OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Australian Journal of Public Administration is 1. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)

Article	Citations
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Collaborating in future states—Contextual instability, paradigmatic remaking, and public policy	24
From local innovation to national policy: Cross‐boundary policy entrepreneurship in China's health regulatory reform	17
Relational street‐level bureaucracy: Proximity policing and the construction of trust between citizens and municipal police officers in Nezahualcóyotl, Mexico	17
Activation through welfare conditionality and marketisation in active labour market policies: Evidence from Indonesia	16
Collaboration risk, vulnerability, and resource sharing in disaster management networks	15
Reshaping disaster management: An integrated community‐led approach	14
Navigating complexity: A relational perspective on generative AI adoption in government	14
‘We're trying to get out of here, that's what we're doing’: A Bourdieusian examination of ‘choice’ in the National Disability Insurance Scheme	12
An update from the Editors of the Australian Journal of Public Administration	12
The role of authentic leadership on healthcare Street‐Level Bureaucrats’ well‐being during the pandemic	12
Who defines success? A critical analysis of the Indigenous Procurement Policy in Australia	11
Will return‐to‐office mandates prevent proximity bias for employees working from home?	11
Deliberate disproportionate policy outcomes and regulating deforestation in Queensland, Australia	11
Fiscal decentralisation and the attenuating effects of inter‐governmental transfers and economic development on corruption in China	10
Issue Information ‐ TOC	10
Assessing the empirical impact of policy capacity on climate change policy work in Pakistan	10
Do ‘humble’ leaders help employees to perform better? Evidence from the Chinese public sector	9
A critical examination of data for market stewardship: The case of the Australian National Disability Insurance Scheme	9
Why do politicians employ public–private partnerships? Results from a mixed‐method study	8
Religion and public administration at the micro level: The lens of street‐level bureaucracy theory in democracies	8
Papua New Guinea's Public Services Commission since independence: Sidelined or strengthened?	8
Hybrid governance and welfare standards for broiler chickens raised for human consumption	8
Citizens are more willing to co‐produce when participants represent community demographics	7
ChatGPT in public policy teaching and assessment: An examination of opportunities and challenges	7

Who decides what works? Ethical considerations arising from the Australian Government's use of behavioural insights and Robodebt	7
Behavioural change and cultural evolution, rather than cultural change: Insights for Australian Public Service Reform	7
How can local government be better supported to collaborate for community health and wellbeing?	7
Can network analysis identify market problems in quasi‐markets? A proof‐of‐concept study on the National Disability Insurance Scheme	7
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Policy success and failure in Australia	7
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Fostering change: Using the co‐production of services by the state and non‐profits to combat violence within the Israeli Arab community	6
Hybridised public management: Introduction to the special issue	6
Not my debt: The institutional origins of Robodebt	6
Issues of cross‐sector service delivery in complex settings: Does the ‘public policy–implementation’ framework help?	6
Games and gamification projects in the Australian public sector	6
Indigenous institutions and local government in the Torres Strait	6
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The limits of voluntary measures: Packaging the plastic pollution problem in Australia	5
Barriers to public sector innovation in Switzerland: A phase‐based investigation	5
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Public sector innovation for sustainable development goals: A comparative study of innovation types in Thailand and Korea	5
Reducing the gap between rhetoric and reality: Use of Digital Service Standards for public service innovation through digital transformation in Australia	5
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Citizen satisfaction with public services: A multi‐province study in Vietnam	5
Modelling the determinants of electronic tax filing services’ continuance usage intention	4
Hybridity as a governmental technique for designing and delivering NAPLAN in Australian schools	4
Leadership skills for regulators	4
The Melbourne 2050 Summit: A scalable model for deliberative governance and lessons learned	4
Research use and publishing diversity: The role of organisation research publishing for policy and practice	4
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Cabinetisation or a Westminster solution? Understanding the employment of public servants in Australian ministers’ offices	4
Opportunities and challenges of using workforce big data: Insights from a mixed methods study on flexible working	4
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Is there a role for hybrid service provision in place‐based initiatives within the human services sector? Findings from an Australian exploratory study	3
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Public servants working from home during the pandemic: Who gained and who lost?	3
The role of Australian local government in economic development: Building international engagement capacity	3
The Iranian policy advisory system: Contained politicisation and emerging technicisation	3
Public sector policy capacity and parliamentary oppositions in Australia	3
Co‐design or top‐down welfare conditionality? An analysis of the impact of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander submissions to six parliamentary inquiries into the Cashless Debit Card	3
The values dimension of policy success and failure: Considering two Australian rural adjustment policies	3
Analysing policy success and failure in Australia: Pink batts and set‐top boxes	3
What do ministers and their advisers say to the critics of Public–Private Partnerships? Results from a mixed‐methods study	3
How do street‐level organisations adapt to a new policy framework? Evidence from a Swiss canton	3
The influence of religious institutional logic in frontline work	3
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A ‘fair go’ values framework for public policy	2
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The other side of the local government ledger—The association between revenue growth and population growth	2
What influences public decision‐makers? An Australian case study	2
Driving public policy success: How organisational culture, transformational leadership, and stakeholder engagement influence sustainable public organisations’ performance?	2
Value co‐destruction in complex public service networks: Exploring the dynamics of value creation and destruction	2

Post‐NPM approaches to personnel management: Employee roles, motivation, and challenges in contemporary public administration	2
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Assessing immigration policy success in Australia	2
Governmental implementation of information and communication technology at the local level: Digital co‐production during a crisis	2
Collective action and co‐production of public services as alternative politics: The case of public transportation in Israel	2
Regulatory dark matter: How unofficial rules shape policy outcomes in the Australian regulatory environment	2
Addressing (in)equity through public policy and local governance systems: A case study of Queensland, Australia	2
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Vale Gemma Carey: Warrior, scholar, friend	2
Administrative burden alleviation and business ecosystem promotion: Evidence from China's company survey	2
Why are individuals unwilling to report corruption? An inquiry into perception‐based definitions of corruption and employment‐related factors	2
Leveraging system flows for complex change	2
Examining organisational subcultures: Machinery of Government mergers and emerging organisational microcultures	2
Innovating for the greater good: Examining innovation champions and what motivates them	2
How the political elite make decisions	1
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Governing hybrid organisations: Lessons from the provision of local sports facility services in 2020s Finland	1
A cogwheel model of dynamic capabilities: Evidence from an Australian university	1
The nature of measurement across the hybridised social sector: A systematic review of reviews	1
Hybrid organisational form as a response to institutional complexity: The case of local municipally owned corporations in Lahore	1
Prioritisation in municipal service delivery management: An exploratory qualitative research study in Turkish municipalities	1
Authentic leadership, psychological capital, acceptance of change, and innovative work behaviour in non‐profit organisations	1
Reconceptualising merit in the public sector: Introducing a new typology	1
Understanding the costs of co‐commissioning: Early experiences with co‐commissioning in Australia	1
The concept of the strategic state: An assessment after 30 years	1
Knowing what not to know: Unravelling the dynamics of selective knowledge in government policymaking	1
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The negative relationships between employee resilience and ambiguity, complexity, and inter‐agency collaboration	1
Introduction to the special issue ‘The implications of new public governance arrangements for street‐level organisations and bureaucrats’	1
Where specialist and mainstream service systems collide: The National Disability Insurance Scheme in prisons	1
Children, COVID, and confusion: How frontline workers cope with the challenges of vaccine mandates	1
U.S. against the world: Authoritarianism among American public servants	1
How Green Banks can create multiple types of value in the transition to net zero emissions	1
Regulating digital mental health services in Australia: Strengthening oversight and clarifying complaints mechanisms	1
At a cost: A review of the public accountability risks of Social Impact Bonds	1
Is ‘more’ better? Testing the assumption that larger local governments are more sustainable	1
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Policy on innovation in Australia: Divergence in definitions, problems, and solutions	1
Hard bargaining—Passing Commonwealth schools funding legislation through the Senate—Successful policy but political failure	1