P Edward French
Biographic Data
| ID | 4127865 |
|---|---|
| NAME | P Edward French |
| GIVEN NAMES | P Edward |
| FAMILY NAME | French |
| SIGNATURE | FRENCH P E |
| AFFILIATIONS | Mississippi State University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 26 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 96 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 26 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1964 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Disasters and social vulnerability determinants of federal subsidiarity assistance
Subsidiarity assistance creates opportunities for the federal government to intervene in subnational affairs, supplement emergency response, and reduce jurisdictional vulnerabilities. Recognizing the differential effects that disaster events and revenue sharing could have on states, the research investigates the determinants of federal subsidiarity assistance grants to states in the context of American federalism. This study draws from disaster i…
Voters, Neighbors, and City Performance in Environmental Sustainability Transitions
While most city governments in the United States acknowledge the importance of clean and healthy natural environment, their commitment to environmental sustainability varies widely. Scholarship on why some cities pursue the environmental agenda more than others is still evolving. This research adds to the model of municipal sustainability adoption by showing negative effects of residents’ political conservatism and positive effects of environment…
Cyber Security Responsibilization: An Evaluation of the Intervention Approaches Adopted by the Five Eyes Countries and China
Governments can intervene to a greater or lesser extent in managing the risks that citizens face . They can adopt a maximal intervention approach (e . g . , COVID‐19) or a hands‐off approach (e . g . , unemployment) , effectively “responsibilizing” their citizens. To manage the cyber risk , governments publish cyber‐related policies . This article examines the intervention stances the governments adopt in supporting individual citizens managing t…
Empowering the Female City Manager to Succeed: What Role Does Mentoring Play in the Personal Development and Preparation of Women for this Leadership Position
How does mentoring impact the personal work‐related attitudes of female city managers in the United States? Data from a survey of female city managers from cities of 5,000 people or more show that mentoring relationships often have a positive impact on the participant's self‐confidence and preparation for her position in terms of understanding work processes, responsibilities, and relationships. Mentoring is especially important to females who ar…
The Legitimacy of Privatization: Examination of Changes in Attitudes towards Government Ownership of Business in Ten Countries
While privatization garners support in the elite international institutions, it is less clear how strongly the public supports it. By conducting a statistical analysis of changes in attitudes towards government ownership of business, based on World Values Survey data from ten countries over 25 years, the authors find that the public support for privatization was not widespread in these countries even in the early 1990s and it steadily declined si…
Determinants of Public Administrators' Use of Performance Information: Evidence from Local Governments in Florida
Performance management has been a focus of scholars and practitioners for more than 25 years, yet the use of performance information has not greatly expanded as a result of this attention. Acknowledging that performance measurement is not an end in itself but rather a means to enhance focus on results and value, this article evaluates the determinants of the use of performance information by local government administrators. An online survey was a…
A sentiment analysis of U.S. local government tweets: The connection between tone and citizen involvement
Determinants of Local Government Workforce Planning
This article evaluates the utilization of workforce planning by municipalities across the United States with data derived from a survey of local government human resource professionals. The research demonstrates that certain aspects of workforce planning such as assessments of employee retirement, long-term recruitment and retention, and training and development have been integrated into the human resource functions of several municipalities. The…
The International City/County Management Association Code of Ethics: An Analysis of Violations
The stated mission of the International City/County Management Association (ICMA) is to create excellence in local government by developing and fostering professional local government worldwide. Agreement to adhere to the ICMA Code of Ethics is a requirement for membership and is intended to further the mission by providing principles of conduct to members. A review of all violation cases presented to the ICMA board from 1998 to 2008 that resulte…
Using the adapted cities framework to evaluate per capita expenditures in small U.S. municipalities
Researchers have generally compared council-manager municipalities against mayor-council forms when seeking to measure the efficiency gains envisioned by early twentieth century reformers. Many studies have used per capita expenditure levels of municipalities as a proxy for efficiency, associating lower spending levels with greater efficiency. This study utilizes the “Adapted Cities Framework” advocated by Frederickson, Johnson, and Wood (2004) w…
Local Government Human Resource Management Past, Present, and Future: Revisiting Hays and Kearney's Anticipated Changes a Decade Later
Over a decade ago, Hays and Kearney published results from a survey of human resource managers who were members of the International Personnel Management Association and the Section on Personnel and Labor Relations of the American Society for Public Administration. This survey solicited members' opinions regarding the present and anticipated status of public personnel systems at that time. Our survey solicits the opinions of human resource manage…
Effective Leadership in Times of Public Health Crises
Enhancing the Legitimacy of Local Government Pandemic Influenza Planning through Transparency and Public Engagement
Ethical issues in an influenza pandemic often require local government officials to make unprecedented, complex decisions. Effective planning with significant input from key community stakeholders is required well ahead of time in order to anticipate and mitigate a serious health crisis. The author evaluates the pandemic plans of 28 large cities across the United States using criteria derived from guidelines issued by the U.S. Department of Healt…
Assessing the impact of perceived school board effectiveness on financing k-12 education in tennessee
Education funding has been a significant concern of both providers and consumers of the educational system in the United States for many generations. This expenditure accounts for the single largest allocation in most state and local government budgets; and scholars, practitioners, and the general public often question whether or not American students are getting the most “bang for their buck”. While school board members are not responsible for t…
Employment Laws and the Public Sector Employer: Lessons to Be Learned from a Review of Lawsuits Filed against Local Governments
Numerous aspects of the day‐to‐day operations of local governments are subject to legal scrutiny; public managers and officials must be keenly aware of the legal rights and protections that extend to both citizens and employees of local governments. This research evaluates several areas of concern in the human resource administration of municipal governments with respect to the management of public employees within the protections set forth by th…
Eleventh Amendment Immunity in Contemporary Practice: Revisiting the Legal Liability of Local Government in the United States
Sovereign immunity is deeply rooted in the American system of government, and its role in balancing individual rights with democratic rule is crucial in litigation still today. This research highlights the fundamental principle of sovereignty and reviews relevant cases as it examines the legal liability of local governments in the twenty‐first century. While the U.S. Supreme Court continues to reject immunity below the state level, the lower cour…
Pandemic Influenza Planning: An Extraordinary Ethical Dilemma for Local Government Officials
The possibility of an influenza pandemic occurring within the next two decades is very real; the role of local governments in comprehensive preparation for this global threat is crucial. The federal government has provided broad guidelines for state and local officials who are ultimately responsible for emergency response and lifesaving services, vaccination and antiviral use, and the provision of other critical support. Much of this influenza pa…
Policy, management, and political activities: A current evaluation of the time allocations of mayors and managers in small cities and towns
This study examines executive time allocations in cities and towns with populations between 2,500 and 25,000. The majority of previous research has focused on municipalities with populations greater than 50,000. Do mayors and managers in small municipalities spend the same amount of time on policy, management, and political activities as their counterparts in larger municipalities? Four-hundred-sixty-seven surveys from mayors and city managers ar…
The recent adoption of the voluntary tax in the volunteer state
The purpose of this research is to explain the adoption of lottery policies among counties in Tennessee. Various socio-demographic variables were measured through the use of logistic regression analysis for determining lottery adoption among all the counties in Tennessee. The results of the logistic regression model suggest that the most significant variables contributing to the adoption of the state lottery in Tennessee are party affiliation of …
Form of government and per capita expenditures: An evaluation of small cities and towns
The impact of form of government on municipal expenditures has been debated by several scholars and researchers over the past thirty years. Part of the support for preference of the council-manager form of government over the other government forms relies on claims that the council-manager form provides increased efficiency in the operation of government. Results of numerous municipal expenditure studies, however, reveal that this outcome is not …
The lottery, educatiion, and the southern states: A measure of utility in per pupil expenditures among lottery states in the south
State operated lotteries have recently been asserted by public administrators and academicians as panaceas for eradicating revenue disparities existing across public school districts in the American states. The purpose of this research project is to empirically confirm the accusations against attributing credibility to this social intervention program because educational disparity portrays a grave injustice in the U.S. Pooled time series cross se…
Executive Behavior and Decision Making in Small U.S. Cities
This study examines how chief executives in small U.S. cities allocate their time, view their involvement in decisions related to the dimensions of the governmental process, who they consult in making decisions about local services, and the extent to which they perceive that their decisions are influenced by community interest groups. The study confirms that several differences exist among the different types of executives with respect to time al…
Municipal Government: Does Structure Make a Difference in Small Cities and Towns
This study is designed to present a comprehensive view of government in cities and towns with populations between 2,500 and 25,000 in order to determine that the council‐manager form of government has made a consequential difference in government at the local level. Two major forms of government in 559 municipalities are compared and contrasted regarding nine selected variables. Data are evaluated using the independent samples t‐test and regressi…
Can students truly benefit from state lotteries: A look at lottery expenditures towards education in the American states
State operated lotteries are popular revenue generating devices used by many state governments to supplement per pupil education expenditures with “voluntary” tax dollars. States without lotteries are stipulating that gaming revenues offer a windfall of hope for per pupil funding disparities across the American states. This research suggests that most state operated lotteries are failing to meet policymaker’s expectations as an alternative supple…
Lotteries, the american states and the federal government: A formula for perpetual success or inevitable destruction in education policy
Lotteries have gained immense popularity for enhancing fiscal resources for social intervention programs such as education. However, the fiscal significance of lotteries for accomplishing educational equity across the American states has been empirically challenged. Much of the literature on lotteries suggests that financial reliance on state operated lotteries for educational embellishment may actually hinder the process of educational egalitari…
A sentiment analysis of U.S. local government tweets: The connection between tone and citizen involvement
Determinants of Public Administrators' Use of Performance Information: Evidence from Local Governments in Florida
Performance management has been a focus of scholars and practitioners for more than 25 years, yet the use of performance information has not greatly expanded as a result of this attention. Acknowledging that performance measurement is not an end in itself but rather a means to enhance focus on results and value, this article evaluates the determinants of the use of performance information by local government administrators. An online survey was a…
Executive Behavior and Decision Making in Small U.S. Cities
This study examines how chief executives in small U.S. cities allocate their time, view their involvement in decisions related to the dimensions of the governmental process, who they consult in making decisions about local services, and the extent to which they perceive that their decisions are influenced by community interest groups. The study confirms that several differences exist among the different types of executives with respect to time al…
Policy, management, and political activities: A current evaluation of the time allocations of mayors and managers in small cities and towns
This study examines executive time allocations in cities and towns with populations between 2,500 and 25,000. The majority of previous research has focused on municipalities with populations greater than 50,000. Do mayors and managers in small municipalities spend the same amount of time on policy, management, and political activities as their counterparts in larger municipalities? Four-hundred-sixty-seven surveys from mayors and city managers ar…
The International City/County Management Association Code of Ethics: An Analysis of Violations
The stated mission of the International City/County Management Association (ICMA) is to create excellence in local government by developing and fostering professional local government worldwide. Agreement to adhere to the ICMA Code of Ethics is a requirement for membership and is intended to further the mission by providing principles of conduct to members. A review of all violation cases presented to the ICMA board from 1998 to 2008 that resulte…
Cyber Security Responsibilization: An Evaluation of the Intervention Approaches Adopted by the Five Eyes Countries and China
Governments can intervene to a greater or lesser extent in managing the risks that citizens face . They can adopt a maximal intervention approach (e . g . , COVID‐19) or a hands‐off approach (e . g . , unemployment) , effectively “responsibilizing” their citizens. To manage the cyber risk , governments publish cyber‐related policies . This article examines the intervention stances the governments adopt in supporting individual citizens managing t…
Determinants of Local Government Workforce Planning
This article evaluates the utilization of workforce planning by municipalities across the United States with data derived from a survey of local government human resource professionals. The research demonstrates that certain aspects of workforce planning such as assessments of employee retirement, long-term recruitment and retention, and training and development have been integrated into the human resource functions of several municipalities. The…
Can students truly benefit from state lotteries: A look at lottery expenditures towards education in the American states
State operated lotteries are popular revenue generating devices used by many state governments to supplement per pupil education expenditures with “voluntary” tax dollars. States without lotteries are stipulating that gaming revenues offer a windfall of hope for per pupil funding disparities across the American states. This research suggests that most state operated lotteries are failing to meet policymaker’s expectations as an alternative supple…
The Legitimacy of Privatization: Examination of Changes in Attitudes towards Government Ownership of Business in Ten Countries
While privatization garners support in the elite international institutions, it is less clear how strongly the public supports it. By conducting a statistical analysis of changes in attitudes towards government ownership of business, based on World Values Survey data from ten countries over 25 years, the authors find that the public support for privatization was not widespread in these countries even in the early 1990s and it steadily declined si…
Municipal Government: Does Structure Make a Difference in Small Cities and Towns
This study is designed to present a comprehensive view of government in cities and towns with populations between 2,500 and 25,000 in order to determine that the council‐manager form of government has made a consequential difference in government at the local level. Two major forms of government in 559 municipalities are compared and contrasted regarding nine selected variables. Data are evaluated using the independent samples t‐test and regressi…
Voters, Neighbors, and City Performance in Environmental Sustainability Transitions
While most city governments in the United States acknowledge the importance of clean and healthy natural environment, their commitment to environmental sustainability varies widely. Scholarship on why some cities pursue the environmental agenda more than others is still evolving. This research adds to the model of municipal sustainability adoption by showing negative effects of residents’ political conservatism and positive effects of environment…
The minister and the delinquent
Lotteries, the american states and the federal government: A formula for perpetual success or inevitable destruction in education policy
Lotteries have gained immense popularity for enhancing fiscal resources for social intervention programs such as education. However, the fiscal significance of lotteries for accomplishing educational equity across the American states has been empirically challenged. Much of the literature on lotteries suggests that financial reliance on state operated lotteries for educational embellishment may actually hinder the process of educational egalitari…
Municipal Government: Does Structure Make a Difference in Small Cities and Towns
This study is designed to present a comprehensive view of government in cities and towns with populations between 2,500 and 25,000 in order to determine that the council‐manager form of government has made a consequential difference in government at the local level. Two major forms of government in 559 municipalities are compared and contrasted regarding nine selected variables. Data are evaluated using the independent samples t‐test and regressi…
Can students truly benefit from state lotteries: A look at lottery expenditures towards education in the American states
State operated lotteries are popular revenue generating devices used by many state governments to supplement per pupil education expenditures with “voluntary” tax dollars. States without lotteries are stipulating that gaming revenues offer a windfall of hope for per pupil funding disparities across the American states. This research suggests that most state operated lotteries are failing to meet policymaker’s expectations as an alternative supple…
The recent adoption of the voluntary tax in the volunteer state
The purpose of this research is to explain the adoption of lottery policies among counties in Tennessee. Various socio-demographic variables were measured through the use of logistic regression analysis for determining lottery adoption among all the counties in Tennessee. The results of the logistic regression model suggest that the most significant variables contributing to the adoption of the state lottery in Tennessee are party affiliation of …
Form of government and per capita expenditures: An evaluation of small cities and towns
The impact of form of government on municipal expenditures has been debated by several scholars and researchers over the past thirty years. Part of the support for preference of the council-manager form of government over the other government forms relies on claims that the council-manager form provides increased efficiency in the operation of government. Results of numerous municipal expenditure studies, however, reveal that this outcome is not …
The lottery, educatiion, and the southern states: A measure of utility in per pupil expenditures among lottery states in the south
State operated lotteries have recently been asserted by public administrators and academicians as panaceas for eradicating revenue disparities existing across public school districts in the American states. The purpose of this research project is to empirically confirm the accusations against attributing credibility to this social intervention program because educational disparity portrays a grave injustice in the U.S. Pooled time series cross se…
Executive Behavior and Decision Making in Small U.S. Cities
This study examines how chief executives in small U.S. cities allocate their time, view their involvement in decisions related to the dimensions of the governmental process, who they consult in making decisions about local services, and the extent to which they perceive that their decisions are influenced by community interest groups. The study confirms that several differences exist among the different types of executives with respect to time al…
Policy, management, and political activities: A current evaluation of the time allocations of mayors and managers in small cities and towns
This study examines executive time allocations in cities and towns with populations between 2,500 and 25,000. The majority of previous research has focused on municipalities with populations greater than 50,000. Do mayors and managers in small municipalities spend the same amount of time on policy, management, and political activities as their counterparts in larger municipalities? Four-hundred-sixty-seven surveys from mayors and city managers ar…
Assessing the impact of perceived school board effectiveness on financing k-12 education in tennessee
Education funding has been a significant concern of both providers and consumers of the educational system in the United States for many generations. This expenditure accounts for the single largest allocation in most state and local government budgets; and scholars, practitioners, and the general public often question whether or not American students are getting the most “bang for their buck”. While school board members are not responsible for t…
Employment Laws and the Public Sector Employer: Lessons to Be Learned from a Review of Lawsuits Filed against Local Governments
Numerous aspects of the day‐to‐day operations of local governments are subject to legal scrutiny; public managers and officials must be keenly aware of the legal rights and protections that extend to both citizens and employees of local governments. This research evaluates several areas of concern in the human resource administration of municipal governments with respect to the management of public employees within the protections set forth by th…
Eleventh Amendment Immunity in Contemporary Practice: Revisiting the Legal Liability of Local Government in the United States
Sovereign immunity is deeply rooted in the American system of government, and its role in balancing individual rights with democratic rule is crucial in litigation still today. This research highlights the fundamental principle of sovereignty and reviews relevant cases as it examines the legal liability of local governments in the twenty‐first century. While the U.S. Supreme Court continues to reject immunity below the state level, the lower cour…
Pandemic Influenza Planning: An Extraordinary Ethical Dilemma for Local Government Officials
The possibility of an influenza pandemic occurring within the next two decades is very real; the role of local governments in comprehensive preparation for this global threat is crucial. The federal government has provided broad guidelines for state and local officials who are ultimately responsible for emergency response and lifesaving services, vaccination and antiviral use, and the provision of other critical support. Much of this influenza pa…
Using the adapted cities framework to evaluate per capita expenditures in small U.S. municipalities
Researchers have generally compared council-manager municipalities against mayor-council forms when seeking to measure the efficiency gains envisioned by early twentieth century reformers. Many studies have used per capita expenditure levels of municipalities as a proxy for efficiency, associating lower spending levels with greater efficiency. This study utilizes the “Adapted Cities Framework” advocated by Frederickson, Johnson, and Wood (2004) w…
Local Government Human Resource Management Past, Present, and Future: Revisiting Hays and Kearney's Anticipated Changes a Decade Later
Over a decade ago, Hays and Kearney published results from a survey of human resource managers who were members of the International Personnel Management Association and the Section on Personnel and Labor Relations of the American Society for Public Administration. This survey solicited members' opinions regarding the present and anticipated status of public personnel systems at that time. Our survey solicits the opinions of human resource manage…
Effective Leadership in Times of Public Health Crises
Enhancing the Legitimacy of Local Government Pandemic Influenza Planning through Transparency and Public Engagement
Ethical issues in an influenza pandemic often require local government officials to make unprecedented, complex decisions. Effective planning with significant input from key community stakeholders is required well ahead of time in order to anticipate and mitigate a serious health crisis. The author evaluates the pandemic plans of 28 large cities across the United States using criteria derived from guidelines issued by the U.S. Department of Healt…
The International City/County Management Association Code of Ethics: An Analysis of Violations
The stated mission of the International City/County Management Association (ICMA) is to create excellence in local government by developing and fostering professional local government worldwide. Agreement to adhere to the ICMA Code of Ethics is a requirement for membership and is intended to further the mission by providing principles of conduct to members. A review of all violation cases presented to the ICMA board from 1998 to 2008 that resulte…
Determinants of Local Government Workforce Planning
This article evaluates the utilization of workforce planning by municipalities across the United States with data derived from a survey of local government human resource professionals. The research demonstrates that certain aspects of workforce planning such as assessments of employee retirement, long-term recruitment and retention, and training and development have been integrated into the human resource functions of several municipalities. The…
A sentiment analysis of U.S. local government tweets: The connection between tone and citizen involvement
Determinants of Public Administrators' Use of Performance Information: Evidence from Local Governments in Florida
Performance management has been a focus of scholars and practitioners for more than 25 years, yet the use of performance information has not greatly expanded as a result of this attention. Acknowledging that performance measurement is not an end in itself but rather a means to enhance focus on results and value, this article evaluates the determinants of the use of performance information by local government administrators. An online survey was a…
Cyber Security Responsibilization: An Evaluation of the Intervention Approaches Adopted by the Five Eyes Countries and China
Governments can intervene to a greater or lesser extent in managing the risks that citizens face . They can adopt a maximal intervention approach (e . g . , COVID‐19) or a hands‐off approach (e . g . , unemployment) , effectively “responsibilizing” their citizens. To manage the cyber risk , governments publish cyber‐related policies . This article examines the intervention stances the governments adopt in supporting individual citizens managing t…
Empowering the Female City Manager to Succeed: What Role Does Mentoring Play in the Personal Development and Preparation of Women for this Leadership Position
How does mentoring impact the personal work‐related attitudes of female city managers in the United States? Data from a survey of female city managers from cities of 5,000 people or more show that mentoring relationships often have a positive impact on the participant's self‐confidence and preparation for her position in terms of understanding work processes, responsibilities, and relationships. Mentoring is especially important to females who ar…
The Legitimacy of Privatization: Examination of Changes in Attitudes towards Government Ownership of Business in Ten Countries
While privatization garners support in the elite international institutions, it is less clear how strongly the public supports it. By conducting a statistical analysis of changes in attitudes towards government ownership of business, based on World Values Survey data from ten countries over 25 years, the authors find that the public support for privatization was not widespread in these countries even in the early 1990s and it steadily declined si…
Disasters and social vulnerability determinants of federal subsidiarity assistance
Subsidiarity assistance creates opportunities for the federal government to intervene in subnational affairs, supplement emergency response, and reduce jurisdictional vulnerabilities. Recognizing the differential effects that disaster events and revenue sharing could have on states, the research investigates the determinants of federal subsidiarity assistance grants to states in the context of American federalism. This study draws from disaster i…
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