TY - BOOK AU - James Oliver AU - Jilke Sebastian R AU - Van Ryzin Gregg G TI - Experiments in public management research: challenges and contributions SN - 9781107162051 (Hardback) U1 - 658.5 PY - 2017/// CY - New York PB - Cambridge University Press KW - Public administration - Research KW - Experiments in public management research KW - Experiments and the classical roots of public administration : comments on the potential utility of experiments for contemporary public management / Kenneth Meier and Kendall Funk KW - Causal inference and the design and analysis of experiments / Oliver James, Sebastian Jilke and gregg Van Ryzin KW - Experimenting with leadership in public organisations / Lotte Andersen, Louise Bro, Anne Bollingtoft and Jacob Ladenburg KW - Expectations and satisfaction with public services / Jue Young Mok, Oliver James KW - Experimental research for nonprofit management : charitable giving and fundraising / Mirae Kim, Dyana Mason and Huafang Li N2 - Interest in experimental research in public management is on the rise, yet the field still lacks a broad understanding of its role in producing substantive findings and theoretical advances. Written by a team of leading international researchers, this book sets out the advantages of experiments in public management and showcases their rapidly developing contribution to research and practice. The book offers a comprehensive overview of the relationship between experiments and public management theory, and the benefits for examining causal effects. It will appeal to researchers and graduate-level students in public administration, public management, government, politics and policy studies. The key topics addressed are the distinct logic of experimental methods in the laboratory, in the field, and in survey experiments; how leading researchers are using different kinds of experiment to build knowledge about theory and practice across many areas of public management; and the research agendas for experimental work in public management ER -