Behaviour in Public Administration: In Search of Foundational Insights

Kamkhaji, Jonathan and Radaelli, Claudio M (2025) Behaviour in Public Administration: In Search of Foundational Insights. In: The Humanities and Public Administration; An Introduction. Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd, pp. 79-93.

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DOI: 10.4337/9781035333608.00011
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Abstract

What is the model of the individual that we have in mind when we talk about public managers, civil servants, bureaucrats and public administration? What are the ontological traits of these models? We explore the micro-foundations of administrative behaviour by mobilizing different complementary disciplines. In our narrative of micro-foundations, we encounter varieties of the homo oeconomics, from full rationality to bounded rationality, the homo discentis who learns inferentially, and the homo emotionalis. We wrap up the insights of these micro-foundations to carve out the traits of the homo faber, and discuss some implications for public management and administrative reforms.

Item Type: Book Section
Title in English: Behaviour in Public Administration: In Search of Foundational Insights
Keywords in English: Micro-foundations, Rationality, Learning, Behaviour, Emotions
Subjects: J Political Science > JA Political science (General)
Divisions: Institute for Political Science
Research funder: European Union (EU), MORES project, grant no. 101132601
Depositing User: Enikő Meiszterics
Date Deposited: 15 Apr 2025 09:02
Last Modified: 15 Apr 2025 09:02
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