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Public Versus Private Providers: How Ownership Impacts Quality in Public Service Markets

open access: yesPublic Administration, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Governments continue to liberalize public services through quasi‐market measures that grant consumers a subsidized choice of public, nonprofit, or for‐profit provider. The assumption is that competition and differences in ownership improve service quality.
Lena Brogaard
wiley   +1 more source

Safeguarding Merit: Citizen Support for Civil Service Protections Against Political Interference

open access: yesPublic Administration Review, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT President Trump altered the U.S. federal civil service system by reducing merit‐based protections for bureaucratic expertise and expanding the scope of political appointments, shifting the balance long established under the Pendleton Act of 1883. Similar reforms have occurred at the state level with moves to at‐will employment.
Colt Jensen, Jaclyn Piatak
wiley   +1 more source

Burnout syndrome among preschool teachers in Serbia. [PDF]

open access: yesArh Hig Rada Toksikol
Piperac P   +8 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Reflections of Swedish Fathers in Late Adulthood on Their Past and Present Parental Role in Relation to the Mother

open access: yesScandinavian Journal of Psychology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT With a contextual and developmental perspective, this study aimed to examine Swedish late‐adult fathers' reflections on their past and present parental role in relation to the mother and to see how these reflections incorporate changes in gender and parenthood during recent decades in Sweden.
Maria Wängqvist, Nathalie Korhonen
wiley   +1 more source

Associations Between Maternal Cumulative Psychological Distress and Child Subsequent Social Competence: The Role of Early Childhood Education and Care and Social Networks

open access: yesScandinavian Journal of Psychology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Maternal psychological distress may have adverse effects on child socioemotional development. However, supportive social networks and participation in out‐of‐home childcare may serve as key protective factors and promote positive developmental outcomes.
Katja Tervahartiala   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

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