Aroon Manoharan
Biographic Data
| ID | 4127902 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Aroon Manoharan |
| GIVEN NAMES | Aroon |
| FAMILY NAME | Manoharan |
| SIGNATURE | MANOHARAN A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Suffolk University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5246-2851 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 25 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 11 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Reflections on Comparative Teaching in Public Administration
This article integrates our scholarly experience of teaching comparative public administration. In doing so, we offer a unique perspective as the co‐authors carry several diverse attributes, among them their countries of origin, current country in which they are teaching, and their academic experience. In addition to sharing pedagogical practices that have been used successfully in diverse countries, the article touches on overarching issues rela…
Sica at 50 and the Shifting Landscape of Comparative Public Administration
SICA, the Section on International and Comparative Administration marked its 50th anniversary in 2024. Reflecting on the section's evolution and contributions to comparative public administration, this article examines SICA's journey from its origins as the first section of the American Society for Public Administration (ASPA) to its current position as a key platform for international dialogue and knowledge exchange. Drawing on the SICA history …
Reimagining the Future of Ijpa: A Vision for 2025 and Beyond
Public administration is a dynamic and ever-evolving field. Today, more than ever, the need for public administration as a field to source global insights and address shared challenges, paramount. Since its inception in 1979, the International Journal of Public Administration (IJPA) has been enriched by waves of extraordinary scholarly expansion. Standing on the foundations established by previous editorial teams, the current team took the helm i…
Public Branding in the Digital Age: An Empirical Investigation of U.S. Cities
Cities globally consider public branding to be an important governance strategy.This study investigates the use of websites for public branding by U.S. cities, and examines the influence of a city's socioeconomic composition on its digital branding strategies.Data was collected through content analysis of municipal websites to analyze the trends in practices.The cities were then ranked based on identity, communication, engagement, and operations,…
Assessing the relevance of governmental characteristics to address wicked problems in turbulent times
Governments have long faced traditional bureaucratic problems and developed a set of mechanisms to handle them, but few studies have examined the government’s underlying characteristics in addressing such problems. Wicked problems – those with unclear definitions, causal complexity and conflicting goals – are increasingly emerging and are frequently observed in highly turbulent environments – those where variables behave in unpredictable ways. We…
Digital Transformation and Public Administration: The Impacts of India’s Digital Public Infrastructure
Over the past decades, digital technologies have become ubiquitous, impacting and changing the ways society operates.Immense public and economic value is being created by improving access to information and resources.Hence, many public administration units around the globe continue to focus on digital transformation.Although mostly associated with digitizing services and workflow via software platforms, India's efforts have taken a "Lego building…
Covid-19 Contact Tracing Mobile Apps: A Comparative Perspective using the “Cascade of Deference
This article frames the action imperative as an ethical dilemma for governance actors. It situates the debate in the context of the design and implementation of digital contact tracing applications to mitigate the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. Using a normative case study approach, it seeks to answer the question—how can the ethical dilemma of an action imperative in the face of scientific and normative uncertainty, be resolved by governance a…
Public administrators as storytellers: Nurturing narrative competence to enrich their professional identity
There is growing interest in the potential of storytelling and narrative in public communication, engagement, and connection with stakeholders. Nurturing narrative competence and storytelling capacity in future public administrators will enable them to effectively utilize this essential skill in the practice of public administration. This paper discusses the relevance of storytelling and narrative in public administration, builds the metaphor of …
Globalization and Worldwide Best Practices in E-Government
As the rate of global technological change becomes ever more visible, the development of e-governance is sometimes taken for granted as a path-dependent process. E-governance evolution models assume that the quality of online government information, services, and transactions, will trend ever upward. This article tests this claim through a global analysis of different patterns of growth and maturation. The article delves into six best practice ca…
Harnessing the power of mobile technology to bridge the digital divide: A look at U.S. cities’ mobile government capability
As more U.S. citizens utilize mobile capabilities, mobile government is increasingly seen as a way for cities to provide government services and opportunities for citizen participation. M-government is also more accessible to citizens than are typical e-government platforms, which require Internet connectivity or a wireless network. Utilizing public value theory as a framework, this paper discusses mobile capacity as it relates to the digital div…
A Study of the Determinants of County E-Government in the United States
As governments rapidly adopt information and communication technologies to improve their service delivery, the study of e-government has emerged as an important area of research in public administration. Researchers have studied various aspects of e-government, including the factors associated with its adoption at state and municipals levels. Literature provides limited information related specifically to counties’ adoption of e-government in the…
A Study of the Determinants of County E-Government in the United States
As governments rapidly adopt information and communication technologies to improve their service delivery, the study of e-government has emerged as an important area of research in public administration. Researchers have studied various aspects of e-government, including the factors associated with its adoption at state and municipals levels. Literature provides limited information related specifically to counties’ adoption of e-government in the…
Harnessing the power of mobile technology to bridge the digital divide: A look at U.S. cities’ mobile government capability
As more U.S. citizens utilize mobile capabilities, mobile government is increasingly seen as a way for cities to provide government services and opportunities for citizen participation. M-government is also more accessible to citizens than are typical e-government platforms, which require Internet connectivity or a wireless network. Utilizing public value theory as a framework, this paper discusses mobile capacity as it relates to the digital div…
A Study of the Determinants of County E-Government in the United States
As governments rapidly adopt information and communication technologies to improve their service delivery, the study of e-government has emerged as an important area of research in public administration. Researchers have studied various aspects of e-government, including the factors associated with its adoption at state and municipals levels. Literature provides limited information related specifically to counties’ adoption of e-government in the…
Harnessing the power of mobile technology to bridge the digital divide: A look at U.S. cities’ mobile government capability
As more U.S. citizens utilize mobile capabilities, mobile government is increasingly seen as a way for cities to provide government services and opportunities for citizen participation. M-government is also more accessible to citizens than are typical e-government platforms, which require Internet connectivity or a wireless network. Utilizing public value theory as a framework, this paper discusses mobile capacity as it relates to the digital div…
Globalization and Worldwide Best Practices in E-Government
As the rate of global technological change becomes ever more visible, the development of e-governance is sometimes taken for granted as a path-dependent process. E-governance evolution models assume that the quality of online government information, services, and transactions, will trend ever upward. This article tests this claim through a global analysis of different patterns of growth and maturation. The article delves into six best practice ca…
Public administrators as storytellers: Nurturing narrative competence to enrich their professional identity
There is growing interest in the potential of storytelling and narrative in public communication, engagement, and connection with stakeholders. Nurturing narrative competence and storytelling capacity in future public administrators will enable them to effectively utilize this essential skill in the practice of public administration. This paper discusses the relevance of storytelling and narrative in public administration, builds the metaphor of …
Assessing the relevance of governmental characteristics to address wicked problems in turbulent times
Governments have long faced traditional bureaucratic problems and developed a set of mechanisms to handle them, but few studies have examined the government’s underlying characteristics in addressing such problems. Wicked problems – those with unclear definitions, causal complexity and conflicting goals – are increasingly emerging and are frequently observed in highly turbulent environments – those where variables behave in unpredictable ways. We…
Digital Transformation and Public Administration: The Impacts of India’s Digital Public Infrastructure
Over the past decades, digital technologies have become ubiquitous, impacting and changing the ways society operates.Immense public and economic value is being created by improving access to information and resources.Hence, many public administration units around the globe continue to focus on digital transformation.Although mostly associated with digitizing services and workflow via software platforms, India's efforts have taken a "Lego building…
Covid-19 Contact Tracing Mobile Apps: A Comparative Perspective using the “Cascade of Deference
This article frames the action imperative as an ethical dilemma for governance actors. It situates the debate in the context of the design and implementation of digital contact tracing applications to mitigate the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. Using a normative case study approach, it seeks to answer the question—how can the ethical dilemma of an action imperative in the face of scientific and normative uncertainty, be resolved by governance a…
Reflections on Comparative Teaching in Public Administration
This article integrates our scholarly experience of teaching comparative public administration. In doing so, we offer a unique perspective as the co‐authors carry several diverse attributes, among them their countries of origin, current country in which they are teaching, and their academic experience. In addition to sharing pedagogical practices that have been used successfully in diverse countries, the article touches on overarching issues rela…
Sica at 50 and the Shifting Landscape of Comparative Public Administration
SICA, the Section on International and Comparative Administration marked its 50th anniversary in 2024. Reflecting on the section's evolution and contributions to comparative public administration, this article examines SICA's journey from its origins as the first section of the American Society for Public Administration (ASPA) to its current position as a key platform for international dialogue and knowledge exchange. Drawing on the SICA history …
Reimagining the Future of Ijpa: A Vision for 2025 and Beyond
Public administration is a dynamic and ever-evolving field. Today, more than ever, the need for public administration as a field to source global insights and address shared challenges, paramount. Since its inception in 1979, the International Journal of Public Administration (IJPA) has been enriched by waves of extraordinary scholarly expansion. Standing on the foundations established by previous editorial teams, the current team took the helm i…
Public Branding in the Digital Age: An Empirical Investigation of U.S. Cities
Cities globally consider public branding to be an important governance strategy.This study investigates the use of websites for public branding by U.S. cities, and examines the influence of a city's socioeconomic composition on its digital branding strategies.Data was collected through content analysis of municipal websites to analyze the trends in practices.The cities were then ranked based on identity, communication, engagement, and operations,…
Political science (9 works) · Business (6 works) · E-Government and Public Services (4 works) · Public Administration (4 works) · Public Policy and Administration Research (4 works) · Public relations (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Corporate governance (3 works) · Economics (3 works) · ICT Impact and Policies (3 works)