Nathalie Méndez
Biographic Data
| ID | 4437340 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Nathalie Méndez |
| GIVEN NAMES | Nathalie |
| FAMILY NAME | Méndez |
| SIGNATURE | MENDEZ N |
| AFFILIATIONS | Universidad de los Andes |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-3070-292X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 8 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
How Are Innovations Adopted? Exploring How Organizational and Institutional Contexts of Public Organizations Affect Public Sector Innovation
This paper analyzes innovation in three Colombian organizations at different government levels. Data include 24 interviews and seven focus groups conducted in 2023. The analysis reveals how organizational elements such as capacity, decision-making flow, the hierarchy of actors, and forms of leadership affect the desired flow of innovative ideas. At the institutional level, the need for legitimacy in governance contexts and values, such as transpa…
Where Have I Seen You Before? Networks, Trust and Reciprocity as a Source of Collaboration in the Public Service
Although some studies focus on how bureaucrats' interactions with one another affect performance, they rarely focus on why these public servants collaborate. Bureaucrats' collaboration matters because it can significantly contribute to achieving policy goals. The article suggests that collaboration occurs when bureaucrats have networks based on common experiences due to their professions, training and other related scenarios. Once the networks ar…
Nuestra América? Antiinmigración y apoyo latino a Trump
En las elecciones presidenciales de los EE. UU. de 2024, Donald Trump ganó la mayor proporción del voto latino en comparación con cualquier otro republicano en la historia moderna. A pesar de sus posiciones y políticas antiinmigración, el número de votos emitidos a favor de Trump aumentó inesperadamente entre los miembros del grupo más fuertemente asociado con el tema de la inmigración. Si bien este realineamiento histórico conmocionó a los obser…
Religiosity, Political Tolerance, and Willingness to Reconcile in Post-conflict Contexts: Evidence From Colombia
This article examines the role of religiosity in shaping people’s willingness to reconcile with ex-combatants in post-conflict societies, using Colombia as a case study. Drawing on LAPOP survey data from 2014 to 2018, the study employs linear and logistic regression models to reveal that individuals tend to be less willing to reconcile when they have high levels of religiosity (LAPOP 2004–2021). However, this relation can be mitigated by an indiv…
Do Collaborative Management Actions Lead to Better Organizational Outcomes
This study examines the effects of managerial actions that promote inter-governmental collaboration on organizational performance at the sub-national level. Employing measures of organizational performance (i.e., fiscal performance and education in Colombia), I find that managerial actions that promote collaboration between organizations at the territorial level predict higher levels of organizational performance. Actions oriented toward collabor…
Art for Reconstruction: A creative and art‐based intervention for peacebuilding and reconciliation to reduce intergroup hostility and stigma after a protracted armed conflict
This work explores the results of a creative and art‐based intervention to foster reconciliation in Colombia. The paper presents a novel methodology defined as ‘Art for Reconstruction’, piloted with victims of violence, veterans from armed forces and former members of illegal groups between 2018 and 2019 in Medellín, Colombia. The initiative encouraged trauma healing, reduced intergroup hostility, fostered cooperation and willingness to reconcile…
Organizational commitment in public servants through civic engagement
The public service motivation (PSM) theory has emphasized the distinctive motivational character of public employees in serving public institutions. However, scarce research has explored whether public service motivation extrapolates to civic engagement as another way to participate in public affairs. We contend that public employees' stronger sense of public interest expands toward higher engagement levels in social, economic, political, and civ…
Do social constructions and gender mainstreaming in policy design affect the evaluation of the policy process? An analysis of a policy intervention in a postconflict society
Objective The theory of social constructionism has been consolidated as an appropriate tool for understanding policy design, implementation, and evaluation. However, there is little empirical research about the implications of social construction on policy evaluation. The objective of the article is to contribute to the literature in public policy and gender studies by defining the impact of gender as a social construct and gender mainstreaming i…
Trust and Prospective Reconciliation: Evidence From a Protracted Armed Conflict
Traditional approaches to international aid deal with post-conflict risks focusing on external safeguards for peacebuilding, leaving local social enhancers playing a subsidiary role. Trust has long been highlighted as a key factor that can positively affect sustainable peace efforts by reducing intergroup hostility. Surprisingly, most post-conflict studies deal with trust as a dependent variable. Using a cross-sectional multi-method field study i…
Trust and Prospective Reconciliation: Evidence From a Protracted Armed Conflict
Traditional approaches to international aid deal with post-conflict risks focusing on external safeguards for peacebuilding, leaving local social enhancers playing a subsidiary role. Trust has long been highlighted as a key factor that can positively affect sustainable peace efforts by reducing intergroup hostility. Surprisingly, most post-conflict studies deal with trust as a dependent variable. Using a cross-sectional multi-method field study i…
Religiosity, Political Tolerance, and Willingness to Reconcile in Post-conflict Contexts: Evidence From Colombia
This article examines the role of religiosity in shaping people’s willingness to reconcile with ex-combatants in post-conflict societies, using Colombia as a case study. Drawing on LAPOP survey data from 2014 to 2018, the study employs linear and logistic regression models to reveal that individuals tend to be less willing to reconcile when they have high levels of religiosity (LAPOP 2004–2021). However, this relation can be mitigated by an indiv…
Trust and Prospective Reconciliation: Evidence From a Protracted Armed Conflict
Traditional approaches to international aid deal with post-conflict risks focusing on external safeguards for peacebuilding, leaving local social enhancers playing a subsidiary role. Trust has long been highlighted as a key factor that can positively affect sustainable peace efforts by reducing intergroup hostility. Surprisingly, most post-conflict studies deal with trust as a dependent variable. Using a cross-sectional multi-method field study i…
Do social constructions and gender mainstreaming in policy design affect the evaluation of the policy process? An analysis of a policy intervention in a postconflict society
Objective The theory of social constructionism has been consolidated as an appropriate tool for understanding policy design, implementation, and evaluation. However, there is little empirical research about the implications of social construction on policy evaluation. The objective of the article is to contribute to the literature in public policy and gender studies by defining the impact of gender as a social construct and gender mainstreaming i…
Art for Reconstruction: A creative and art‐based intervention for peacebuilding and reconciliation to reduce intergroup hostility and stigma after a protracted armed conflict
This work explores the results of a creative and art‐based intervention to foster reconciliation in Colombia. The paper presents a novel methodology defined as ‘Art for Reconstruction’, piloted with victims of violence, veterans from armed forces and former members of illegal groups between 2018 and 2019 in Medellín, Colombia. The initiative encouraged trauma healing, reduced intergroup hostility, fostered cooperation and willingness to reconcile…
Organizational commitment in public servants through civic engagement
The public service motivation (PSM) theory has emphasized the distinctive motivational character of public employees in serving public institutions. However, scarce research has explored whether public service motivation extrapolates to civic engagement as another way to participate in public affairs. We contend that public employees' stronger sense of public interest expands toward higher engagement levels in social, economic, political, and civ…
Do Collaborative Management Actions Lead to Better Organizational Outcomes
This study examines the effects of managerial actions that promote inter-governmental collaboration on organizational performance at the sub-national level. Employing measures of organizational performance (i.e., fiscal performance and education in Colombia), I find that managerial actions that promote collaboration between organizations at the territorial level predict higher levels of organizational performance. Actions oriented toward collabor…
Nuestra América? Antiinmigración y apoyo latino a Trump
En las elecciones presidenciales de los EE. UU. de 2024, Donald Trump ganó la mayor proporción del voto latino en comparación con cualquier otro republicano en la historia moderna. A pesar de sus posiciones y políticas antiinmigración, el número de votos emitidos a favor de Trump aumentó inesperadamente entre los miembros del grupo más fuertemente asociado con el tema de la inmigración. Si bien este realineamiento histórico conmocionó a los obser…
Religiosity, Political Tolerance, and Willingness to Reconcile in Post-conflict Contexts: Evidence From Colombia
This article examines the role of religiosity in shaping people’s willingness to reconcile with ex-combatants in post-conflict societies, using Colombia as a case study. Drawing on LAPOP survey data from 2014 to 2018, the study employs linear and logistic regression models to reveal that individuals tend to be less willing to reconcile when they have high levels of religiosity (LAPOP 2004–2021). However, this relation can be mitigated by an indiv…
How Are Innovations Adopted? Exploring How Organizational and Institutional Contexts of Public Organizations Affect Public Sector Innovation
This paper analyzes innovation in three Colombian organizations at different government levels. Data include 24 interviews and seven focus groups conducted in 2023. The analysis reveals how organizational elements such as capacity, decision-making flow, the hierarchy of actors, and forms of leadership affect the desired flow of innovative ideas. At the institutional level, the need for legitimacy in governance contexts and values, such as transpa…
Where Have I Seen You Before? Networks, Trust and Reciprocity as a Source of Collaboration in the Public Service
Although some studies focus on how bureaucrats' interactions with one another affect performance, they rarely focus on why these public servants collaborate. Bureaucrats' collaboration matters because it can significantly contribute to achieving policy goals. The article suggests that collaboration occurs when bureaucrats have networks based on common experiences due to their professions, training and other related scenarios. Once the networks ar…
Political science (6 works) · Law (4 works) · Psychology (4 works) · Public Policy and Administration Research (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Economics (3 works) · Public Administration (3 works) · Public relations (3 works) · Public sector (3 works) · Social Psychology (3 works)