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Research Trends of Public Service in Korea

  • Korean Society and Public Administration
  • Abbr : KSPA
  • 2013, 24(2), pp.177-210
  • Publisher : Seoul Association For Public Administration
  • Research Area : Social Science > Public Administration

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ABSTRACT

This study analyzes research trends in articles on public service which were published in seven journals including Korean Society and Public Administration. The research findings are as follows. First, there was generally little interest in research on public service in the 1990s, but since 2002 there has been a gradual increase in research in this area, with more than 30 articles published about public service in 2012. However, the share of those articles published in Korean Society and Public Administration remains relatively small. Second, most articles about public service focus on the fields of public health and human services, followed by general management and theory. By specific field of research, 28.5% focus on social welfare and labor, 7.3% on the police, and 3.4% on public health and medicine. Third, 221 articles (64.6%) use empirical and positivist approaches, while 95 (27.8%) use practical and prescriptive approaches, and 26 (7.6%) use normative approaches. Research propensity was a little strong, which suggests that the associations need to change the academic atmosphere to achieve more balanced research. Fourth, the behavioral approach was used most often to study public service (25.7%), followed by the new institutional approach (25.7%). Fifth, the most common subject was the performance of public service including effectiveness and consequences, followed by the efficiency of service provision, and institutional arrangements such as vouchers, contracts, and grants. Finally, researchers studying public service live and work in all areas of, and while only a few scholars concentrate on public service, other researchers study the topic as just one part of their wider work.

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