Kenneth J. Meier

22.4k total citations · 6 hit papers
340 papers, 15.9k citations indexed

About

Kenneth J. Meier is a scholar working on Public Administration, Political Science and International Relations and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Kenneth J. Meier has authored 340 papers receiving a total of 15.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 132 papers in Public Administration, 95 papers in Political Science and International Relations and 79 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in Kenneth J. Meier's work include Public Policy and Administration Research (128 papers), School Choice and Performance (42 papers) and Electoral Systems and Political Participation (41 papers). Kenneth J. Meier is often cited by papers focused on Public Policy and Administration Research (128 papers), School Choice and Performance (42 papers) and Electoral Systems and Political Participation (41 papers). Kenneth J. Meier collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Netherlands. Kenneth J. Meier's co-authors include Laurence J. O’Toole, John Bohte, George A. Boyne, Jill Nicholson‐Crotty, Richard W. Waterman, Robert E. England, Joseph Stewart, Richard M. Walker, Robert D. Wrinkle and J. L. Polinard and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews and American Journal of Public Health.

In The Last Decade

Kenneth J. Meier

330 papers receiving 14.2k citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Modeling the Impact of Public Management: Implications of Structural Context

1999 439 citations Laurence J. O’Toole, Kenneth J. Meier profile →
Principal-Agent Models: An Expansion?

1998 407 citations Kenneth J. Meier et al. profile →
Subjective Organizational Performance and Measurement Error: Common Source Bias and Spurious Relationships

2012 344 citations Kenneth J. Meier, Laurence J. O’Toole profile →
Managerial Strategies and Behavior in Networks: A Model with Evidence from U.S. Public Education

2001 343 citations Kenneth J. Meier et al. profile →
Representative Bureaucracy: An Empirical Analysis

1975 255 citations Kenneth J. Meier profile →
Public Management, Context, and Performance: In Quest of a More General Theory

2014 229 citations Laurence J. O’Toole, Kenneth J. Meier profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Kenneth J. Meier	7.1k	5.5k	5.3k	2.8k	2.3k	340	15.9k
Barry Bozeman	4.1k 0.6×	3.7k 0.7×	4.0k 0.7×	5.3k 1.9×	685 0.3×	310	19.2k
James L. Perry	6.1k 0.9×	5.1k 0.9×	5.7k 1.1×	2.7k 1.0×	510 0.2×	154	18.0k
Donald P. Moynihan	6.2k 0.9×	3.4k 0.6×	4.2k 0.8×	1.9k 0.7×	607 0.3×	215	12.6k
Arne L. Kalleberg	3.0k 0.4×	1.9k 0.3×	7.0k 1.3×	1.6k 0.6×	2.2k 0.9×	191	17.9k
Christopher Hood	7.9k 1.1×	6.3k 1.2×	3.8k 0.7×	3.3k 1.2×	207 0.1×	108	16.9k
Brian Rowan	2.3k 0.3×	2.8k 0.5×	5.1k 1.0×	6.6k 2.4×	902 0.4×	62	24.2k
Neil Fligstein	1.5k 0.2×	3.1k 0.6×	5.6k 1.0×	4.4k 1.6×	614 0.3×	150	16.1k
Laurence J. O’Toole	4.9k 0.7×	3.1k 0.6×	2.8k 0.5×	1.6k 0.6×	269 0.1×	152	8.8k
B. Guy Peters	4.1k 0.6×	6.2k 1.1×	3.4k 0.6×	2.2k 0.8×	218 0.1×	247	12.8k
George A. Boyne	4.6k 0.6×	3.1k 0.6×	2.2k 0.4×	2.2k 0.8×	209 0.1×	189	9.4k

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Meier, Kenneth J., et al.. (2025). Benefits, blame, and budgets: Citizen responses to cutback management strategies in public education. International Public Management Journal. 28(6). 848–869.

Meier, Kenneth J., et al.. (2022). Sit it out or dance: Representative bureaucracy contagion effects in health care. International Public Management Journal. 27(3). 401–421. 8 indexed citations

Meier, Kenneth J.. (2022). It all depends: Reflections on the art of mentoring PhD students in public affairs. Journal of Public Affairs Education. 29(3). 313–326. 5 indexed citations

Song, Miyeon, et al.. (2021). Gender differences in performance-driven managerial innovation: evidence from US nursing homes. International Public Management Journal. 25(6). 841–861. 5 indexed citations

Meier, Kenneth J., et al.. (2021). Sector Bias and the Credibility of Performance Information: An Experimental Study of Elder Care Provision. Public Administration Review. 82(1). 69–82. 37 indexed citations

An, Seung‐Ho, Ulrich Thy Jensen, Louise Ladegaard Bro, et al.. (2020). Seeing eye to eye: can leadership training align perceptions of leadership?. International Public Management Journal. 25(1). 2–23. 5 indexed citations

Amirkhanyan, Anna A., et al.. (2019). Citizen Participation and Its Impact on Performance in U.S. Nursing Homes. The American Review of Public Administration. 49(7). 840–854. 18 indexed citations

Meier, Kenneth J.. (2017). Comparative public management: why context matters in public administration. ORCA Online Research @Cardiff (Cardiff University). 2 indexed citations

Meier, Kenneth J., et al.. (2016). MANAGING SOCIAL CAPITAL AND DIVERSITY FOR PERFORMANCE IN PUBLIC ORGANIZATIONS. Public Administration. 94(3). 609–629. 27 indexed citations

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Meier, Kenneth J., et al.. (2014). Social Context, Management, and Organizational Performance: When human capital and social capital serve as substitutes. Public Management Review. 18(2). 258–277. 19 indexed citations

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Sigelman, Lee, et al.. (2010). The wit and humor of political science. 1 indexed citations

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Meier, Kenneth J., Jeffrey L. Brudney, & John Bohte. (2009). Applied statistics for public and nonprofit administration. EngagedScholarship @ Cleveland State University (Cleveland State University). 46 indexed citations

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Wenger, Jeffrey B., Laurence J. O’Toole, & Kenneth J. Meier. (2008). Trading Speed for accuracy? Managing goal conflict and accomodation in the US Unemployment insurance program. University of Twente Research Information. 21 indexed citations

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Espino, Rodolfo, David L. Leal, & Kenneth J. Meier. (2007). Latino politics: identity, mobilization, and representation. University of Virginia Press eBooks. 70 indexed citations

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Meier, Kenneth J., Jeffrey L. Brudney, & John Bohte. (2006). Applied statistics for public and nonprofit administration. 6th rev.ed.. ORCA Online Research @Cardiff. 5 indexed citations

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Meier, Kenneth J. & John Bohte. (2003). Not With A Bang, But A Whimper: Explaining Organizational Failures. ORCA Online Research @Cardiff (Cardiff University). 1 indexed citations

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Smith, Kevin B. & Kenneth J. Meier. (1995). School Choice: Panacea or Pandora's Box?.. Phi Delta Kappan. 77(4). 312. 4 indexed citations

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Meier, Kenneth J. & Deborah R. McFarlane. (1995). Statutory Coherence and Policy Implementation: The Case of Family Planning. Journal of Public Policy. 15(3). 281–298. 26 indexed citations

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Meier, Kenneth J. & Katherine B. Smith. (1994). Representative democracy and representative bureaucracy: examining the top-down and bottom-up linkages. Social Science Quarterly. 75(4). 790–803. 38 indexed citations

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Meier, Kenneth J. & Deborah R. McFarlane. (1994). State family planning and abortion expenditures: their effect on public health.. American Journal of Public Health. 84(9). 1468–1472. 44 indexed citations

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