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Putting Together the Publicness Puzzle

A Framework for Realized Publicness

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ID6360993
AuthorsStephanie Moulton (0000-0003-4102-0932, The Ohio State University, corresponding author)
Year2009
Volume69
Issue5
Pages889-900
Publication date2009-08-24
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenuePublic Administration Review (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0033-3352 • E-ISSN: 1540-6210
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.1540-6210.2009.02038.x
OpenAlexW2009356187
LanguageEN
Citations received93
References cited70

In light of the blurring between sectors, it is critical not only to understand public organizations, but also to identify factors that contribute to the achievement of public outcomes across sectors. To what extent does organizational “publicness” lend insight to understanding and managing for public outcomes? By integrating the theory of dimensional publicness with recent work on public values, this analysis presents a framework that defines realized publicness as public outcomes predicted in part by institutions embodying public values. Based on insights from neo‐institutional theory, managing for public outcomes, or managing publicness, requires attention to the combined effects of regulative, associative, and cultural‐cognitive public value institutions. This analysis concludes with a timely application of the realized publicness framework to mortgage lending, demonstrating the importance of conceptualizing influences from diverse types of public value institutions when evaluating a particular initiative, such as the Community Reinvestment Act, and mortgage outcomes

Business · Economics · Political science · Public economics · Public relations · Public sector · Public value · Sociology · Value (mathematics · Work (physics · Computer Science · Management and Organizational Studies · Nonprofit Sector and Volunteering · Public Administration · Public Policy and Administration Research

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