Although there is consensus among scholars that red tape has negative consequences, there is a lack of synthesis on these negative effects. We conduct a meta-analysis and meta-regression of public administration evidence and ask: What is the impact of red tape on organizational performance and employee outcomes, and which conditions moderate this impact? Our meta-analysis finds that red tape has a significant, negative, and small-to-medium impact on both organizational performance and employee outcomes. Meta-regression shows that red tape imposed by the organization itself is more harmful than red tape imposed by external parties. Moreover, red tape's negative impact remains quite stable across sectors, administrative traditions, and resear...
Extant public management studies examining the management of environmental challenges predominantly ...
Using a measure of red tape based on the amount of time required for the performance of core organiz...
textabstractIn this study, we aim to replicate and extend the negative effect of red tape on procedu...
Although there is consensus among scholars that red tape has negative consequences, there is a lack ...
Red tape has been viewed as a key concept in public administration for decades and one that can sign...
Red tape has been viewed as a key concept in public administration for decades and one that can sign...
Conference Theme: Policy Analysis and Public Management in an Age of Scarcity: The Challenges of Ass...
This article adopts an organizational echelon approach to the study of red tape in public organizati...
While targeting bureaucratic red tape is a component of most real-world efforts to improve the ef...
This study investigates the impact of red tape on governmental performance in the context of English...
Red tape, a topic of fundamental importance in the study of organizations, has received scant attent...
Most research has conceptualized red tape as being a pathological subset of organizational formaliza...
We focus on the relationships among administrative delay, red tape, and red tape–related organizatio...
A number of recent empirical studies have examined red tape in public and private organizations. Con...
Extant public management studies examining the management of environmental challenges predominantly ...
Extant public management studies examining the management of environmental challenges predominantly ...
Using a measure of red tape based on the amount of time required for the performance of core organiz...
textabstractIn this study, we aim to replicate and extend the negative effect of red tape on procedu...
Although there is consensus among scholars that red tape has negative consequences, there is a lack ...
Red tape has been viewed as a key concept in public administration for decades and one that can sign...
Red tape has been viewed as a key concept in public administration for decades and one that can sign...
Conference Theme: Policy Analysis and Public Management in an Age of Scarcity: The Challenges of Ass...
This article adopts an organizational echelon approach to the study of red tape in public organizati...
While targeting bureaucratic red tape is a component of most real-world efforts to improve the ef...
This study investigates the impact of red tape on governmental performance in the context of English...
Red tape, a topic of fundamental importance in the study of organizations, has received scant attent...
Most research has conceptualized red tape as being a pathological subset of organizational formaliza...
We focus on the relationships among administrative delay, red tape, and red tape–related organizatio...
A number of recent empirical studies have examined red tape in public and private organizations. Con...
Extant public management studies examining the management of environmental challenges predominantly ...
Extant public management studies examining the management of environmental challenges predominantly ...
Using a measure of red tape based on the amount of time required for the performance of core organiz...
textabstractIn this study, we aim to replicate and extend the negative effect of red tape on procedu...