Behavioral public administration: Connecting psychology with european public administration research

TY - CHAP

T1 - Behavioral public administration

T2 - Connecting psychology with european public administration research

AU - Olsen, Asmus Leth

AU - Tummers, Lars

AU - Grimmelikhuijsen, Stephan

AU - Jilke, Sebastian

PY - 2017/1/1

Y1 - 2017/1/1

N2 - Well-known public administration scholars have stressed the importance of psychological research for the study of public administration. Neighboring disciplines such as economics and political science have witnessed the emergence of the psychology-informed subfields of behavioral economics and political psychology. Along the same lines, an emerging behavioral public administration is an approach characterized by the interdisciplinary analysis of public administration from the micro-perspective of individual behavior and attitudes by drawing upon recent advances in our understanding of the underlying psychology and behavior of individuals and groups. In this chapter we connect past calls for a behavioral public administration with current research in public administration, and outline a path for future integration of public administration and psychology in European public administration.

AB - Well-known public administration scholars have stressed the importance of psychological research for the study of public administration. Neighboring disciplines such as economics and political science have witnessed the emergence of the psychology-informed subfields of behavioral economics and political psychology. Along the same lines, an emerging behavioral public administration is an approach characterized by the interdisciplinary analysis of public administration from the micro-perspective of individual behavior and attitudes by drawing upon recent advances in our understanding of the underlying psychology and behavior of individuals and groups. In this chapter we connect past calls for a behavioral public administration with current research in public administration, and outline a path for future integration of public administration and psychology in European public administration.

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85031803587&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.1057/978-1-137-55269-3_57

DO - 10.1057/978-1-137-55269-3_57

M3 - Book chapter

AN - SCOPUS:85031803587

SN - 9781137552686

SP - 1121

EP - 1133

BT - The Palgrave Handbook of Public Administration and Management in Europe

PB - Palgrave Macmillan

ER -