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Current Research
Learn more about our department's research areas. Our faculty are researching innovation in local governments, public budgeting and financial management and ways in which organizations in the public, private and non-profit sectors can work together to provide better public services.
| Title | Author | Year | Publication | Research Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Impact of Transactional and Transformational Leadership on Goal Specificity and Psychological Empowerment | Jaehee Jong and Sue Faerman | 2021 | Public Personnel Management | Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management |
| Centralization and Decentralization: Balancing Organizational and Employee Expectations | Jaehee Jong and Sue Faerman | 2020 | Global Encyclopedia of Public Administration, Public Policy, and Governance | Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management |
| Organizing Transit Institutions to Facilitate Cross-Jurisdictional Service Integration | David Weinreich and Thomas Skuzinski | 2021 | Journal of Urban Affairs | Regional Governance, Interlocal Cooperation, Transportation, Special Purpose Government |
| Increasing the Understanding of Fiscal Impact Analysis to Help Real Estate Developers More Effectively Manage Process Risk | Dustin C. Read, Thomas Skuzinski, and Andrew R. Sanderford | 2019 | Journal of Real Estate Literature | Fiscal Impact Analysis, Land Use, Rationality and Behavior |
| The Bounded and Pragmatic Consultant: Fiscal Impact Analysts as Rational Actors | Dustin C. Read, Andrew R. Sanderford, and Thomas Skuzinski | 2019 | Planning Practice and Research | Fiscal Impact Analysis, Land Use, Rationality and Behavior |
| The Risk of Regional Governance: Cultural Theory and Interlocal Cooperation | Thomas Skuzinski | 2018 | Routledge (book) | Interlocal Cooperation, Regional Governance, Rationality and Behavior, Land Use |
| States and the Relationships Among Local Governments | Thomas Skuzinski | 2019 | State-Local Relations in Partnership and Conflict (edited volume) | Interlocal Cooperation, Regional Governance |
| Land Use Decision-making in the Wake of State Property Rights Legislation: Examining the Institutional Response to Florida’s Harris Act | Linkous, Evangeline, and Thomas Skuzinski | 2019 | State-Local Relations in Partnership and Conflict (edited volume) | Interlocal Cooperation, Regional Governance |
| Tradable Development Rights in the US: Making Zoning Flexible Through Market Mechanisms | Thomas Skuzinski, and Evangeline R. Linkous. | 2018 | Instruments of Land Policy (edited volume) | Land Use; Tradable Development Rights |
| Neighborhood Institutions and Residential Home Sales: Evaluating the Impact of Property Tax Exemptions | Christopher Goodman and Deborah A. Carroll | Forthcoming | Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics | Nonprofits, Local Government |
| Tensions in State-Local Intergovernmental Response to Emergencies: The Case of COVID-19 | McDonald III, Bruce D., Christopher Goodman, and Megan E. Hatch | Forthcoming | State and Local Government Review | Intergovernmental Relations |
| State Preemption of Local Laws: Origins and Modern Trends | Christopher Goodman., Megan E. Hatch, and Bruce D. McDonald, III | Forthcoming | Perspectives on Public Management and Governance | Intergovernmental Relations, Local Government |
| The Truth About Honesty in the Nonprofit Sector | McDonald III, Bruce D. and Christopher Goodman | Forthcoming | Public Administration Quarterly | Nonprofit Management |
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