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The Behavioral Foundations of Representative Bureaucracy

Authors :
Sean Webeck
Hongseok Lee
Defense Resources Management Institute (DRMI)
Naval Postgraduate School
Publication Year :
2022
Publisher :
Monterey, California: Naval Postgraduate School., 2022.

Abstract

The article of record as published may be found at https://doi.org/10.1093/ppmgov/gvac013 Representative bureaucracy is a values-based theory of bureaucratic decision making. Its key assumption is that a bureaucrat’s demography shapes her pre-organizational socialization, values, and ultimately her decisions, in a way that can advance the interests of a represented client or group (i.e., active representation). However, scholars have not critically examined the presumed links among these four factors. We review the literature and make an argument for representative bureaucracy scholars to incorporate a psychological perspective to better understand the behavioral mechanisms that influence active representation. We discuss the tripartite classification of the mind, dual-process theories of decision making, identity theory and the deservingness heuristic as theoretical perspectives scholars can use to investigate the behavioral foundations of representative bureaucracy.

Subjects

Subjects :
Public Administration

Details

Database :
OpenAIRE
Accession number :
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