city managers are likely to support practices that improve government performance. There’s little question that’s true for a variety of reasons.

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PMRA (Public Management Research Association)

AUGUST 20, 2017

In sum, a takeaway message from our findings, then, is that agency officials may feel pressure to conform, rather than discretion to innovate, when serving under politically like-minded elected officials.

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