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Institute for Public Management & Governance, at Vienna University of Economics and Business

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Public Management & Governance @pubgovman.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Finally, #critical self-reflection has helped us identify further opportunities for scaling and scope growth in applying a citizen science approach in management studies and in social sciences in general. #SocialSciences (9/n)
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Public Management & Governance @pubgovman.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Beyond immediate organizational learning, our pilot study also demonstrates the viability and scalability of citizen science approaches to support the improvement of third-sector #management and #governance. (8/n)
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Public Management & Governance @pubgovman.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Further developing this approach can enable managers to identify which dimensions of volunteer satisfaction require targeted action within their unique organizational contexts. (7/n)
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Public Management & Governance @pubgovman.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Our main insights can be summarized as follows: participating organizations have been empowered to shift from undirected improvement initiatives toward evidence-informed strategic priorities. (6/n)
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Public Management & Governance @pubgovman.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
In this article, we report on our findings from this citizen science pilot project and provide recommendations for practitioners and social science researchers who plan to conduct research in a similar manner. #CitizenScience (5/n)
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Public Management & Governance @pubgovman.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Moreover, we developed a semi-automated reporting system using Qualtrics and R Quarto, and we organized interactive citizen science workshops to discuss findings in detail with representatives of participating organizations. (4/n)
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Public Management & Governance @pubgovman.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
the Volunteer Environment Check ( #VEC ) is a tool that employs a citizen science approach to bridge the gap between academic evidence and organizational practices. Collaborating closely with 20 civil society organizations, we designed and administered a survey to volunteers. (3/n)
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Public Management & Governance @pubgovman.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
We developed and pilot-tested the Volunteer Environment Check ( #VEC ) to address the dual challenge of (1) resource-constrained civil society organizations needing evidence-based volunteer management practices and (2) academic researchers seeking reciprocal engagement with practitioners. (2/n)
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Public Management & Governance @pubgovman.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Citizen science in management research: Practical insights from the Volunteer Environment Check (VEC) openjournals.wu.ac.at/ojs/index.ph... (1/n)
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Citizen science in management research: Practical insights from the Volunteer Environment Check (VEC) | Public Management and Governance Review
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Public Management & Governance @pubgovman.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
We conclude with recommendations for (early-career) scholars, university management, research funders, as well as authors of articles in Public Management and Governance Review. #PMGR #OpenAccess @jurgenwillems.bsky.social , @lisahohensinn.bsky.social , Melissa Mesek, and @timvt.bsky.social
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Public Management & Governance @pubgovman.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
**Impactful interdisciplinarity** openjournals.wu.ac.at/ojs/index.ph... We elaborate on three scopes of interdisciplinarity: (1) interdisciplinary teaching, (2) interdisciplinary research collaborations and teams, and (3) interdisciplinary profiles and careers.
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Ali Ozkes @ozkesali.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
New paper out in PNAS from a collective effort of many labs, where we find that private solutions undermine the provision of public solutions www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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The private solution trap in collective action problems across 34 nations | PNAS
Collective action problems emerge when individual incentives and group interests are misaligned, as in the case of climate change. Individuals invo...
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Public Management & Governance @pubgovman.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
Sectors are inherently different in what they do, and what they bring to the table in cross-sector collaborations. Therefore, do citizens consider public organizations more or less responsible for success or failure in collaborations? Read it here: doi.org/10.1111/padm...
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Who Is Accountable? How Citizens Attribute Success and Failure in Cross‐Sector Collaborations
Cross-sector collaborations bring together organizations with different values, missions, and goals to achieve shared outcomes. However, how accountability is attributed across sectors remains unclea...
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Empowering Voices. Enriching Democracy @idealdemocracy.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
🔦 Spotlight on Shefali Virkar. Shefali opens our Women in ICT interview series in the #IDEAL project. Her insights are powerful, and her advice is inspiring. Don’t miss it! 📰 To read the whole interview, visit the link below⤵️ www.idealdemocracy.eu/post/play-bo... #Citizendeliberation #WICT
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Play Bold, Learn Deep, Stay True
Please share a short biographyI am Assistant Professor at the Institute for Public Management and Governance, WU Vienna University for Economics and Business. With a background in political science, e...
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Shefali Virkar @svirkar.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
#ThatsMe Last November,I had the honour of being featured as part of the @idealdemocracy.bsky.social Project’s Women in ICT series.It has been three years since I joined the team at @pubgovman.bsky.social,and I have grown both as a person and a professional.Grateful always for life's many blessings.
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Public Management & Governance @pubgovman.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
Patient-centered medicine: What do patients want? openjournals.wu-wien.ac.at/ojs/index.ph... @schifteh.bsky.social , @ozkesali.bsky.social , @jurgenwillems.bsky.social
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Patient-centered medicine: What do patients want?
In this data report, we provide insight into Austrian public opinion on criteria that are considered important in interactions with hospitals and doctors. Data was collected in a sample of 2,800 respo...
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Public Management & Governance @pubgovman.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
Topic: The case against co-production as a silver bullet: Why and when citizensshould notbe involved in public service delivery doi.org/10.60733/PMG...
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The case against co-production as a silver bullet: Why and when citizens should not be involved in public service delivery
Co-production refers to the collaboration of public service professionals and citizens / service users in the design and delivery of public services, which is said to make services more effective, dem...
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Public Management & Governance @pubgovman.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
The PMGR* cup made it to the author: @caitlinmcmullin.bsky.social -- For her article in *Public Management and Governance Review. -- all authors get a coffee cup! BTW: It was the most downloaded article in the first year of PMGR! Find it here (Open Access): openjournals.wu.ac.at/ojs/index.ph...
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Public Management & Governance @pubgovman.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
Keep an eye on: @selinon.bsky.social #AOM2025
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The Consensus Project @consensusproject.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
Strategic Consensus in nonprofit boards and top management teams. Ali Ozkes presents how nonprofit leaders agree or disagree on organizational purpose, and how that can be used to boost leadership research. #ConsensusManagement #AOM2025 #Purpose @ozkesali.bsky.social @aompnp.bsky.social
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Public Management & Governance @pubgovman.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
Selin Öner shows the results of a high-impact study: Cross-Level Effects of (Dis)Trust in Digital Public Innovations. Technology can be a major catalist for social wellbeing, but public trust in technology needs to be high! With Tobias Polzer #AOM2025
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Public Management & Governance @pubgovman.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
#AOM2025
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Public Management & Governance @pubgovman.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
Julia Trautendorfer and Lisa Hohensinn present their study: Mapping the Pulse of Digital Public Participation: Trends in Online Petitions Across Europe. Great comparative overview. Lots to learn from different contexts! @lisahohensinn.bsky.social #Digital #Europe @aompnp.bsky.social
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Public Management & Governance @pubgovman.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
*In fact, it was rather yelling than talking... #WorstAccousticsEver at #AOM2025.
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Public Management & Governance @pubgovman.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
Jurgen Willems talking* about ethical trade-offs for the use of AI in the public sector,... the case of violent police arrests. One finding: Following AI advice does NOT lead to blame shifting. People remain responsible! @jurgenwillems.bsky.social #AOM2025 @aompnp.bsky.social
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Public Management & Governance @pubgovman.bsky.social · 26/07/2025
In order for AI to meet expectations, the right governance mechanisms need to be in place. Deep dive in experiences from radiologists. Great research presented by @schifteh.bsky.social . #AOM2025
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Public Management & Governance @pubgovman.bsky.social · 26/07/2025
Flavia Wiedemann is presenting her awesome work on AI in legal practices, and the interection with Adminstrative Burden. AI is used to swift Administrative Burdens to other stakeholders. #AOM2025. Check Hall E. @aomconnect.bsky.social
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Public Management & Governance @pubgovman.bsky.social · 26/07/2025
Flavia Wiedemann is presenting her awesome work on AI in legal practices, and the interection with Adminstrative Burden. AI is used to swift Administrative Burdens to other stakeholders. #AOM2025. Check Hall E. @aomconnect.bsky.social
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Public Management & Governance @pubgovman.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
Patient-centered medicine: What do patients want? openjournals.wu-wien.ac.at/ojs/index.ph... @schifteh.bsky.social , @ozkesali.bsky.social , @jurgenwillems.bsky.social
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Patient-centered medicine: What do patients want?
In this data report, we provide insight into Austrian public opinion on criteria that are considered important in interactions with hospitals and doctors. Data was collected in a sample of 2,800 respo...
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Educational Researcher - AERA @erjournal-aera.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
As education remains a prevalent subject in political disputes, researchers dive deep into "whether citizens’ partisanship corresponds with their opinions on seven educational purposes." ➡️ bit.ly/4cM90mw
Cover of the AERA Educational Researcher Journal, Volume 54, Number 3.
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Public Management & Governance @pubgovman.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
Building social capital to escape poverty: An intersectionality perspective on women’s entrepreneurship at the base of the pyramid. 💪🏽👩👱🏿‍♀️👩‍🦱👩🏼‍🦰👩‍🦳👩‍🦲👩🏾‍🦱👵🏼👩‍🦰💪 doi.org/10.1080/0898... by: Trivedi, Petkova (San Francisco State University), and Willems (@jurgenwillems.bsky.social- @wuvienna.bsky.social) (1/👱🏿‍♀️)
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Building social capital to escape poverty: an intersectionality perspective on women’s entrepreneurship at the base of the pyramid
Despite the abundance of entrepreneurship research on the benefits of social capital (SC) for new businesses, little attention has been devoted to its role in women’s entrepreneurship at the base o...
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Jurgen Willems @jurgenwillems.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
We continue by talking on how to create trust in management relationships, as well as in care relationships with patients... Two very different relationships to be balanced well in hospitals. #DirkBuyens @vlerick.bsky.social
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Jurgen Willems @jurgenwillems.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
Bring it on! we are ready to welcome you at the 21st Forum Healtcare Management, in Vienna. @wuvienna.bsky.social WU Executive Academy
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Public Management & Governance @pubgovman.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
Bureaucratic Reputation Theory: Micro-Level Theoretical Extensions. (1/n) #Reputation #theory in "Perspectives on Public Management and Governance" PPMG doi.org/10.1093/ppmg...
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Bureaucratic Reputation Theory: Micro-Level Theoretical Extensions
Abstract. Bureaucratic Reputation Theory (BRT) focuses on the role of public agencies’ reputation as an asset in socio-political dynamics. Agencies aim to
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Public Management & Governance @pubgovman.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
**Read articles from our institute's journal here:** Public Management and Governance Review (all open access) Editor: @jurgenwillems.bsky.social openjournals.wu.ac.at/ojs/index.ph...
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Public Management & Governance @pubgovman.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
Finally, the study enhances the scholarly understanding of entrepreneurial social capital by identifying the context-specific, idiosyncratic mechanisms through which women entrepreneurs at the base of the pyramid develop social capital. (8/👵🏼)
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Public Management & Governance @pubgovman.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
In addition, this study advances the scholarly debates on how entrepreneurship is shaped by #gender and social #inequalities. (7/👩🏾‍🦱) doi.org/10.1080/0898...
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Building social capital to escape poverty: an intersectionality perspective on women’s entrepreneurship at the base of the pyramid
Despite the abundance of entrepreneurship research on the benefits of social capital (SC) for new businesses, little attention has been devoted to its role in women’s entrepreneurship at the base o...
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Public Management & Governance @pubgovman.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
By doing so, the study responds to calls for exploring strategies and means that entrepreneurs in poverty use to engage with and alter complex institutional contexts. (6/👩‍🦲)
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Public Management & Governance @pubgovman.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
Furthermore, Trivedi, Petkova, and Willems identify multiple benefits of using these approaches to develop and access social capital, both for the entrepreneurs and for their #communities. (5/👩‍🦳)
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Public Management & Governance @pubgovman.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
Using inductive qualitative analysis, Trivedi, Petkova, and Willems identify three mechanisms through which such entrepreneurs develop social capital: crossing traditional boundaries, navigating within the constraints of gendered roles, and developing an entrepreneurial ‘sisterhood’. (4/👩🏼‍🦰)
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Building social capital to escape poverty: an intersectionality perspective on women’s entrepreneurship at the base of the pyramid
Despite the abundance of entrepreneurship research on the benefits of social capital (SC) for new businesses, little attention has been devoted to its role in women’s entrepreneurship at the base o...
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Public Management & Governance @pubgovman.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
Drawing on social capital theory and intersectionality, this study examines the mechanisms through which 'base of the pyramid' women entrepreneurs develop and access social capital. #WomenEntrepreneurs (3/👩‍🦱)
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Public Management & Governance @pubgovman.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
Despite the abundance of #entrepreneurship research on the benefits of social capital (SC) for new businesses, little attention has been devoted to its role in women’s entrepreneurship at the base of the pyramid ( #BOP ). (2/👩)
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Public Management & Governance @pubgovman.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
Building social capital to escape poverty: An intersectionality perspective on women’s entrepreneurship at the base of the pyramid. 💪🏽👩👱🏿‍♀️👩‍🦱👩🏼‍🦰👩‍🦳👩‍🦲👩🏾‍🦱👵🏼👩‍🦰💪 doi.org/10.1080/0898... by: Trivedi, Petkova (San Francisco State University), and Willems (@jurgenwillems.bsky.social- @wuvienna.bsky.social) (1/👱🏿‍♀️)
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Building social capital to escape poverty: an intersectionality perspective on women’s entrepreneurship at the base of the pyramid
Despite the abundance of entrepreneurship research on the benefits of social capital (SC) for new businesses, little attention has been devoted to its role in women’s entrepreneurship at the base o...
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Public Management & Governance @pubgovman.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
Episodic decision event: "A situation or event, out of a series of multiple events, in which a choice has to be made by an agency’s stakeholders towards the agency." (6/n) doi.org/10.1093/ppmg...
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Public Management & Governance @pubgovman.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
Structurally related units: "Units that can be the object of (different) reputational beliefs but are related in such a way that for example one unit is a necessary component of, is defined by, or is managed by the other unit." (5/n) doi.org/10.1093/ppmg...
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Public Management & Governance @pubgovman.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
Cross-audience social interactions: "Social interactions where individuals rely on information from individuals/stakeholders from other audiences." (4/n) doi.org/10.1093/ppmg...
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Public Management & Governance @pubgovman.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
Reputational beliefs: "Perceptions that individuals have about agencies with respect to the extent that the agency is performing well in achieving its goals." (3/n) doi.org/10.1093/ppmg...
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Public Management & Governance @pubgovman.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
Ten micro-level theoretical propositions in 3 themes: (1) distinct information sources for reputational beliefs, (2) the episodic nature of agency-audience interactions, (3) the reputation spillovers between structurally related units. doi.org/10.1093/ppmg... #reputation (2/n)
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Bureaucratic Reputation Theory: Micro-Level Theoretical Extensions
Abstract. Bureaucratic Reputation Theory (BRT) focuses on the role of public agencies’ reputation as an asset in socio-political dynamics. Agencies aim to
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Public Management & Governance @pubgovman.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
Bureaucratic Reputation Theory: Micro-Level Theoretical Extensions. (1/n) #Reputation #theory in "Perspectives on Public Management and Governance" PPMG doi.org/10.1093/ppmg...
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Bureaucratic Reputation Theory: Micro-Level Theoretical Extensions
Abstract. Bureaucratic Reputation Theory (BRT) focuses on the role of public agencies’ reputation as an asset in socio-political dynamics. Agencies aim to
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Public Management & Governance @pubgovman.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
🔹 ranking information, which is reported and applied by ordering units according to this rank, results in relatively more attention being paid to the top-ranked units. doi.org/10.1080/1471...
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Performance rankings reduce cognitive processing of underlying performance information
Performance information is often presented in a ranked format. Rankings aggregate a multitude of performance dimensions into an overall score. Simultaneously, rankings may constrain cognitive proce...
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