Douglas J Watson

Biographic Data

ID3894047
NAMEDouglas J Watson
GIVEN NAMESDouglas J
FAMILY NAMEWatson
SIGNATUREWATSON D J
AFFILIATIONSAuburn University
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS19
TOTAL CITATIONS7
AUTHOR COUNT18
EDITOR COUNT1
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1990
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2010
H-INDEX1

  • More than Mayor or Manager: Campaigns to Change Form of Government in America's Large Cities

    Douglas J Watson, James H SvaraBOOKMore Than Mayor Or Manager2010

  • Introduction to the Symposium

    Open AccessR Paul Battaglio, L Douglas Kiel et al.ARTICLEPublic Works Management & Policy2008

  • Affective Leadership and Emotional Labor: A View from the Local Level

    Open AccessL Douglas Kiel, Douglas P Kiel et al.ARTICLEPublic Administration Review2008Cited by: 5

    At first glance, readers of Professors Newman, Guy, and Mastracci’s article may conclude that emotional labor and affective leadership are obvious qualities that we should expect from adults in the workplace. It seems that effective employees and managers have always shown strengths in these competencies. Is this another academic effort to explore an area that practitioners already understand and manage fairly well? Further reflection reveals, ho…

  • Form of Government and Community Values: The Case of Tuskegee, Alabama

    Open AccessDouglas J Watson, Wendy L Hassett et al.ARTICLEPolitics & Policy2006References: 10

    Each year, dozens of U.S. communities change or attempt to change their forms of government. The authors argue that the two primary forms of local government are based on different values, identified as paradigms, and that there are groups in most communities that favor one paradigm over the other. When there is enough dissatisfaction in the way the existing form of government is performing, the group that favors the alternate paradigm proposes s…

  • Introduction: Special Issue on Natural Disasters and Public Works Management and Policy

    Open AccessDouglas J Watson, L Douglas Kiel et al.ARTICLEPublic Works Management & Policy2006References: 1

    This article serves as the introduction to a special issue on natural disasters and public works management and policy. The authors note that large-scale natural disasters provide the occasion for public attention turning to the public works infrastructure, as basic necessities for living in a modern society are threatened or interrupted. The recent experience with Hurricane Katrina in the southern United States showed that without the critical i…

  • Agreement Between Administrative Claims and the Medical Record in Identifying Patients With a Diagnosis of Hypertension

    Michael F Bullano, Michael Bullano et al.ARTICLEMedical Care2006References: 14

    OBJECTIVE: This study evaluated the accuracy of 2 administrative claims-based selection rules to identify patients with hypertension (HTN) using medical records as the gold standard. RESEARCH DESIGN: The claims database consisted of inpatient, outpatient, pharmacy, and eligibility claims for members of a single insurance company from January 2000 through March 2003. Medical records were abstracted for 258 matched patient pairs selected by Rule A …

  • Financial distress and municipal bankruptcy: The case of prichard, alabama

    Open AccessDouglas J Watson, Donna Milam Handley et al.ARTICLEJournal of Public Budgeting…2005

    Since 1934, the federal government has provided a process for municipalities to declare bankruptcy, and approximately 500 governments have done so. In recent years, an average of less than one city government declares bankruptcy each year. In this article, the authors identify five factors that contribute to financial distress for cities which, if left unattended, can lead to municipal bankruptcy. This discussion is followed by an examination of …

  • Career Paths of City Managers in America's Largest Council‐Manager Cities

    Open AccessDouglas J Watson, Wendy L HassettARTICLEPublic Administration Review2004References: 9

    What are the typical career paths of city managers serving in the nation's largest cities? This article examines the career paths of 113 city managers in council‐manager cities with populations over 100,000. The authors identify four distinct career paths for city managers—long servers, lateral movers, ladder climbers, and‐single city careerists—and find that city managers in the largest council‐manager cities are commonly ladder climbers or sing…

  • Citizen surveys: A component of the budgetary process

    Open AccessWendy L Hassett, Douglas J WatsonARTICLEJournal of Public Budgeting…2003

    An annual citizen survey can be a valuable component of the municipal budgeting process for cities that elect to institutionalize the process as a way to translate citizen feedback into budgetary priorities. This article explores uses of citizen surveys in identifying latent needs of the community that may not be detected through public hearings or other citizen participation methods. The authors suggest that properly developed and conducted citi…

  • Long–Serving City Managers: Why Do They Stay

    Open AccessDouglas J Watson, Wendy L HassettARTICLEPublic Administration Review2003References: 15

    The literature on council–manager government often mentions the political difficulties that city managers face with their elected officials and constituent groups. In addition, the generally accepted route to success for city managers is to move to larger and better–paying cities. As a result of these push–and–pull factors, the average tenure of city managers is short. There are, however, a relatively small number of city managers who enjoy long …

  • Capital-Intensive Privatization: Returning to Public Ownership

    Open AccessDouglas J Watson, Wendy L HassettARTICLEPublic Works Management & Policy2002Cited by: 1References: 4

    The City of Auburn, Alabama, a university city of 45,000, privatized its wastewater treatment facilities in the early 1980s. At the time, the city was faced with outdated wastewater facilities that were built in the 1950s. Overflows from the many pump stations into local creeks were common occurrences. Federal financial assistance was several years away because of Auburn’s lower priority on the funding list, and interest rates were very high for …

  • Long–Serving City Managers: Practical Application of the Academic Literature

    Open AccessWendy L Hassett, Douglas J WatsonARTICLEPublic Administration Review2002References: 3

    The authors identified 146 city managers who have served in the same city for the past 20 years and asked them to complete a survey to determine the factors leading to their long service. As a part of the survey, the city managers were invited to express, in their own words, the reasons they had stayed in the same city for such an extended time compared to the average tenure for city managers. In the article that follows, the authors quote from t…

  • Moving Into Global Competition: A Case Study of Alabama's Recruitment of Mercedes‐Benz

    Open AccessEdwin I Gardner, Robert S Montjoy et al.ARTICLEReview of Policy Research2001

    Globalization is changing the game of economic development, but the emerging rules and optimal strategies remain somewhat unclear. The Mercedes case discussed in this article illustrates the rough and uncertain nature of this transition. From the perspective of the traditional strategy, the price of the jobs initially promised by Mercedes seemed high; and the ultimate cost was increased by the intense competition among the bidding states. Yet fro…

  • The International Resource Cities Program: Building Capacity in Bulgarian Local Governments

    Open AccessDouglas J WatsonARTICLEPublic Administration Review2000

  • A Case for Reinterpreted Dichotomy of Politics and Administration as a Professional Standard in Council-Manager Government

    Robert S Montjoy, Douglas J WatsonARTICLEPublic Administration Review1995

  • Importance of local initiative in targeting of federal aid: The case of udags

    Open AccessDouglas J WatsonARTICLEJournal of Public Budgeting…1994

    Much of the literature on targeting of federal grants to the most needy local governments concentrates on the explanations of population and need. The author proposes that a third explanation, the aggressiveness and competence of city staffs, should receive attention from scholars also. The last major categorical grant program aimed at distressed urban areas, the Urban Development Action Grant program, is examined to find evidence of differences …

  • Research on Local Government in Public Administration Review

    Douglas J Watson, Robert S MontjoyARTICLEPublic Administration Review1991Cited by: 1References: 3

  • Institutionalized Use of Citizen Surveys in the Budgetary and Policy-Making Processes: A Small City Case Study

    Douglas J Watson, Robert J Juster et al.ARTICLEPublic Administration Review1991

  • Changing Intergovernmental Fiscal Relationships: Impact of the 1986 Tax Reform Act on State and Local Governments

    Douglas J Watson, Thomas VocinoARTICLEPublic Administration Review1990