Jonathan P. West, Ph.D. - Journal Articles (refereed)

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Jonathan P. West, Ph.D.	Books
	Research Monographs
	Journal Articles (refereed)
	Book Chapters, Conference Proceedings, and Other Publications:
Work in Progress
Research currently underway on civil service reform, State and Federal Hatch Acts, managing managers’ habits in local government, poor versus excellent public management practices, emotional intelligence among managers in local government, environmental accounting in hospitals, environmental waste management, HRM under crisis conditions.

(in press) Is It Time to ‘Re-Hatch’ Public Employees or Not? An Ethical Analysis of the Relaxation of Restrictions on Political Activities in Civil Service Public Administration Review (with J. Bowman). Winner of the 2008 Johnson Award for Best Paper in Ethics and Accountability given by the Johnson Institute for Responsible Leadership at the University of Pittsburgh.

(2008) Managing Emotional Intelligence in U.S. Cities: A Study of Public Managers. Public Administration Review 68, 4: 742-758. (with E. Berman)

(2007). The Effective Manager….Takes a Break. Review of Public Personnel Administration 27, 4: 380-400. (with E. Berman)

(in press). The Impact of Management Work Habits on Public Sector Performance: A Study of Local Government Managers. Public Personnel Management (with E. Berman)

(2007). Increasing Sustainability through the Management of Post-Consumer Waste. The International Journal of Environmental, Cultural, Economic and Social Sustainability 3, 4: 1-14. (with R. Burnett, M. Friedman, and V. Jayaraman).

(2007). Lord Acton and Employment Doctrines: Absolute Power and the Spread of At-Will Employment. Journal of Business Ethics 74: 119-130. (with J. Bowman)

(2008, June forthcoming). Symposium: American Civil Service Reform Introduction. International Journal of Public Administration entire issue (ed. with J. Bowman)

(2006). Civil Service Today: Symposium Introduction. Review of Public Personnel Administration 26, 2: 99-101. June, entire issue (ed. with J. Bowman)

(2006). “Ending Civil Service Protections in Florida Government: Experiences in State Agencies.” Review of Public Personnel Administration 26, 2: 139-157. (with J. Bowman)

(2004) “Ethics Training in U.S. Cities: Content, Pedagogy, and Impact.” Public Integrity 6, 3: 189-206. (lead article with E. Berman). Reprinted in J. West and E. Berman, eds. The Ethics Edge. Washington, D.C.: International City/County Personnel Management Association, 2007 in press.

(2004) “Stakeholder Analysis of Civil Service Reform in Florida: A Descriptive, Instrumental, Normative Human Resource Management Perspective.” State and Local Government Review 36, 1: 20-34.

(2003) “What is Managerial Mediocrity? Definition, Prevalence and Negative Impact (Part 1).” Public Performance & Management Review 27, 2: 9-29. (lead article with E. Berman).

(2003) “Solutions to the Problem of Managerial Mediocrity: Moving Up to Excellence (Part 11).” Public Performance & Management Review 27, 2: 30-52. (with E. Berman)

(2003) “Psychological Contracts in Local Government: A Preliminary Survey.” Review of Public Personnel Administration. 23, 4: 267-285. (lead article, with E. Berman).

(2003) “Audit Committees and Accountability in Local Government: A National Survey.” International Journal of Public Administration. 26, 4; 329-362. (lead article with E. Berman)

(2002) “Increasing Urban Government Financial Accountability: The Role of Multiple Stakeholders” Public Budgeting, Accounting and Financial Management (with E.Berman)

(2002) “Georgia on the Mind of Radical Civil Service Reformers.” Review of Public Personnel Administration 22 (2): 79-93.

(2002) “Workplace Relations: Friendship Patterns and Their Consequences.” Public Administration Review 62 (2): 217-230. (with E. Berman and M. Richter).

(2001) “The Impact of Revitalized Management Practices on the Adoption of Information Technology.” Public Performance and Management Review 24 (3): 233-253. (lead article with E. Berman)

(2001) “From Traditional to Virtual HR: Is the Transition Occurring in Local Government?” Review of Public Personnel Administration 21 (1) (with E. Berman)

(2001) "The Profession of Public Administration: An Ethics Edge in Introductory Textbooks?" Public Administration Review 61 (2) 194-205 (with J. Bowman and E. Berman).

(1999) “Career Risk and Reward from Productivity.” Public Personnel Management. 28 (3), 1999: 453-473 (with E. Berman)

(1999) "Reaching the Top: Racial Differences in Mobility Paths to Upper-Tier Occupations." Work and Occupations 26 (2): 165-186. (with G. Wilson and I. Sakura-Lemessy). (Received Best Paper award on “Blacks and Politics” at the Western Political Science Association meeting).

(1999) "Using Performance Measurement in Human Resource Management: A Survey of U.S. Counties." Review of Public Personnel Administration 19 (2): 5-17 (with E. Berman and X. Wang).

(1998) “Productivity Enhancement Efforts in Public and Non-Profit Organizations.” Public Productivity and Management Review 22, (2): 207-219. (with E. Berman).

(1998) “Responsible Risk Taking.” Public Administration Review. 58 (4): 346-352. (with E. Berman).

(1998) "Analysis of Comfort Care for the Terminally Ill: The Hospice Approach," Journal of Health and Human Services Administration 20 (3): 281-299 (with C. West).

(1997) "Administrative Creativity in Local Government," Public Productivity and Management Review 20 (4): 446-458 (with E. Berman).

(1997) "Municipal Responses to Homelessness: A National Survey of Preparedness," Journal of Urban Affairs 19 (3): 303-318 (with E. Berman).

(1997) "Managing Ethics to Improve Performance and Build Trust," Public Integrity Annual : 23-33 (with E. Berman).

(1996) "Municipal Recycling: An Assessment of Programmatic and Contextual Factors Affecting Program Success," International Journal of Public Administration 19 (7): 1065-1083 (with R. Feiock).

(1996) "Managerial Responses to an Aging Municipal Workforce: A National Survey," Review of Public Personnel Administration 16 (3) Summer: 38-58. (with E. Berman)

(1996) "Implementing Total Quality Management in Public Health Agencies: A Survey of Progress," Journal of Health and Human Resource Administration, 19 (2) Fall: 182-205 (with E. Berman and M. Milakovich).

(1995) "Public-Private Leadership and the Role of Non-Profit Organizations in Local Government: The Case of Social Services" Policy Studies Review 14 (1/2): 235-246 (with E. Berman)

(1995) "Strategic Management of Older Workers: Preliminary Results of a National Survey." in S.Amin and S. Fullerton (eds.) International Business Practices. Cumberland Md: Academy of Business Administration: 616-623 (With E. Berman).

(1995) "Ethical Decision-Making in Business and Government: An Analysis of Formal and Informal Strategies." Spectrum: The Journal of State Government, 68 (2):28-36. (with A. Cava and E. Berman). Reprinted in J. E. Richardson (ed.) Business Ethics 96/97. Guilford, Ct: Dushkin, 1996: 18-25 (with E. Berman and A. Cava)

(1995) "The Municipal Commitment to Total Quality Management: A Survey of Recent Progress," Public Administration Review, 55 (1):57-66 (with E. Berman).

(1995) "TQM in American Cities: Hypotheses Regarding Commitment and Impact: Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory. 5 (2): 213-230. (with E. Berman)

(1995) "Support for Televised Coverage of the Legislative Process Among State Legislators: A Comparison of Iowa, Utah, and Florida." Political Communication. (with G. Sussman, B. Daynes, N. Lovrich.)

(1994) "Municipal Government Financial Reporting: Administrative and Ethical Climate," Public Budgeting & Finance, 14 (2):65-78 (with G. Sanders and E. Berman).

(1994) “Implementing TQM in the States." Spectrum: The Journal of State Government, 67 (2): 6-13. (with E. Berman and M. Milakovich).

(1994) "Ethics Management in Municipal Government and Large Firms: Exploring Similarities and Differences," Administration & Society, 26 (2) August: 185-203 (with E. Berman and A. Cava).

(1994) "Teaching Public Personnel Management in Three Types of Higher Educational Institutions," Review of Public Personnel Administration, 14 (4): 22-38.

(1994) "Values Management in Local Government: A Survey of Progress and Future Directions," Review of Public Personnel Administration, 14 (1) winter: 6-23 (with E. Berman).

(1993-1994) "Implementing TQM in Local Government: The Leadership Challenge," Public Productivity and Management Review, 17 (2) winter: 175-189) (with E. Berman and M. Milakovich). Reprinted in J.P. West ed. Quality Management Today, Washington, D.C. ICMA, 1995:51-60.

(1993) "Citizens' Contact with Bureaucratic and Legislative Officials," Political Research Quarterly 46 (4) December: 931-941 (with G. Serra and D. Moon).

(1993) "Human Resource Strategies in Local Government: A Survey of Progress and Future Directions," American Review of Public Administration, 23 (3): 279-297 (with E. Berman).

(1993) "Testing Competing Explanations for Policy Adoption: Municipal Solid Waste Recycling Programs," Political Research Quarterly, 46 (2):399-421 (with R. Feiock).

(1992) "Managing Municipal Waste: Attitudes and Opinions of Administrators and Environmentalists." Environment and Behavior, 24 (1) January, 111-133 (with S. Lee and R. Feiock).

(1991) "Recycling Solid Waste in Florida: Two Years After Passage of the Solid Waste Management Act," Governing Florida, 1 (2) Summer 21-23 (with R. Feiock and S. Lee).

(1991) "Jobs, Dollars and Gender," in Carter and Harrington's (eds.) Administrative Law and Politics. New York, Harper Collins, 2nd Edition. (with C. Davis) (reprint).

(1990-1991) "The Implementation of Local Solid Waste Policies in Florida." Journal of Environmental Systems. 20 (1) 71-90. (with M. M. Haley, S. Lee and R. Feiock).

(1990) "Public Presence at Collective Bargaining: Effects on Process and Decisions," Journal of Collective Negotiations in the Public Sector, 19 (1) 69-82, (with R. Feiock).

(1989) "Job Stress and Public Sector Occupations: Implications for Public Managers," Review of Public Personnel Administration, 9, 3, Summer 46-65 (with C. West).

(1989) "Support for Sunshine Bargaining in Florida: A Decade Later," Review of Public Personnel Administration, 9 (2) Spring 28-50 (with R. Feiock).

(1988) "Administrative Values and Cutback, Politics in American Local Governments," Public Personnel Management, 17, Summer 207-221 (with C. Davis).

(1986) "City Government Productivity and Civil Service Reform," Public Productivity Review, 39, Fall 45-59.

(1985) "Jobs, Dollars and Gender: An Analysis of the Comparable Worth Issue," Polity, 18, (1) Fall 138-148 (with C. Davis).

(1985) "Adoption of Personnel Productivity Innovations in American Cities," Policy Studies Review, 4 (3) February 541-551 (with C. Davis).

(1984) "City Personnel Management: Issues and Reforms," Public Personnel Management, 13 (3) 317-334.

(1984) "Implementing Public Policy: EEO, Affirmative Action, and Policy Options," Review of Public Personnel Administration, 4 (3) 16-30 (with C. Davis).

(1983) "Attitudes of Municipal Personnel Directors Towards Collective Bargaining and Merit: Accommodation or Conflict?" Journal of Collective Negotiations in the Public Sector, 12 (3) 177-188 (with C. Davis).

(1982) "Merit, Bilateralism, Equity and Reform: An Attitudinal Assessment." Journal of Public and International Affairs, 3, (1) 63-77.

(1980) "Job Reward Preferences of Mexican American and Anglo Public Employees," Public Productivity Review, 4 (3) 199-209 (with C. Davis).

(1979) "Informal Policy Making Along the Arizona-Mexico International Border," International Journal of Public Administration, 1 (4) 435-458. Slightly different version appeared in the Arizona Review, 27 (2) February 1978, 1-8.

(1979) "Attitudinal Differences Among Supervisors in the Public Sector," Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 32 (4) July 496-505 (with C. Davis).

(1979) "City and County Supervisors' Perceptions of Local Government Merit Systems," International Journal of Public Administration, 1 (1) 31-42 (with C. Davis).

(1978) "Analyzing Perceptions of Affirmative Action Issues: A Study of Mexican American Supervisors in a Metropolitan Bureaucracy," Midwest Review of Public Administration, 12 (4) December 246-256 (with C. Davis).

(1978) "Images of Public Administration. A Study of Supervisors in a Metropolitan Bureaucracy," Public Personnel Management, September-October, 7 (5) 316-322 (with C. Davis).

(1977) "The Role of Informal Policy-Making in U.S.-Mexico Border Cities," Social Science Quarterly, 58, 270-282 (with J. Sloan).

(1977) "The Placement Success of Graduate Programs in Political Science: 1960-1972," Teaching Political Science, 4 (4) 367-390 (with R. Newman).

(1976) "Community Integration and Policies Among Elites in Two Border Cities: Los Dos Laredos," Journal of Inter-American Studies and World Affairs, 18 (4) November, 451-474 (with J. Sloan).

(1976) "Comparative Analysis of Community Health Planning: Transition from CHPs to HSAs," Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law, 1 (2) Summer 173-195 (with M. Stevens).

(1975) "Health Planning in Multi-functional Regional Planning Councils: Baltimore and Houston Experience," Inquiry, (3) September 180-193.

(1970) "Conflicting Perceptions in Teacher-Board Negotiations." ISR Journal of Educational Personnel Relations, 2 Spring 103-114 (with W. Hazard).