Introduction to the Virtual Issue on Behavioral Public Administration

Lars Tummers; Asmus Leth Olsen; Sebastian Jilke; Stephan Grimmelikhuijsen

Introduction to the Virtual Issue on Behavioral Public Administration

Lars Tummers, Asmus Leth Olsen, Sebastian Jilke, Stephan Grimmelikhuijsen

Abstract

For public administration scholars, psychological theories and methods can be extremely helpful, especially when studying attitudes or behaviors of (groups of) citizens, public professionals, or public managers. Behavioral public administration explicitly connects public administration and psychology. For this Virtual Issue, we analyzed the articles of JPART from its inception (1991) to the current day (2015). We find that around 10% of the articles in JPART made a substantial use of psychology. The trend also seems to indicate a recent increase of this type of articles. We highlight eight of these articles in particular. These eight articles are excellent examples of the potential added value of psychological insights to key public administration questions. We hope that this Virtual Issue inspires scholars and practitioners to deepen the dialogue between public administration and psychology.

Original language	English
Article number	1
Journal	Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory
Volume	Virtual issue, Vol.xx
Issue number	xx
Pages (from-to)	1-3
Number of pages	3
ISSN	1053-1858
Publication status	Published - 2016

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Faculty of Social Sciences

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