District Reliance by Service Function: A Study of Public Financing of American Special Districts (open access)

District Reliance by Service Function: A Study of Public Financing of American Special Districts

This article provides an exploratory investigation of special district finance reliance from expenditure reliance of general–purpose governments on special districts’ service delivery and financing mode of special districts. The study shows that special districts have replaced the role of general-purpose governments and which revenue sources districts rely on the most.
Date: April 1, 2021
Creator: Park, HyungGun & Shi, Yu
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Effect of Transformational Leadership on Network Performance: A Study of Continuum of Care Homeless Networks (open access)

The Effect of Transformational Leadership on Network Performance: A Study of Continuum of Care Homeless Networks

This article examines the relationship between transformational leadership and network performance in Continuum of Care homeless service networks.
Date: December 1, 2020
Creator: Jang, Hee Soun & Valero, Jesus N.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Hajj Pilgrims’ Perceptions of Trust and Internet Use for (Emergency) Information (open access)

Hajj Pilgrims’ Perceptions of Trust and Internet Use for (Emergency) Information

Article presents an empirical study examining the patterns of internet use during Hajj, with the broader aim of providing suggestions on how organizations can improve risk communication at crowded religious venues using traditional and new media.
Date: 2022
Creator: Arlikatti, Sudha; Taibah, Hassan A.; Maghelal, Praveen; Andrew, Simon A. & Alkhurayyif, Saad A.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Health information, attitudes and actions at religious venues: Evidence from hajj pilgrims (open access)

Health information, attitudes and actions at religious venues: Evidence from hajj pilgrims

Article presents research using the Health Belief Model (HBM) to evaluate Hajj pilgrims’ perceptions of health risks, their patterns of receiving health information from various traditional and new media channels and their adoptions or intentions to take health-promoting behavior in light of various challenges.
Date: November 9, 2020
Creator: Andrew, Simon A.; Taibah, Hassan; Arlikatti, Sudha; Maghelal, Praveen & DelGrosso, Bill
System: The UNT Digital Library
Local Government Adoption of Age Friendly Policies: An Integrated Model of Responsiveness, Multi-Level Governance and Public Entrepreneurship Theories (open access)

Local Government Adoption of Age Friendly Policies: An Integrated Model of Responsiveness, Multi-Level Governance and Public Entrepreneurship Theories

This article argues that responsiveness, multi-level governance, and public entrepreneurship theories offer a fuller explanation for local government policy decision-making.
Date: 2017
Creator: Keyes, Laura & Benavides, Abraham David
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Logic of Uncertainty and Executive Discretion in Decision Making: The Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex Ebola Response (open access)

The Logic of Uncertainty and Executive Discretion in Decision Making: The Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex Ebola Response

This article addresses what a highly complex public health situation such as the Dallas-Fort Worth Ebola outbreak tell about the use of discretion by executive level public administrators.
Date: June 2017
Creator: Benavides, Abraham David; Keyes, Laura; McEntire, David & Carlson, Erin K.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Managing for Citizen Satisfaction: Is Good Not Enough? (open access)

Managing for Citizen Satisfaction: Is Good Not Enough?

Article proposes a theory that suggests the quantity of public goods and services is important to citizen satisfaction.
Date: April 2019
Creator: Collins, Brian K.; Kim, Hyun Joon & Tao, Jie
System: The UNT Digital Library
New-Student Orientations: Supporting Success and Socialization in Graduate Programs (open access)

New-Student Orientations: Supporting Success and Socialization in Graduate Programs

This article describes the use of an orientation logic model to examine whether certain orientation program characteristics, such as resources and tenets, are associated with student retention, grade achievement, and socialization.
Date: April 18, 2018
Creator: Benavides, Abraham David & Keyes, Laura
System: The UNT Digital Library
Organizational Determinants of Political Involvement in Trade and Professional Membership Associations (open access)

Organizational Determinants of Political Involvement in Trade and Professional Membership Associations

Article studying the elements that underlie political action strategies and tactics of trade and professional associations.
Date: November 7, 2019
Creator: Dicke, Lisa A.; Saitgalina, Marina & Birungi, Patricia
System: The UNT Digital Library
Perceived Stakeholder Role Relationships and Adoption of Seismic Hazard Adjustments (open access)

Perceived Stakeholder Role Relationships and Adoption of Seismic Hazard Adjustments

This article examines the relationships among perceived stakeholder characteristics, risk perceptions, respondent characteristics, and self-reported adoption of 16 seismic hazard adjustments by residents in areas of high and medium seismic risk.
Date: November 2007
Creator: Arlikatti, Sudha; Lindell, Michael K. & Prater, Carla S.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Public Health Network Structure and Collaboration Effectiveness during the 2015 MERS Outbreak in South Korea: An Institutional Collective Action Framework (open access)

Public Health Network Structure and Collaboration Effectiveness during the 2015 MERS Outbreak in South Korea: An Institutional Collective Action Framework

This article studies examines the structural effect of public health network explaining collaboration effectiveness.
Date: July 25, 2017
Creator: Kim, KyungWoo; Andrew, Simon A. & Jung, Kyujin
System: The UNT Digital Library
Remote Work Support Needs of Employees with Autism Spectrum Disorder in Poland: Perspectives of Individuals with Autism and Their Coworkers (open access)

Remote Work Support Needs of Employees with Autism Spectrum Disorder in Poland: Perspectives of Individuals with Autism and Their Coworkers

Article aims to propose ways to assess workplace digital adaptation needs for individuals with autism and a framework for communicating these needs to employers. In this study, participants responded to semi-structured interview questions identifying advantages and risk factors associated with remote work for this specific group of employees.
Date: September 2, 2022
Creator: Tomczak, MichaƂ T.; Mpofu, Elias & Hutson, Nathan
System: The UNT Digital Library
Unidentified Bodies and Mass-Fatality Management in haiti: A Case Study of the January 2010 Earthquake with a Cross-Cultural Comparison (open access)

Unidentified Bodies and Mass-Fatality Management in haiti: A Case Study of the January 2010 Earthquake with a Cross-Cultural Comparison

This article examines the January 2010 earthquake in Haiti as a case study to understand what happens to unidentified bodies in mass-fatality management.
Date: November 2012
Creator: McEntire, David; Sadiq, Abdul-Akeem & Gupta, Kailash
System: The UNT Digital Library