Forthcoming
“Does School District Board Type Affect Fiscal Conditions? Examining Debt Positions” (with Junghack Kim, and Jongmin Shon). Public Performance and Management Review. Google Scholar/Crossref
“Unpacking the Transformational Leadership-Innovation Work Behavior Relationship: The Mediating Role of Psychological Capital” (with HyeonUk Bak and Myung H. Jin). Public Performance and Management Review. Google Scholar/Crossref
“Does the Charter Form Lead to Lower Borrowing Costs? Examining the Case of California Local Governments” (with Junghack Kim, and Jongmin Shon). Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics. Google Scholar/Crossref
“A Human Capital Model of the Defense-Growth Relationship.” Social Science Journal. Google Scholar/Crossref
2021
“State Preemption of Local Laws: Origins and Modern Trends” (with Christopher B. Goodman and Megan E. Hatch). Perspectives on Public Management and Governance. Google Scholar/Crossref
“You Don’t Always Get What You Want: The Effect of Financial Incentives on State Fiscal Health” (with J.W. Decker and Brad A.M. Johnson). Public Administration Review. Google Scholar/Crossref
“The Truth about Honest in the Nonprofit Sector” (with Christopher B. Goodman). Public Administration Quarterly. Google Scholar/Crossref
“Teaching in Uncertain Times: The Future of Public Administration Education.” Teaching Public Administration. Google Scholar/Crossref
2020
“State Preemption of Local Governments in the era of COVID-19” (with Christopher B. Goodman and Megan E. Hatch). State and Local Government Review. Google Scholar/Crossref
“Implications of the Coronavirus on Sales Tax Revenue and Local Government Fiscal Health” (with Sarah E. Larson). Journal of Public and Nonprofit Affairs, 6(3), 377-400. Google Scholar/Crossref
“Does the Presence of an Internal Audit Affect the Outcome of a Municipality’s Audit of it Comprehensive Annual Financial Report?” (with Carl J. Gabrini and Robert Eger). Journal of Applied Business and Economics, 22(10), 124-137. Google Scholar/Crossref
2019
“Do We Really Need Another Municipal Fiscal Health Analysis? Assessing the Effectiveness of Fiscal Health Systems” (with Craig S. Maher). Public Finance and Management, 19(4), 268-291. Google Scholar/Crossref
“The Challenges and Implications of Fiscal Health.” South Carolina Journal of International Law and Business, 15(2), 78-99. Google Scholar/Crossref
“The Art of Peer Reviewing: Toward and Effective Developmental Process” (with Jeremy L. Hall, William Hatcher, Patricia Shields, and Jessica E. Sowa). Journal of Public Affairs Education, 25(3), 296-313. Google Scholar/Crossref
“Making Public Service Motivation Really Count for Increasing Organizational Fit: Exploring the Role of Followership Behavior and Leader Support as a Causal Mechanism” (with Myung H. Jin). International Review of Administration Sciences, 85(1), 98-115. Google Scholar/Crossref
2018
“Local Governance and the Issue of Fiscal Health.” State and Local Government Review, 50(1), 46-55. Google Scholar/Crossref
“Sweat the Small Stuff: Strategic Selection of Pension Policies Used to Defer Required Contributions” (with Jeff Diebold and Vincent Reitano). Contemporary Economic Policy, 36(3), 505-525. Google Scholar/Crossref
“Person-Organization Fit and Turnover Intention: Exploring the Mediating Role of Employee Followership and Job Satisfaction Through Conservation of Resources” (with Myung H. Jin and Jaehee Park). Review of Public Personal Administration, 38(2), 167-192. Google Scholar/Crossref
“How to Write a Case Study for Public Affairs” (with William Hatcher and Lori A. Brainard). Journal of Public Affairs Education, 24(2), 274-285. Google Scholar/Crossref
“Exorcising Our Demons: Comments on a New Direction for Public Administration.” Journal of Public and Nonprofit Affairs, 4(1), 116-120. Google Scholar/Crossref
“The Nexus of State and Local Capacity in Vertical Policy Diffusion” (with Junghack Kim and Johoo Lee). American Review of Public Administration, 48(2),188-200. Google Scholar/Crossref
“Does Public Service Motivation Matter in Public Higher Education? Testing the Theories of Person-Organization Fit and Organizational Commitment through a Serial Multiple Mediation Model” (with Myung H. Jin and Jaehee Park). American Review of Public Administration, 48(1), 82-97. Google Scholar/Crossref
2017
“Understanding Employee Engagement in the Public Sector: The Role of Immediate Supervisor, Perceived Organizational Support, and Learning Opportunities” (with Myung H. Jin). American Review of Public Administration, 47(8), 881-897. Google Scholar/Crossref
“Helpful Local Surtaxes? Florida and Disadvantaged Families” (with Robert J. Eger, III and D. Ryan Miller). Local Government Studies, 43(2), 170-193. Google Scholar/Crossref
2016
“Sanction Failure: Economic Growth, Defense Expenditures, and the Islamic Republic of Iran” (with Vincent Reitano). Armed Forces and Society, 42(4), 635-654. Google Scholar/Crossref
“Followership and Job Satisfaction in the Public Sector: The Moderating Role of Perceived Supervisor Support and Performance-Oriented Culture” (with Myung H. Jin and Jaehee Park). International Journal of Public Sector Management, 29(3), 218-237. Google Scholar/Crossref
2015
“Does the Charter Form Improve the Fiscal Health of Counties?” Public Administration Review, 75(4), 609-618. Google Scholar/Crossref
“Religious Attitudes and Charitable Contributions” (with Robert J. Eger, III and Amanda L. Wilsker). Journal of Applied Business and Economics, 17(2), 52-65. Google Scholar/Crossref
“A ‘Dirty’ Approach to Efficient Revenue Forecasting.” Journal of Public and Nonprofit Affairs, 1(1), 3-17. Google Scholar/Crossref
2014
“Determinants of Charter County Decisions: An Event History Analysis of Florida Counties” (with Carl J. Gabrini). Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory, 24(4), 721-739. Google Scholar/Crossref
2013
“What We Do and Do Not Know: The Social Implications of Defense.” Political and Military Sociology: An Annual Review, 41, 1-18. Google Scholar/Crossref
“Spillovers of Veterans Hospice Care: The Economic and Social Impact of Palliative Care” (with Max Mendieta). Political and Military Sociology: An Annual Review, 41, 41-59. Google Scholar/Crossref
2012
“Moving Toward Comparability: Assessing per-Student Costs in K-12” (with Robert J. Eger, III). Journal of Public Budgeting, Accounting & Financial Management, 24(4), 609-638. Google Scholar/Crossref
“Reconsidering the Defense-Growth Relationship: Evidence from the Islamic Republic of Iran.” Political and Military Sociology: An Annual Review, 40, 97-117. Google Scholar/Crossref
2010
“The Bureau of Municipal Research and the Development of a Professional Public Service.” Administration & Society, 42(7), 815-835. Google Scholar/Crossref
“The Defense-Growth Relationship: An Economic Investigation into Post-Soviet States” (with Robert J. Eger, III). Peace Economics, Peace Science and Public Policy, 16(1), 1-28. Google Scholar/Crossref
“Welfare Programs and the State Economy” (with D. Ryan Miller). Journal of Policy Modeling, 32(6), 719-732. Google Scholar/Crossref