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Bureaucratic Behavior

Bureaucratic Behavior is a pattern of administrative decision-making and organizational conduct exhibited by public officials within governmental agencies, distinguished by adherence to formal rules, hierarchical authority, and the pursuit of non-maximizing objectives such as budget maximization or operational inertia, within the framework of public choice theory.

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Administrative Behavior: A Study of Decision-Making Processes in Administrative Organization.

M. Craig Brown, Herbert A. Simon · Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews · 1978 · 4.9K citations

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Bureaucracy: what government agencies do and why they do it

Choice Reviews Online · 1990 · 3.9K citations

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Economic Development Through Bureaucratic Corruption

Nathaniel H. Leff · American Behavioral Scientist · 1964 · 2.6K citations

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Patterns of Industrial Bureaucracy.

Robert Dubin, Alvin W. Gouldner · American Sociological Review · 1955 · 1.8K citations

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Street-Level Bureaucracy: Dilemmas of the Individual in Public Services

Arthur E. Wise, Michael Lipsky · Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis · 1981 · 1.6K citations

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  1. KJ
    Kenneth J. Meier

    Texas A&M University, United States

    19 publications · 2.3K citations

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  2. DP
    Donald P. Moynihan

    University of Wisconsin–Madison, United States

    12 publications · 1.3K citations

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  3. SK
    Sanjay K. Pandey

    George Washington University, United States

    11 publications · 1.4K citations

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  4. BB
    Barry Bozeman

    Georgia Institute of Technology, United States

    10 publications · 1.3K citations

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  5. GK
    George Krause

    University of South Carolina, United States

    8 publications · 1.1K citations

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Institutions

635

  1. Texas A&M University

    College Station, United States

    17 h-index

    23 publications

    2.9K citations

  2. University of Wisconsin–Madison

    Madison, United States

    15 h-index

    19 publications

    2.9K citations

  3. Aarhus University

    Aarhus, Denmark

    14 h-index

    23 publications

    988 citations

  4. Utrecht University

    Utrecht, The Netherlands

    14 h-index

    17 publications

    1.8K citations

  5. Stanford University

    Stanford, United States

    13 h-index

    21 publications

    4.3K citations

  6. University of Pittsburgh

    Pittsburgh, United States

    12 h-index

    12 publications

    1.4K citations

  7. Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

    New Brunswick, United States

    12 h-index

    23 publications

    2.6K citations

  8. Florida State University

    Tallahassee, United States

    12 h-index

    12 publications

    544 citations

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  1. Public Administration Review

    PAR · 106 publications · 10.6K citations

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  2. Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory

    JPART · 84 publications · 9.2K citations

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  3. American Political Science Review

    32 publications · 4K citations

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  4. Administrative Science Quarterly

    ASQ · 44 publications · 4.7K citations

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  5. Administration & Society

    AAS · 37 publications · 1.6K citations

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