As Good as It Gets? On the Meaning of Public Value in the Study of Policy and Management

Rutgers, Mark R.

doi:10.1177/0275074014525833

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“…Public value is a multifaceted concept that has been approached in several ways (Alford and O'Flynn ; Bozeman ; Horner et al. ; Rutgers ; Williams and Shearer ) and has attracted criticism for being poorly defined (Prebble ; Rhodes and Wanna ). At a broad level, public value has been described as ‘… a comprehensive approach to thinking about public management and about continuous improvement in public services’ (Constable et al.…”

Section: Defining Public Valuementioning

confidence: 99%

Avoiding Theoretical Stagnation: A Systematic Review and Framework for Measuring Public Value

Faulkner

Kaufman²

2017

Aust J Public Adm

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Public value theory has become a hot topic in public administration research, but its proponents have long recognised difficulties in empirically testing the theory's central propositions. There has been a lack of clarity about how to measure the extent to which organisations are generating public value, which has rendered researchers unable to quantitatively study the causes, consequences and correlates of public value. The current study systematically reviews the growing literature on public value measurement to identify, evaluate, and synthesise available measures. Through a qualitative synthesis of the themes present in published measures, we identify four key components for measuring public value that appear to be important across a range of policy and national contexts. Our review identifies a promising framework that could be used to structure a comprehensive measure of public value and, in doing so, provides a means to progress theoretical development and testing of the public value approach.

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Section: Defining Public Valuementioning

confidence: 99%

Avoiding Theoretical Stagnation: A Systematic Review and Framework for Measuring Public Value

Faulkner

Kaufman²

2017

Aust J Public Adm

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“…Although public value concept attracts a large number of researchers, who considered it as unproblematic and everyday concept that can be used productively in theory and practice, however, after 20 years of its emergence, it could not gain a consensus (Rutgers, 2015). Researchers provided different interpretation and operationalization of the concept of PV (Van Wart and Berman, 1999;Kernaghan, 2003;Rutgers, 2008;Steenhuisen, 2009;Nabatchi, 2012).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Some scholars think about PVs in terms of core values, chronological ordering, or other bifurcations or dimensional distinctions (Rutgers, 2015). Others conceptualize PVs in terms of "hard" and "soft" values (Steenhuisen, 2009);individual, professional, organizational, legal, and public-interest values (Van Wart, 1998); ethical, democratic, professional, and people values (Kernaghan, 2003); political, legal, organizational, and market values (Nabatchi, 2012).…”

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Identification Of Public Value Dimensions In Pakistan’s Public Sector Organizations

Sami¹

2018

The European Proceedings of Social and Behavioural Sciences

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Public value is relatively new and important concept for public sector organizations and it is considered that there is no more important topic in public administration and public policy than public value. The goal of all sectors of the economy, public and private, is to create or increase the value, created by their contribution. Citizens pay taxes to the government and in return, they expected more benefits, respect and extra care of their rights at public offices. The major focus of public value research is on the dimensions of public value. Despite all the optimism, however, the concept of public value has not yet gained a consensus, being used by most authors as an unproblematic, everyday concept that can be used fruitfully in theory and practice. This lack of consensus emphasizes to develop comprehensive dimensions of public value which completely represent the Pakistani public sector. Current study determines the dimensions of public value on the basis of Kelly's framework of sources of public value through Systematic literature review. On basis of this literature review, it is revealed that services, societal outcome and trust are the comprehensive dimensions of public value in public sector organization of Pakistan. These dimensions not only aim at enhancing efficiency and performance of the public sector but they also seek to transform the culture of traditional public administration into a flexible, market-driven and result-oriented one.

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“…The extent and appropriate use of public opinion in policymaking is a key topic issue in public management and governance; yet other than Nabatchi (2012) and Rutgers (2015), PA scholars have not tied participatory governance and democracy to PVs. Interestingly, this approach gained some traction in political science about two decades ago, with administrators-rather than just politicians-being considered important actors.…”

Section: To Understand Public Representation and Administrative Actionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Without Blinders: Public Values Scholarship in Political Science, Economics, and Law—Content and Contribution to Public Administration

Graaf

Wal

2017

Public Integrity

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How and why are public values studied within public administration's cognate disciplines? This question is addressed through a qualitative analysis of 50 public values (PVs) publications in political science, economics, and law published between 1969 and 2014. The findings show that political scientists intuitively connect PVs to the actual public rather than to government agencies and employees, whereas legal scholars often view PVs as public interests or rights. Economists are mostly concerned with how PVs can be qualified vis-à-vis private "value" and values. In short, each discipline views PVs in accordance with its key foci and epistemologies; as such, "wearing blinders" is not exclusive to one discipline. Moreover, a citation analysis shows that PVs scholars in the field of public administration seldom engage with literature from these disciplines, and vice-versa, even though doing so provides opportunities for broadening the discipline's understanding of PVs and how they conflict, across various stages and functions of policy and administration, in the pursuit of good governance.

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As Good as It Gets? On the Meaning of Public Value in the Study of Policy and Management

Cited by 95 publications

References 40 publications

Avoiding Theoretical Stagnation: A Systematic Review and Framework for Measuring Public Value

Avoiding Theoretical Stagnation: A Systematic Review and Framework for Measuring Public Value

Identification Of Public Value Dimensions In Pakistan’s Public Sector Organizations

Without Blinders: Public Values Scholarship in Political Science, Economics, and Law—Content and Contribution to Public Administration

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