Professor Kenneth Meier

2024

• Song, M., Amirkhanyan, A., Prince, W. G. and Meier, K. J. 2024. Steering, rowing, and bailing water: The role of government regulation and ownership in COVID-19 outcomes in nursing homes. International Public Management Journal
• Amirkhanyan, A., Roberts, F., Meier, K. J. and Song, M. 2024. Examining attitudes toward public participation across sectors: An experimental study of food assistance. Public Administration (10.1111/padm.12991)

2023

• Meier, K. J., Davis, J. and Xu, X. 2023. Effectiveness, efficiency and equity tradeoffs in public programs: a citizen experiment. Public Administration Review 83(6), pp. 1462-1477. (10.1111/puar.13690)
• Meier, K. J. and Xu, X. 2023. Critical thoughts about critical mass in representative bureaucracy: A theoretical exploration and empirical illustration. Governance 36(3), pp. 887-907. (10.1111/gove.12711)
• Meier, K. J. 2023. It all depends: Reflections on the art of mentoring PhD students in public affairs. Journal of Public Affairs Education 29(3), pp. 313-326. (10.1080/15236803.2022.2157191)
• Jackson, W. T., Neshkova, M. I. and Meier, K. J. 2023. Justice in Black and Brown: The impact of political control and representative bureaucracy on street level outcomes. Public Administration Review 83(2), pp. 333-352. (10.1111/puar.13600)
• Meier, K. J. 2023. Representative bureaucracy and social equity: Bias, perceived fairness and efficacy. Journal of Social Equity and Public Administration 1(1), pp. 23-38. (10.24926/jsepa.v1i1.4814)

2022

• An, S., Song, M. and Meier, K. J. 2022. Representative bureaucracy and the policy environment: gender representation in forty-four countries. Public Administration 100(4), pp. 900-922. (10.1111/padm.12789)
• Amirkhanyan, A. A. et al. 2022. Liberté, Égalité, Crédibilité: An experimental study of citizens' perceptions of government responses to COVID-19 in eight countries. Public Administration Review (10.1111/puar.13588)
• Meier, K. J. 2022. Sit it out or dance: representative bureaucracy contagion effects in health care. International Public Management Journal (10.1080/10967494.2022.2123874)
• Meier, K. J. and Dhillon, A. 2022. Gender and the state politics of policy implementation in education: the interaction of bureaucratic and legislative representation in India. State Politics and Policy Quarterly 22(3), pp. 344-370. (10.1017/spq.2021.30)
• Song, M. and Meier, K. J. 2022. Walking the walk: Does perceptual congruence between managers and employees promote employee job satisfaction?. Review of Public Personnel Administration 42(2), pp. 195-225. (10.1177/0734371X20966646)
• Meier, K. J. and Dhillon, A. 2022. What sector do consumers prefer for the delivery of "public" services? A comparative analysis of the US and China. Journal of Public and Nonprofit Affairs 8(1) (10.20899/jpna.8.1.7-28)
• Meier, K. J., Song, M., Davis, J. A. and Amirkhanyan, A. A. 2022. Sector bias and the credibility of performance information: an experimental study of elder care provision. Public Administration Review 82(1), pp. 69-82. (10.1111/puar.13425)
• Groeneveld, S. and Meier, K. J. 2022. Theorizing status distance: rethinking the micro theories of representation and diversity in public organizations. Administration and Society 54(2), pp. 248-276. (10.1177/00953997211028825)
• An, S., Jensen, U. T., Bro, L. L., Andersen, L. B., Ladenburg, J., Meier, K. J. and Salomonsen, H. H. 2022. Seeing eye to eye: can leadership training align perceptions of leadership?. International Public Management Journal 25(1), pp. 2-23. (10.1080/10967494.2020.1763533)
• Cheon, O., Song, M. and Meier, K. J. 2022. Gender differences in performance-driven managerial innovation: evidence from US nursing homes. International Public Management Journal 25(6), pp. 841-861. (10.1080/10967494.2021.1941454)
• Dhillon, A. and Meier, K. J. 2022. Representative bureaucracy in challenging environments: Gender representation, education, and India. International Public Management Journal 25(1), pp. 43-64. (10.1080/10967494.2020.1802633)
• Xu, X. and Meier, K. J. 2022. Separating symbolic and active representation: a mixed methods study of gender and education in China. Public Management Review 24(9), pp. 1429-1451. (10.1080/14719037.2021.1900352)
• Roberts, F., Amirkhanyan, A., Meier, K. J. and Davis, J. 2022. Limiting managerial discretion by regulation: nursing homes and the national background check program. International Public Management Journal 25(3), pp. 392-412. (10.1080/10967494.2022.2036884)
• An, S. and Meier, K. J. 2022. Optimal turnover rates and performance in public organizations: theoretical expectations. Public Performance and Management Review 45(3), pp. 582-604. (10.1080/15309576.2022.2059769)

2021

• An, S. and Meier, K. J. 2021. Gender and the effectiveness of leadership training: Results from a field experiment. Review of Public Personnel Administration 41(4), pp. 747-770. (10.1177/0734371X20932989)
• Headley, A. M., Wright, J. E. and Meier, K. J. 2021. Bureaucracy, democracy, and race: the limits of symbolic representation. Public Administration Review 81(6), pp. 1033-1043. (10.1111/puar.13358)
• Fay, D. L., Hicklin Fryar, A., Meier, K. J. and Wilkins, V. 2021. Intersectionality and equity: Dynamic bureaucratic representation in higher education. Public Administration 99(2), pp. 335-352. (10.1111/padm.12691)
• Cheon, O., Song, M., Mccrea, A. M. and Meier, K. J. 2021. Health care in America: the relationship between subjective and objective assessments of hospitals. International Public Management Journal 24(5), pp. 596-622. (10.1080/10967494.2018.1553808)
• Song, M., An, S. and Meier, K. J. 2021. Quality standards, implementation autonomy, and citizen satisfaction with public services: cross-national evidence. Public Management Review 23(6), pp. 906-928. (10.1080/14719037.2020.1730939)

2020

• An, S., Meier, K. J., Ladenburg, J. and Westergard-Nielsen, N. 2020. Leadership and job satisfaction: addressing endogeneity with panel data from a field experiment. Review of Public Personnel Administration 40(4), pp. 589-612. (10.1177/0734371X19839180)
• Amirkhanyan, A. A., An, S., Hawks, B. A. and Meier, K. J. 2020. Learning on the job: The impact of job tenure and management strategies on nursing home performance. Administration and Society 52(4), pp. 593-630. (10.1177/0095399719874755)
• Meier, K. J. and An, S. 2020. Sector bias in public programs: US nonprofit hospitals. Journal of Behavioral Public Administration 3(1) (10.30636/jbpa.31.107)

2019

• Meier, K. J., Compton, M., Polga-Hecimovich, J., Song, M. and Wimpy, C. 2019. Bureaucracy and the failure of politics: Challenges to democratic governance. Administration and Society 51(10), pp. 1576-1605. (10.1177/0095399719874759)
• Meier, K. J., Johnson, A. P. and An, S. 2019. Perceptual bias and public programs: The case of the United States and hospital care. Public Administration Review 79(6), pp. 820-828. (10.1111/puar.13067)
• Carroll, K., Wright, K. and Meier, K. J. 2019. Minority public administrators: managing organizational demands while acting as an advocate. American Review of Public Administration 49(7), pp. 810-824. (10.1177/0275074019859942)
• Amirkhanyan, A. A., Cheon, O., Davis, J. A., Meier, K. J. and Wang, F. 2019. Citizen participation and its impact on performance in US nursing homes. American Review of Public Administration 49(7), pp. 840-854. (10.1177/0275074019854172)
• Meier, K. J., Johnson, A. P. and Geve, N. 2019. Private and public bullets: analyzing credit attributions in military outsourcing. Journal of Conflict Resolution 63(8), pp. 1965-1985. (10.1177/0022002718824984)
• Zhu, L., Witko, C. and Meier, K. J. 2019. The Public Administration Manifesto II: Matching methods to theory and substance. Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory 29(2), pp. 287-298. (10.1093/jopart/muy079)
• Meier, K. J. 2019. Theoretical frontiers in representative bureaucracy: new directions for research. Perspectives on Public Management and Governance 2(1), pp. 39-56., article number: 4. (10.1093/ppmgov/gvy004)
• Amirkhanyan, A., Holt, S., McCrea, A. and Meier, K. J. 2019. Managing racial diversity: matching internal strategies to environmental needs. Public Administration Review 79(1), pp. 69-81. (10.1111/puar.12977)
• Meier, K. J. 2019. Looking for meaning in all the wrong places: country music and the politics of identity. Social Science Quarterly 100(1), pp. 89-108. (10.1111/ssqu.12556)
• Pedersen, M. J., Favero, N., Nielsen, V. L. and Meier, K. J. 2019. Public management on the ground: clustering managers based on their behavior. International Public Management Journal 22(2), pp. 254-294. (10.1080/10967494.2017.1396273)

2018

• Song, M. and Meier, K. J. 2018. Citizen satisfaction and the kaleidoscope of government performance: How multiple stakeholders see government performance. Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory 28(4), pp. 489-505. (10.1093/jopart/muy006)
• Amirkhanyan, A., Meier, K. J., O'Toole, L. J., Dakhwe, M. A. and Janzen, S. 2018. Management and performance in U.S. nursing homes. Available at: https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3144761
• Amirkhanyan, A. A., Meier, K. J., O'Toole, L. J., Dakhwe, M. A. and Janzen, S. 2018. Management and performance in US nursing homes. Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory 28(1), pp. 33-49. (10.1093/jopart/mux003)
• Favero, N., Andersen, S. C., Meier, K. J., O'Toole Jr, L. J. and Winter, S. C. 2018. How should we estimate the performance effect of management? Comparing impacts of public managers' and frontline employees' perceptions of management. International Public Management Journal 21(1), pp. 105-130. (10.1080/10967494.2016.1236763)
• Johnson, A. P., Meier, K. J. and Carroll, K. M. 2018. Forty acres and a mule: housing programs and policy feedback for African-Americans. Politics, Groups, and Identities 6, pp. 612-630. (10.1080/21565503.2016.1234962)
• An, S., Meier, K. J., Bøllingtoft, A. and Andersen, L. B. 2018. Employee perceived effect of leadership training: comparing public and private organizations. International Public Management Journal 22, pp. 2-28. (10.1080/10967494.2018.1497739)

2017

• Meier, K. J. and O'Toole, L. J. 2017. Isopraxis leadership: leader confidence, managerial strategy and organizational performance. Chinese Public Administration Review 8, pp. 47-64.
• Amirkhanyan, A. A., Meier, K. J. and O'Toole, L. J. 2017. Managing in the regulatory thicket: regulation legitimacy and expertise. Public Administration Review 77(3), pp. 381-394. (10.1111/puar.12591)
• Meier, K. J. Meier, K. J., Rutherford, A. and Avellenada, C. eds. 2017. Comparative public management: why context matters in public administration. Georgetown University Press.
• Melton, E. K. and Meier, K. 2017. For the want of a nail: The interaction of managerial capacity and human resource management on organizational performance. Public Administration Review 77(1), pp. 118-130. (10.1111/puar.12611)
• Meier, K. J. and Funk, K. 2017. Women and public administration in comparative perspective: the case of representation in Brazilian local governments. Administration & Society 49(1), pp. 121-142. (10.1177/0095399715626201)
• Meier, K. J. and Rutherford, A. 2017. The politics of African American education: representation, partisanship and educational equity. Cambridge University Press.

2016

• Molina, A. L. and Meier, K. J. 2016. Demographic dreams, institutional realities: election design and Latino representation in American education. Politics, Groups, and Identities, pp. 1-18. (10.1080/21565503.2016.1182931)
• Favero, N., Meier, K. J. and O'Toole, L. J. 2016. Goals, trust, participation, and feedback: linking internal management with performance outcomes. Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory 26(2), pp. 327-343. (10.1093/jopart/muu044)
• Meier, K. J. and Calderon, M. A. 2016. Goal displacement and the protection of human subjects: the view from public administration. PS: Political Science & Politics 49(2), pp. 294-298. (10.1017/S1049096516000238)

2015

• Meier, K. J., Favero, N. and Zhu, L. 2015. Performance gaps and managerial decisions: a Bayesian decision theory of managerial action. Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory 25(4), pp. 1221-1246. (10.1093/jopart/muu054)
• Meier, K., Winter, S. C., O'Toole, L. J., Favero, N. and Andersen, S. C. 2015. The validity of subjective performance measures: School principals in Texas and Denmark. Public Administration 93(4), pp. 1084-1101. (10.1111/padm.12180)
• Meier, K. J. 2015. Notes on the Romulan reform of conventions. Political Science & Politics 48(2), pp. 328-331. (10.1017/S1049096514002273)
• Rutherford, A. and Meier, K. J. 2015. Managerial goals in a performance-driven system: theory and empirical tests in higher education. Public Administration 93(1), pp. 17-33. (10.1111/padm.12124)
• O'Toole, L. J. and Meier, K. J. 2015. Public management, context, and performance: in quest of a more general theory. Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory 25(1), pp. 237-256. (10.1093/jopart/muu011)

2014

• Meier, K. 2014. Replenishing our theoretical capital: An introduction to the Public Management Theory Symposium. Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory 25(1), pp. 1-4.
• Meier, K. 2014. Proverbs and the Evolution of Public Administration. Public Administration Review 75(1) (10.1111/puar.12288)
• Meier, K., Calmar Anderson, S., O'Toole, L. J. J., Favero, N. and Winter, S. C. 2014. Taking Managerial Context Seriously: Public Management and Performance in U.S. and Denmark Schools. International Public Management Journal 18, pp. 130-150. (10.1080/10967494.2014.972485)
• Meier, K. J. and Rutherford, A. 2014. Partisanship, structure, and representation: the puzzle of African American education politics. American Political Science Review 108(2), pp. 265-280. (10.1017/S0003055414000148)
• Prillaman, S. A. and Meier, K. J. 2014. Taxes, incentives, and economic growth: assessing the impact of pro-business taxes on U.S. state economies. Journal of Politics 76(2), pp. 364-379. (10.1017/s0022381613001345)
• Andrews, R., Ashworth, R. and Meier, K. J. 2014. Representative bureaucracy and fire service performance. International Public Management Journal 17(1), pp. 1-24. (10.1080/10967494.2014.874253)

2013

• Andrews, R. W., Boyne, G. A., O'Toole, L., Meier, K. J. and Walker, R. M. 2013. Managing Migration? EU Enlargement, Local Government Capacity and Performance in England. Public Administration 91(1), pp. 174-194. (10.1111/j.1467-9299.2012.02043.x)

2012

• Andrews, R. W., Boyne, G. A., Meier, K. J., O'Toole, L. and Walker, R. M. 2012. Vertical strategic alignment and public service performance. Public Administration 90(1), pp. 77-98. (10.1111/j.1467-9299.2011.01938.x)

2011

• O'Toole, L. J. and Meier, K. J. 2011. Public management: Organizations, governance, and performance. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
• Andrews, R. W., Boyne, G. A., Meier, K. J., O'Toole, L. J. and Walker, R. M. 2011. Environmental and organizational determinants of external networking. American Review of Public Administration 41(4), pp. 355-374. (10.1177/0275074010382036)
• Andrews, R. W., Boyne, G. A., Meier, K. J., O'Toole, L. J. and Walker, R. M. 2011. Managing migration: how some councils cope better than others. Public Policy Research 17(4), pp. 207-213. (10.1111/j.1744-540X.2011.00631.x)

2010

• Meier, K. J. and Leal, D. L. eds. 2010. The Politics of Latino Education. Teachers College Press.
• Meier, K. J., O'Toole, L. J., Boyne, G. A., Walker, R. M. and Andrews, R. W. 2010. Alignment and results: testing the interaction effects of strategy, structure, and environment from Miles and Snow. Administration & Society 42(2), pp. 160-192. (10.1177/0095399710362717)
• Walker, R. M., Andrews, R. W., Boyne, G. A., Meier, K. J. and O'Toole, L. J. 2010. Wakeup call: strategic management, network alarms, and performance. Public Administration Review 70(5), pp. 731-741. (10.1111/j.1540-6210.2010.02201.x)
• Sigelman, L. et al. eds. 2010. The wit and humor of political science. American Political Science Association.

2009

• Meier, K. J. and O'Toole, L. 2009. The dog that didn't bark: How public managers handle environmental shocks. Public Administration 87(3), pp. 485-502. (10.1111/j.1467-9299.2009.01773.x)
• Boyne, G. A. and Meier, K. J. 2009. Environmental change, human resources and organizational turnaround. Journal of Management Studies 46(5), pp. 835-863. (10.1111/j.1467-6486.2008.00813.x)
• Meier, K. J. 2009. Policy theory, policy theory everywhere: ravings of a deranged policy scholar. Policy Studies Journal 37(1), pp. 5--11. (10.1111/j.1541-0072.2008.00291.x)
• Boyne, G. A. and Meier, K. J. 2009. Environmental turbulence, organizational stability, and public service performance.. Administration & Society 40(8), pp. 799-824. (10.1177/0095399708326333)
• Andrews, R. W., Boyne, G. A., Meier, K. J., O'Toole, L. J. and Walker, R. M. 2009. EU accession and public service performance. Policy & Politics 37(1), pp. 19-37. (10.1332/030557309X398477)
• Meier, K. J., O'Toole, L. J. and Hicklin, A. 2009. I've seen fire and I've seen rain: public management and performance after a natural disaster. Administration & Society 41(8), pp. 979-1003. (10.1177/0095399709349027)

2008

• Leal, D. L., Martinez-Ebers, V. and Meier, K. J. 2008. The politics of Latino education: The biases of at-large elections. The Journal of Politics 66(4), pp. 1224-1244. (10.1111/j.0022-3816.2004.00297.x)
• Meier, K. J. and O'Toole, L. 2008. When politics fails: can management bring democracy to administration?. Presented at: Symposium on Administration, Democracy and Performance, Manchester, UK, 11 September 2008.
• Meier, K. J. and O'Toole, L. J. 2008. Beware of managers not bearing gifts: how management capacity augments the impact of managerial networking. Presented at: 2008 American Political Science Association (APSA) Annual Meeting, Boston, MA, USA, 28-31 August 2008.
• Hicklin, A., O' Toole, L. and Meier, K. J. 2008. Nonlinear impacts of managerial networking in public organizations, a performing public sector. Presented at: The Second Trans-Atlantic Dialogue, Lueven, Belgium, 1-3 Jun 2006.
• Hicklin, A., O'Toole, L. J. and Meier, K. J. 2008. Serpents in the sand: managerial networking and nonlinear influences on organizational performance. Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory 18(2), pp. 253-273. (10.1093/jopart/mum009)
• Meier, K. J., Walker, M. and Walker, S. 2008. Race, representation and region. Presented at: Midwest Political Science Association (MPSA) Annual National Conference, Chicago, USA, 3-6 April 2008.
• Meier, K. J. and Hicklin, A. 2008. Employee turnover and organizational performance: testing a hypothesis from classical public administration. Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory 18(4), pp. 573-590. (10.1093/jopart/mum028)
• Meier, K. J. and O'Toole, L. J. 2008. Management theory and Occam's Razor: how public organizations buffer the environment. Administration & Society 39(8), pp. 931-958. (10.1177/0095399707309355)
• Hicklin, A. and Meier, K. J. 2008. Race, structure, and state governments: the politics of higher education diversity. Journal of Politics 70(3), pp. 851-860. (10.1017/S0022381608080808)
• Wenger, J. B., O'Toole, L. J. and Meier, K. J. 2008. Trading speed for accuracy? Managing goal conflict and accommodation in the U.S. Unemployment Insurance Program. Policy Studies Journal 36(2), pp. 175-198. (10.1111/j.1541-0072.2008.00261.x)

2007

• Meier, K. J. and O'Toole Jr., L. J. 2007. Modeling public management: Empirical analysis of the management-performance nexus. Public Management Review 9(4), pp. 503-527. (10.1080/14719030701726630)
• Meier, K. J. and O'Toole, L. J. J. 2007. Deconstructing Larry Luton: Or What Time Is the Next Train to Reality Junction?. Administration and Society 39(6), pp. 786-796. (10.1177/0095399707307043)
• Espino, R., Leal, D. L. and Meier, K. J. eds. 2007. Latino politics: identity, mobilization, and representation. Race, Ethnicity, and Politics. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press.
• Walker, R. M., O'Toole, L. J. and Meier, K. J. 2007. It's where you are that matters: the networking behaviour of English local government officers. Public Administration 85(3), pp. 739-756. (10.1111/j.1467-9299.2007.00667.x)
• Andrews, R. W., Boyne, G. A., Meier, K. J., O'Toole, L. and Walker, R. M. 2007. Differences between archival and perceptual environmental measures in the public sector. Presented at: Academy of Management Annual Meeting 2007, Philadelphia, PA, USA, 3-8 August 2007.
• Meier, K. J., O'Toole, L. and Hawes, D. 2007. Testing the theoretical determinants of political control over the bureaucracy: Taking Wood and Waterman seriously. Presented at: American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Chicago IL, USA, 30 Aug - 2 Sep 2007.
• Meier, K. J., O'Toole, L. J., Boyne, G. A. and Walker, R. M. 2007. Strategic management and the performance of public organizations: testing venerable ideas against recent theories. Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory 17(3), pp. 357-377. (10.1093/jopart/mul017)
• Meier, K. J. and Hill, G. C. 2007. Bureaucracy in the twenty-first century. Oxford University Press. (10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199226443.003.0004)
• Andrews, R. W., Boyne, G. A., Meier, K. J., O'Toole, L. J. and Walker, R. M. 2007. Strategy, structure, process and environment in English local governments. Presented at: Midwest Political Science Association (MPSA) 65th Annual National Conference, Chicago, IL, USA, 12-15 April 2007.
• Andrews, R. W., Boyne, G. A., Meier, K. J. and Walker, R. M. 2007. Wake up call: network alarms, strategy and performance. Presented at: 11th IRSPM (International Research Symposium in Public Management), Potsdam, Germany, 2-4 April 2007.
• O'Toole, L. J. and Meier, K. J. 2007. Public Management and the Administrative Conservator: Empirical Support for Larry Terry's Prescriptions. Administrative Theory and Praxis 29(1), pp. 148-156.
• O'Toole Jr., L., Meier, K. J. and Nicholson-Crotty, S. 2007. Managing upward, downward and outward: networks, hierarchical relationships and performance. Public Management Review 7(1), pp. 45-68. (10.1080/1471903042000339419)
• Meier, K. J., O'Toole Jnr., L. J. and Lu, Y. 2007. All that glitters is not gold: disaggregating networks and the impact on performance. In: Boyne, G. A. et al. eds. Public Service Performance: Perspectives on Measurement and Management. Cambridge University Press
• Boyne, G. A., Meier, K. J., O'Toole Jr., L. J. and Walker, R. M. 2007. Public management and organizational performance: an Aaenda for research. In: Boyne, G. A. et al. eds. Public Service Performance: Perspectives on Measurement and Management. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 295-311.
• Boyne, G. A. et al. eds. 2007. Public service performance: perspectives on measurement and management. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
• Robinson, S. E., Caver, F., Meier, K. J. and O'Toole, L. J. 2007. Explaining Policy Punctuations: Bureaucratization and Budget Change. American Journal of Political Science 51(1), pp. 140-150. (10.1111/j.1540-5907.2007.00242.x)
• Meier, K. J. 2007. Regulation. In: Gray, V. and Hanson, R. L. eds. Politics in the American States: A Comparative Analysis (9th Edition). London: CQ Press, pp. 381-414.
• Meier, K. J. 2007. What don't we know and why don't we know it: one research agenda in Latino politics. In: Espino, R., Leal, D. L. and Meier, K. J. eds. Latino Politics: Identity, Mobilization, and Representation. Race, Ethnicity, and Politics Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, pp. 280-290.
• O'Toole, L. J., Walker, R. M., Meier, K. J. and Boyne, G. A. 2007. Networking in comparative context. Public Management Review 9(3), pp. 401-420. (10.1080/14719030701425787)

2006

• Meier, K. J. and Nicholson-Crotty, J. 2006. Gender, representative bureaucracy, and law enforcement: the case of sexual assault. Public Administration Review 66(6), pp. 850-860. (10.1111/j.1540-6210.2006.00653.x)
• Meier, K. J., Mastracci, S. H. and Wilson, K. 2006. Gender and emotional labor in public organizations: An empirical examination of the link to performance. Public Administration Review 66(6), pp. 899-910. (10.1111/j.1540-6210.2006.00657.x)
• Meier, K. J., Doerfler, C., Hawes, D., Hicklin, A. K. and Rocha, R. R. 2006. The role of management and representation in improving performance of disadvantaged students: An application of Bum Phillips's "Don Shula Rule". Review of Policy Research 23(5), pp. 1095-1110. (10.1111/j.1541-1338.2006.00251.x)
• Robinson, S. E. and Meier, K. J. 2006. Path Dependence and Organizational Behavior: Bureaucracy and Social Promotion. American Review of Public Administration 36(3), pp. 241-260. (10.1177/0275074006288299)
• Meier, K. J. and O'Toole, L. J. J. 2006. Bureaucracy in a democratic state: a governance perspective. Balitimore, USA: Johns Hopkins University Press.
• Meier, K. J., Brudney, J. L. and Bohte, J. 2006. Applied statistics for public and nonprofit administration. 6th rev.ed.. Boston: Wadsworth Publishing.
• Geordel, H., O'Toole, L. and Meier, K. J. 2006. Strategic public management and performance: A contingency approach. Presented at: Midwest Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, USA, 20-23 April 2006.
• Meier, K. J. and O'Toole, L. J. 2006. Political Control versus Bureaucratic Values: Reframing the Debate. Public Administration Review 66(2), pp. 177-192. (10.1111/j.1540-6210.2006.00571.x)
• Rocha, R. and Meier, K. J. 2006. Latino politics and the States: how political culture interacts with electoral structure. Presented at: Western Political Science Association, Denver, CO, USA, 16-18 Mar 2006.
• Meier, K. J., O'Toole, L. J. J. and Goerdel, H. T. 2006. Management Activity and Program Performance: Gender as Management Capital. Public Administration Review 66(1), pp. 24-36. (10.1111/j.1540-6210.2006.00553.x)
• Meier, K. J. 2006. The public administration of politics, or what political science could learn from public administration. Political Science and Politics 40(1), pp. 3-9.
• Boyne, G. A., Meier, K. J., O'Toole, L. J. and Walker, R. M. 2006. Introduction. In: Boyne, G. A. et al. eds. Public Service Performance: Perspectives on Measurement and Management. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 1-13., (10.1017/CBO9780511488511.001)
• Meier, K. J. and Hawes, D. P. 2006. Le lien entre représentativité passive et active de l'administration. Revue française d'administration publique 118, pp. 265-279. (10.3917/rfap.118.0265)
• O'Toole, L. J. and Meier, K. J. 2006. Networking in the Penumbra: Public Management, Cooptative Links, and Distributional Consequences. International Public Management Journal 9(3), pp. 271-294. (10.1080/10967490600899580)
• Robinson, S. E., Hicklin, A., O'Toole, L. J. and Meier, K. J. 2006. Calming the storm: Collaborative public management, hurricanes Katrina and Rita, and disaster response. Presented at: Maxwell School Conference on Collaborative Public Management, Washington, DC, USA, 28-30 September 2006.

2005

• Meier, K. 2005. Public Administration and the Myth of Positivism: The AntiChrist's View. Administrative Theory & Praxis 27(4), pp. 650-668.
• Meier, K. J. and O'Toole, L. J. J. 2005. Managerial Networking: Issues of Measurement and Research Design. Administration & Society 37(5), pp. 523-541. (10.1177/0095399705277142)
• Andrews, R. W., Boyne, G. A., Meier, K. J., O'Toole, L. J. and Walker, R. M. 2005. Representative bureaucracy, organizational strategy, and public service performance: an empirical analysis of English local government. Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory 15(4), pp. 489-504. (10.1093/jopart/mui032)
• Boyne, G. A., Meier, K. J., O'Toole, L. J. and Walker, R. M. 2005. Where next? Research directions on performance in public organizations. Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory 15(4), pp. 633-639. (10.1093/jopart/mui037)
• Meier, K. J. and Hill, G. G. 2005. Bureaucracy in the 21st Century. In: Ferlie, E., Lynn Jr., L. E. and Pollitt, C. eds. The Oxford Handbook of Public Management. Open University Press, pp. 51-72.
• Meier, K. J., Juenke, E. G., Wrinkle, R. D. and Polinard, J. L. 2005. Structural choices and representational biases: The post-election color of representation. American Journal of Political Science 49(4), pp. 758-768. (10.1111/j.1540-5907.2005.00153.x)
• Meier, K. J. and O'Toole, L. 2005. Political control versus democratic values: reframing the debate. Presented at: 8th National Public Management Research Conference, Los Angeles, CA, USA, 29 Sep - 1 Oct 2005.
• Meier, K. J., O'Toole, L., Boyne, G. A. and Walker, R. 2005. Strategic management and public organizations: Testing venerable ideas against recent theories. Presented at: American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, USA, 01 - 04 September 2005.
• Meier, K. J. and Juenke, E. E. G. 2005. Electoral structure and the quality of representation: the policy consequences of school board elections. In: Howell, W. G. ed. Besieged: School Boards and the Future of Education. Brookings Institution Press, pp. 199-227.
• O 'Toole, L. and Meier, K. J. 2005. Networking in the Penumbra: Public management, cooperative links, and distributional consequences. Presented at: 21st European Group for Organizational Studies Colloquium, Berlin, Germany, 30 June - 2 July 2005.
• Meier, K. J. 2005. School boards and the politics of education policy: downstream consequences of structure. In: Wolbrecht, C. and Hero, R. E. eds. The Politics of Democratic Inclusion. Philadelphia, PA: Temple University Press, pp. 238-256.
• Kaiser, L., Overby, M., Hawes, D. and Meier, K. J. 2005. Gender, race and the theory of representative bureaucracy. Presented at: 63rd Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, IL, USA, 7-10 Apr 2005.
• Meier, K. J., Pennington, M. S. and Eller, W. S. 2005. Race, Sex, and Clarence Thomas: Representation Change in the EEOC. Public Administration Review 65(2), pp. 171-179. (10.1111/j.1540-6210.2005.00442.x)
• Meier, K. J. and Sabatier, H. S. 2005. Jesus Loves Me, But He Can't Stand You: A Reply to My Out-of-Tune Critics. Policy Studies Journal 33(1), pp. 121-124. (10.1111/j.1541-0072.2005.00096.x)
• Nicholson Crotty, S. S. and Meier, K. J. 2005. From perception to public policy: translating social constructions into policy designs. In: Schneider, A. L. and Ingram, H. M. eds. Deserving and Entitled: Social Constructions and Public Policy. SUNY Series in Public Policy Albany, NY: State University of New York Press, pp. 223-242.
• Meier, K. J. and Juenke, E. G. 2005. Electoral structure and the quality of representation: The policy consequences of school board elections. Presented at: Harvard University School Board Politics Conference, Cambridge, MA, USA, 15-17 October 2003Besieged: School Boards and the Future of Education Politics. Brookings Institution Press pp. 199-227.
• Hawes, D., Rocha, R. and Meier, K. J. 2005. Social capital and diversity: Evaluating the determinants of eEquality in the American states. Presented at: American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, USA, 01 - 04 September 2005.

2004

• Meier, K. J. and O'Toole, L. 2004. Conceptual issues in modelling and measuring management and its impacts on performance. In: Ingraham, P. W. and Lynn Jr., L. E. eds. The Art of Governance: Analyzing Management and Administration. Georgetown University Press, pp. 195-223.
• Meier, K. J. 2004. Structure, politics, and policy: the logic of mayoral control. In: Henig, J. R. and Rich, W. C. eds. Mayors in the Middle: Politics, Race, and Mayoral Control of Urban Schools. Princeton: Princeton University Press, pp. 221-231.
• Meier, K. J., Eller, W. S., Marchbanks, M. P., Robinson, S., Polinard, J. L. and Wrinkle, R. D. 2004. A Lingering Question of Priorities: Athletic Budgets and Academic Performance Revisited. Review of Policy Research 21(6), pp. 799-807. (10.1111/j.1541-1338.2004.00109.x)
• O'Toole, L. J. and Meier, K. J. 2004. Desperately Seeking Selznick: Cooptation and the Dark Side of Public Management in Networks. Public Administration Review 64(6), pp. 681-693. (10.1111/j.1540-6210.2004.00415.x)
• Meier, K. J., McClain, P. D., Polinard, J. L. and Wrinkle, R. D. 2004. Divided or Together? Conflict and Cooperation between African Americans and Latinos. Political Research Quarterly 57(3), pp. 399-409. (10.1177/106591290405700305)
• Meier, K. J. and O'Toole, L. 2004. Unsung impossible jobs: The politics of public management. Presented at: American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, USA, 2-5 September 2004.
• O'Toole, L. J. and Meier, K. J. 2004. Parkinson's law and the New Public Management? Contracting determinants and service-quality consequences in public education. Public Administration Review 64(3), pp. 342-352. (10.1111/j.1540-6210.2004.00378.x)
• Meier, K. J. 2004. Get Your Tongue out of My Mouth 'Cause I'm Kissin' You Goodbye: The Politics of Ideas. Policy Studies Journal 32(2), pp. 225-233. (10.1111/j.1541-0072.2004.00062.x)
• Andrews, R. W., Boyne, G. A., Meier, K. J., O'Toole, L. J. and Walker, R. M. 2004. Workforce diversity, organizational strategy and public service performance. Presented at: First Determinants of Performance in Public Organizations Conference, Cardiff, UK, 6-8 May 2004.
• Robinson, S., Caver, F., Meier, K. J. and O' Toole, L. 2004. Explaining policy punctuations: A multivariate model of the punctuated equilibrium model of public agency budgets. Presented at: Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, IL, USA, 15-18 Apr 2004.
• Meier, K. J., Martinez-Ebers, V., Leal, D. and Gonzalez Juenke, E. 2004. Political structure and representatives' effectiveness: The case of Latino school board members. Presented at: Western Political Science Association, Portland, OR, USA, 27-29 Mar 2004.
• Waterman, R. W. and Meier, K. J. 2004. Principal-agent models: a theoretical cul-de-sac. In: Waterman, R. W., Rouse, A. A. and Wright, R. L. eds. Bureaucrats, Politics, and the Environment. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, pp. 19-42.
• Meier, K. J., O'Toole, L. J. and Nicholson-Crotty, S. 2004. Multilevel governance and organizational performance: Investigating the political-bureaucratic labyrinth. Journal of Policy Analysis and Management 23(1), pp. 31-47. (10.1002/pam.10177)
• O'Toole, L. J. and Meier, K. J. 2004. Public Management in Intergovernmental Networks: Matching Structural Networks and Managerial Networking. Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory 14(4), pp. 469-494. (10.1093/jopart/muh032)
• Meier, K. J. and O'Toole, L. 2004. Governance and performance: Identifying variables and explaining causality. Presented at: Conference on Governance and Performance,The University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK, 15-16 March 2004.

2003

• Haider-Markel, D. P. and Meier, K. J. 2003. Legislative Victory, Electoral Uncertainty: Explaining Outcomes in the Battles over Lesbian and Gay Civil Rights. Review of Policy Research 20(4), pp. 671-690. (10.1046/j.1541-1338.2003.00046.x)
• O'Toole, L. and Meier, K. J. 2003. All that glitters is not gold: The benefits and costs of network management. Presented at: Association of Public Policy Analysis and Management Conference 2003, Washington, DC, USA, 6-9 November 2003.
• Meier, K. J. and O'Toole, L. J. 2003. Public Management and Educational Performance: The Impact of Managerial Networking. Public Administration Review 63(6), pp. 689-699. (10.1111/1540-6210.00332)
• O'Toole, L. J. and Meier, K. J. 2003. Desperately seeking Selznick: Cooptation and the dark side of managing networks. Presented at: 7th National Public Management Research Conference (NPMRC), Washington, DC, USA, 10-11 October 2003.
• Meier, K. J. and O'Toole, L. 2003. Bureaucracy and uncertainty: everything but death and taxes. In: Burden, B. C. ed. Uncertainty in American Politics. Cambridge University Press, pp. 98-117.
• O'Toole, L. and Meier, K. J. 2003. Delivering local government results in intergovernmental networks: Impacts of structural networks and managerial networking. Presented at: European Consortium for Political Research General Conference 2003, Marburg, Germany, 18-21 September 2003.
• Nicholson-Crotty, S. and Meier, K. J. 2003. Crime and Punishment: The Politics of Federal Criminal Justice Sanctions. Political Research Quarterly 56(2), pp. 119-126. (10.1177/106591290305600201)
• Meier, K. J. 2003. Gender Images in PA: The Debate Is Joined. Camilla Stivers. 2002. Gender Images in Public Administration: Legitimacy and the Administrative State, second edition. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage. 184 pp. [Book Review]. Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory 13(2), pp. 231-234. (10.1093/jpart/mug019)
• Meier, K. J., Gonzalez Juenke, E., Wrinkle, R. and Polinard, J. L. 2003. Structural choices and representational biases: What you see may not be what you get. Presented at: Midwest Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, USA, 3-6 April 2003.
• Meier, K. J. and Bohte, J. 2003. Not With A Bang, But A Whimper: Explaining Organizational Failures. Administration & Society 35(1), pp. 104-121. (10.1177/0095399702250351)
• Meier, K. J. and Bohte, J. 2003. Span of control and public organizations: Implementing Luther Gulick's research design. Public Administration Review 63(1), pp. 61-70. (10.1111/1540-6210.00264)
• Nicholson-Crotty, J. and Meier, K. J. 2003. Politics, structure, and public policy: The case of Higher Education. Educational Policy 17(1), pp. 80-97. (10.1177/0895904802239287)
• Meier, K. J. and Krause, G. 2003. An agenda for the scientific study of bureaucracy: an overview. In: Meier, K. J. and Krause, G. eds. Politics, Policy and Organizations. University of Michigan Press, pp. 292-308.
• Meier, K. J. and Krause, G. A. 2003. The scientific study of bureaucracy: an overview. In: Krause, G. A. and Meier, K. J. eds. Politics, Policy, and Organizations: Frontiers in the Scientific Study of Bureaucracy. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, pp. 1-22.
• Krause, G. A. and Meier, K. J. eds. 2003. Politics, policy, and organizations: frontiers in the scientific study of bureaucracy. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press.
• O'Toole, L. J. and Meier, K. J. 2003. Plus ça Change: Public Management, Personnel Stability, and Organizational Performance. Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory 13(1), pp. 43-64. (10.1093/jpart/mug009)

2002

• Nicholson-Crotty, S. and Meier, K. J. 2002. Size doesn't matter: In defense of single-state studies. State Politics and Policy Quarterly 2(4), pp. 411-422. (10.1177/153244000200200405)
• Keiser, L. R., Wilkins, V. M., Meier, K. J. and Holland, C. A. 2002. Lipstick and Logarithms: Gender, Institutional Context, and Representative Bureaucracy. American Political Science Review 96(3), pp. 553-564. (10.1017/S0003055402000321)
• Meier, K. J. and Wilkins, V. M. 2002. Gender Differences in Agency Head Salaries: The Case of Public Education. Public Administration Review 62(4), pp. 405-411. (10.1111/0033-3352.00194)
• Meier, K. J. and O'Toole, L. J. 2002. Bureaucracy versus politics: An empirical test. Presented at: Texas A&M Conference on Political Control of the Bureaucracy, College Station, TX, USA, 1-2 March 2002.
• Meier, K. J. and Brudney, J. L. 2002. Applied statistics for public administration. 5th ed.. Harcourt Press.
• Schlesinger, T. J. and Meier, K. J. 2002. Variations in corruption among the states. In: Heidenheimer, A. J. and Johnston, M. eds. Political Corruption: Concepts and Contexts (3rd ed.). Political Change in Development New Brunswick, NJ: Transaction Publishers, pp. 627-644.
• Meier, K. J. 2002. A Research Agenda on Elections and Education. Educational Policy 16(1), pp. 219-230. (10.1177/0895904802016001011)
• Meier, K. J. and O'Toole, L. J. 2002. Public management and organizational performance: The effect of managerial quality. Journal of Policy Analysis and Management 21(4), pp. 629-643. (10.1002/pam.10078)
• Nicholson-Crotty, J. and Meier, K. J. 2002. Benevolent dictator or queen of hearts: The experience of women managers in bureaucracies. Presented at: Midwest Political Science Association 60th Annual National Conference, Chicago, IL, USA, 25-28 April 2002.
• Meier, K. J. and O'Toole, L. 2002. Measuring the impact of network management on performance. Presented at: International Conference on the Empirical Study of Governance, Management, and Performance, Barcelona, Spain, 04-05 October 2002.

2001

• Meier, K. J. and O' Toole, L. 2001. Measuring public management quality: validation of a market-based measure. Presented at: Sixth National Public Management Conference, Bloomington, IN, USA, 19-20 Oct 2001.
• Meier, K. J. and Bohte, J. 2001. Structure and the performance of public organizations: Task difficulty and span of control. Public Organization Review 1(3), pp. 341-354. (10.1023/A:1012284830077)
• Meier, K. J. and O' Toole, L. 2001. Policy implementation and network management: the case of U.S. education policy. Presented at: Annual Meeting of the European Consortium for Political Research, Kent, UK, 6-8 Sep 2001.
• Dolan, J. and Meier, K. J. 2001. Representative bureaucracy and environmental change: The creation of a gender gap. Presented at: American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, USA, Aug 30 – Sep 2 2001.
• Meier, K. J., Pennington, M. and Eller, W. 2001. The effect of new goals and priorities on agency responsiveness to traditional clientele: An examination of the EEOC. Presented at: American Political Science Association September Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, USA, 30 August - 02 September 2001.
• Meier, K. J., Eller, W. S., Wrinkle, R. D. and Polinard, J. L. 2001. Zen and the art of policy analysis: A response to Nielsen and Wolf. The Journal of Politics 63(2), pp. 616-629.
• Meier, K. J., Wrinkle, R., Robinson, S. and Polinard, J. L. 2001. Organizations and inputs: A path dependent analysis of minority student achievement. Presented at: 59th National Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, IL, USA, 19-22 Apr 2001.
• Gill, J. and Meier, K. J. 2001. Ralph's Pretty-Good Grocery versus Ralph's Super Market: Separating Excellent Agencies from the Good Ones. Public Administration Review 61(1), pp. 9-17. (10.1111/0033-3352.00002)
• Meier, K. J. and McFarlane, D. R. 2001. The politics of fertility control: family planning and abortion policies in the American States. Sage: CQ Press.
• Meier, K. J. 2001. Drugs, sex, rock and roll: a theory of morality politics. In: Mooney, C. Z. ed. The Public Clash of Private Values. London: Chatham House, pp. 21-36.
• Meier, K. J. and O'Toole, L. J. 2001. Managerial Strategies and Behavior in Networks: A Model with Evidence from U.S. Public Education. Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory 11(3), pp. 271-294.
• Meier, K. J. and Bohte, J. 2001. Structure and discretion: Missing links in representative bureaucracy. Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory 11(4), pp. 455-470.