Robotic Bureaucracy
Administrative Burden and Red Tape in University Research
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6364868 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Barry Bozeman (0000-0002-8084-3379, Arizona State University), Jan Youtie (0000-0002-9759-5252, Georgia Institute of Technology, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 80 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 157-162 |
| Publication date | 2019-10-07 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Public Administration Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0033-3352 • E-ISSN: 1540-6210 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/puar.13105 |
| OpenAlex | W2979561955 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 43 |
| References cited | 22 |
This Viewpoint essay examines university research administration and the use of software systems that automate university research grants and contract administration, including the automatic sending of emails for reporting and compliance purposes. These systems are described as “robotic bureaucracy.” The rise of regulations and their contribution to administrative burden on university research have led university administrators to increasingly rely on robotic bureaucracy to handle compliance. This article draws on the administrative burden, behavioral public administration, and electronic communications and management literatures, which are increasingly focused on the psychological and cognitive bases of behavior. These literatures suggest that the assumptions behind robotic bureaucracy ignore the extent to which these systems shift the burden of compliance from administrators to researchers
Administration (probate law · Bureaucracy · Business · Compliance (psychology · Political science · Public relations · Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education · Law · Psychology · Public Administration · Scientific Computing and Data Management · scientometrics and bibliometrics research · Social Psychology
Institutionalized Enforcement of Administrative Compliance
Measuring Digital Red Tape
Administrative Burdens in Digital Services
Prospects and Challenges of Future AI-Enabled Government
Defining institutional review board application quality
Linking red tape originating from digital tools to affective commitment
Administrative burden in public contracting
Bureaucratic Restructuring's Impact on Administrative Burden and Entrepreneurial Development
Boundary-Spanning Front-Line Workers Going the Extra Mile
Linking administrative burden to academic scientists’ research performance
Flashbacks of the bad old days? The bureaucratization of Czech universities in the post-communist era
Administrative transformation and managerial growth
Bureaucratic redundancy and administrative burden
Strategic Bureaucracy
Rules Compliance Behavior
Administrative Burden
Machine Intelligence, Bureaucracy, and Human Control
Legitimacy of Algorithmic Decision-Making
Administrative Burden in Citizen-State Encounters
Verheißung und Realität
Administrative Burden as Intermediate Negative Policy Feedback
Administrative Burden in Citizen–State Interactions
A Blessing or a Curse? Generative AI, Administrative Burdens, and Policy Alienation in Street‐Level Bureaucracy
Farming futures
Paradoxical digital inclusion
Overcompliance and reluctance to make decisions
To make or buy commercialization
The role of institutional factors in shaping university mission statements
Too Much or Nothing at All
Although Burdened, Do We Need to Do More?” Street-Level Bureaucrats’ Organizational Citizenship Behaviors in Poverty Alleviation Policy Implementation
Death by a Thousand 10-Minute Tasks
Trapped in the Sandwich layer
AI, Bureaucracy, and Institutional Ethics
Carga administrativa y administración digital
Singular or plural? Administrative burden and doing business in China
Exploring the relationship of administrative burden with doctors’ motivation and patients’ experience of care
Nudges can be both autonomy-preserving and effective
Searching for inclusive artificial intelligence for social good
Pursuing Consilience
GPT models for text annotation
Debunking the Digital Myth
Intent vs impact
Administrative burden in higher education institutions
The Research Excellence Framework and the 'impact agenda'
Rational choice and the structure of the environment.
The Statutory Obligations of the President
Behavioral Public Administration
Behavioral Public Administration ad fontes
The Effect of Administrative Burden on Bureaucratic Perception of Policies
Administrative Burden
A Theory Of Government “Red Tape
The Bite of Administrative Burden
| Unique citing works | 43 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 6,14 |
| Citation span | 2019 - 2026 (8) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 42 |