Challenges for Large-Scale International Comparative Survey-Based Research in Public Administration

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ID23595478
AutoresKoen Verhoest (0000-0002-5467-3820, University of Antwerp, autor de correspondencia), Jan Wynen (0000-0003-1456-968X, University of Antwerp), Wouter Vandenabeele (0000-0002-6625-9686, Utrecht University), Steven Van De Walle (0000-0003-1531-7097, European Corporate Governance Institute)
Año2018
Páginas1147-1168
Fecha de publicación2018-01-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoCHAPTER
RevistaThe Palgrave Handbook of Public Administration and Management in Europe (SOURCE_BOOK)
EditorialPalgrave Macmillan UK (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1057/978-1-137-55269-3_59
OpenAlexW2561549267
ISBN9781137552693
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas5
Referencias citadas31

Within the field of public administration, the experience with large-scale international comparative survey-based research is expanding. However, while such research might render extremely interesting data for comparison and analysis, such resource and time-intensive research bring also challenges, in terms of methodological risks, data quality issues, and governance. This chapter uses the experience of the COBRA survey, the COCOPS survey, and the International Public Service Motivation survey and discusses methodological challenges, like the non-response bias, the issue of measurement invariance, common method bias, and limitations of cross-sectional data, as well as important success factors for the governance of such projects. This chapter ends with some reflections on potential strategies of the public administration community to further enhance and support such research, also toward funders and governments. These keywords were added by machine and not by the authors. This process is experimental and the keywords may be updated as the learning algorithm improves.

Administration (probate law) · Business · Corporate governance · Data collection · Data quality · Field survey · Geography · Political science · Public relations · Quality (philosophy) · Resource (disambiguation) · Scale (ratio) · Service (business) · Social science · Sociology · Survey data collection · Survey methodology · Survey research · Advanced Causal Inference Techniques · Applied Psychology · Computer Science · Engineering · Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth · Marketing · Medicine · Psychology · Public Administration · Spatial and Panel Data Analysis