There is a long-standing debate in public administration as to the differences and similarities in management practices across sectors. A number of scholars have argued for market-based reforms as a means to transform and improve public sector services, including the educational system. Charter schools have emerged as a reform that proposes to improve the educational system through choice, competition, and autonomy from the bureaucracy of traditional public school districts, but their implications are not fully understood. This mixed-method study analyzes differences in human resource management practices across traditional public, charter, and private schools, with a focus on formalization and autonomy. In support of other research on public-private management differences, this analysis suggests that traditional public schools are more formalized and have less autonomy than private and charter schools. Findings provide support for the utility of a core approach that distinguishes between public and priva...
ABSTRACTCreativity is a focal area of interest in public administration because it is an important resource that helps organizations in the public sector respond effectively to complex and growing challenges. The impact of organizational leadership and employee empowerment on creative tendency was examined empirically using the 2013 Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey (FEVS) data. The findings suggest that organizational leadership factors have different impacts on the creative tendency. Furthermore, employees are more likely to have a high creative tendency when they are given the opportunity to be informed about their organization’s performance, are provided with training and development, have autonomy on the job, and receive rewards based on performance.
Blunt trauma abdomen rarely leads to gastrointestinal injury in children and isolated gastric rupture is even rarer presentation. We are reporting a case of isolated gastric rupture after fall from height in a three year old male child.