Selected Works:
- “Compared to Whom? Social and Historical Reference Points and Performance Appraisals by Managers, Students, and the General Public,” (with T. Rabovsky and M. Darnley), Journal of Behavioral Public Administration (2021)
- Race and Public Administration, (Ed. with K. J. Meier), Routledge (2020)
- “Will the Tide Lift All Boats? Examining the Equity Effects of Performance Funding Policies in US Higher Education,” (with N. Favero), Research in Higher Education (2020)
- “Understanding Vacancy Time: A Theoretical Framework Informed by Cross-sector Comparison,” (with J.L. Mumpower, R.A. Bello Gomez, and M. Griffin), Perspectives on Public Management and Governance, (2018)
- Comparative Public Management: Why National, Environmental, and Organizational Context Matters, (Ed. with K. J. Meier, C.N. Avellaneda), Georgetown University Press (2017)
- The Politics of African American Education: Representation, Partisanship and Educational Equity, (with K. J. Meier), Cambridge University Press (2017)
- “Voting Rights for Whom?: Examining the Effects of the Voting Rights Acts on Latino Political Incorporation,” (with M. Marschall), American Journal of Political Science (2016)
- “Dynamic Pie: A Strategy for Modeling Trade-offs in Compositional Variables over Time,” (with A. Philips and G. D. Whitten), American Journal of Political Science (2016)
- “Management Goals in a Performance Driven System: Theory and Empirical Tests in Higher Education,” (with K. J. Meier), Public Administration (2015)
- “Evaluating Impacts of Performance Funding Policies on Student Outcomes,” (with T. Rabovsky), The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science (2014)
Reports and Publications:
- , and . 2023. “ What Explains Variation in Representation in the Public Sector? Predicting the Presence of Female Officers in U.S. College Police Departments.” Public Administration Review 83(4): 895 910. https://doi.org/10.1111/puar.13586
- “Vacancies among appointees in U.S. federal agencies: Implications for employee attitudes and intentions,” (with Taha Hameduddin), Governance, (2021)
- “Job Vacancy and Organizational Performance: Are Managers or Employees Missed Most?” (with Breck Wightman; Sergio Fernandez), Public Administration Review, (2022)
- “Predicting executive vacancies: An organizational approach,” (with Ricardo Bello), Public Administration, (2021)
- “The Push for Good Governance: Identifying Predictors of Executive Search Transparency in Public Organizations,” (with Wightman), American Review of Public Administration, (July 2021)
- “Mitigating Unintended Impacts? The Effect of Premiums for Underserved Populations in Performance-Funding Policies for Higher Education,” (with D. Gándara), Research in Higher Education (2018)
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“Does the Motivation for Market-Based Reform Matter? The Case of Responsibility-Centered Management (RCM),” (with T. Rabovsky), Public Administration Review, (November 2017)
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“Top Management Turnover: The Role of Governing Board Structures,” (with J. Lozano), Public Administration Review (September 7, 2017)
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The Politics of African American Education: Representation, Partisanship and Educational Equity, (with K. J. Meier), Cambridge University Press (2017)
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“Types of Coproduction and Differential Effects on Organizational Performance: Evidence from the New York City School System,” (with J. Zambrano and S. Nicholson-Crotty), Public Administration, (August 2017)
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“The Politics of Higher Education: University President Ideology and External Networking,” (with T. Rabovsky), Public Administration Review 76 (5): 743-777 (2016)
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“Reexamining Causes and Consequences: Does Administrative Intensity Matter for Organizational Performance?” International Public Management Journal 19 (3): 342-369 (2016)
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“Organizational Turnaround: Moving Beyond One-Size-Fits-All Solutions,” (with Nathan Favero), International Public Management Journal, 23(3)315-35 (April 2019)
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Race and Public Administration, (co-editor with Kenneth J. Meier), Routledge (2020)
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“The Common Denominator: Persistent Racial Gaps in the Administration of Policy,” (with Kenneth J. Meier), Race and Public Administration, (March 2020)
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“Will the Tide Lift All Boats? Examining the Equity Effects of Performance Funding Policies in U.S. Higher Education,” (with Nathan Favero), Research in Higher Education, 61, 1-25, (February 2020)
- "Do Public/Private Differences Matter? Managerial Characteristics and Organizational Performance across Sectors of US Higher Education," (with C. Stieg), chapter in Comparative Public Management: Why National, Environmental, and Organizational Context Matters, Georgetown University Press, (2017)
- "The Future Role of Context: The International Research Agenda," (with L. O'Toole and K. Meier), chapter in Comparative Public Management: Why National, Environmental, and Organizational Context Matters, Georgetown University Press, (2017)
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“Dynsimpie: A Program to Examine Dynamic Compositional Dependent Variables,” (with A.Q. Philips, G.D. Whitten) Stata Journal, (3) 662-667 (September 2016)
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“Goal Ambiguity in Financial Aid and the Contingency of Organizational Mission,” Journal of Student Financial Aid, (2) 2-24, (August 2016)
- “Mitigating Unintended Impacts? The Effects of Premiums for Underserved Populations in Performance-Funding Policies for Higher Education,” (with Denisa Gándara), Research in Higher Education, (2017)
- “Partisanship, Structure, and Representation: The Puzzle of African American Education Politics,” (with K.J. Meier) The American Political Science Review 108 (2): 265-280 (2014)
- “Organizational Turnaround and Educational Performance: The Impact of Performance-Based Monitoring Analysis Systems,” The American Review of Public Administration 44 (4): 440-458 (2014)
- “Management Decisions in a Performance Driven System: Theory and Empirical Tests in Higher Education,” (Rutherford, Amanda with K. J. Meier), Public Administration 93(1): 17-33 (2015)
- “Evaluating Impacts of Performance Funding Policies on Student Outcomes,” (Rutherford, Amanda with T. Rabovsky) The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science 655 (1): 185-208 (2014)
- “Partisanship, Structure, and Representation: The Puzzle of African American Education Politics,” (Rutherford, Amanda with K.J. Meier) The American Political Science Review 108 (2): 265-280 (2014)
- “Organizational Turnaround and Educational Performance: The Impact of Performance-Based Monitoring Analysis Systems,” Rutherford, Amanda, The American Review of Public Administration 44 (4): 440-458 (2014)