James C Clinger
Biographic Data
| ID | 6367571 |
|---|---|
| NAME | James C Clinger |
| GIVEN NAMES | James C |
| FAMILY NAME | Clinger |
| SIGNATURE | CLINGER J C |
| AFFILIATIONS | Murray State University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5840-9015 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 10 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Local Government Administration in Small Town America
Agency Design and State Administrators
This paper examines the impact of agency design upon the perceived workplace conditions within state agencies. The research examines whether insulating features of agency structure such as independent commission status, removal of officers only for cause, and fixed terms for agency leaders are associated with perceptions by state agency managers that their work processes and environments are free of micromanagement and interference from political…
The First Amendment and the Off-Duty Conduct of Public Employees
This article examines the dilemmas that public managers face in dealing with controversial off-duty speech and/or organizational affiliations by their employees. While public employees have First Amendment and, often, civil service protections against retaliation from superiors for their off-the-clock conduct, agency executives and managers have disciplined or dismissed employees because of expression and/or group affiliations deemed incompatible…
The Kantian Publicity Principle and the Transparency Presumption in Public Affairs
This article applies Immanuel Kant’s “publicity principle” to several issues that involve citizen participation in public affairs, including open records laws, campaign finance disclosure, and the confidentiality of private organization membership and donor lists. The Kantian principle is premised on the belief that informed people will rise up in opposition to actions incompatible with “the transcendental concept of public right.” However, in ma…
Turnover, Transaction Costs, and Time Horizons
This article explores the consequences that local government institutions and turnover among local government officials have for local borrowing. We outline how turnover affects choices in policy arenas involving public and private sector actors, long-term obligations, or future commitments. Turnover creates political uncertainty that alters the time horizons of local leaders as well as the transaction costs involved in the floating of bond issue…
Turnover, Transaction Costs, and Time Horizons
This article explores the consequences that local government institutions and turnover among local government officials have for local borrowing. We outline how turnover affects choices in policy arenas involving public and private sector actors, long-term obligations, or future commitments. Turnover creates political uncertainty that alters the time horizons of local leaders as well as the transaction costs involved in the floating of bond issue…
Turnover, Transaction Costs, and Time Horizons
This article explores the consequences that local government institutions and turnover among local government officials have for local borrowing. We outline how turnover affects choices in policy arenas involving public and private sector actors, long-term obligations, or future commitments. Turnover creates political uncertainty that alters the time horizons of local leaders as well as the transaction costs involved in the floating of bond issue…
The Kantian Publicity Principle and the Transparency Presumption in Public Affairs
This article applies Immanuel Kant’s “publicity principle” to several issues that involve citizen participation in public affairs, including open records laws, campaign finance disclosure, and the confidentiality of private organization membership and donor lists. The Kantian principle is premised on the belief that informed people will rise up in opposition to actions incompatible with “the transcendental concept of public right.” However, in ma…
The First Amendment and the Off-Duty Conduct of Public Employees
This article examines the dilemmas that public managers face in dealing with controversial off-duty speech and/or organizational affiliations by their employees. While public employees have First Amendment and, often, civil service protections against retaliation from superiors for their off-the-clock conduct, agency executives and managers have disciplined or dismissed employees because of expression and/or group affiliations deemed incompatible…
Agency Design and State Administrators
This paper examines the impact of agency design upon the perceived workplace conditions within state agencies. The research examines whether insulating features of agency structure such as independent commission status, removal of officers only for cause, and fixed terms for agency leaders are associated with perceptions by state agency managers that their work processes and environments are free of micromanagement and interference from political…
Local Government Administration in Small Town America
Law (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · Business (4 works) · Politics (4 works) · Public Administration (3 works) · Public Policy and Administration Research (3 works) · Public relations (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Finance (2 works) · Local government (2 works)