Abstract
Replication is increasingly recognized as an important part of knowledge production in the social sciences, especially for experimental research. However, despite growing use of experiments, replication is little discussed or practiced in public management. We review the approach to replication taken by research in leading public management journals and note its scarcity. We then use a typology developed by Tsang and Kwan to classify the experimental replications undertaken by the articles in this special issue, which reveals a substantial variety of approach. We conclude by suggesting that replication is undertaken for different purposes and present a protocol about replication for experimental public management research.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1221-1234 |
| Number of pages | 14 |
| Journal | Public Management Review |
| Volume | 19 |
| Issue number | 9 |
| Early online date | 2 Mar 2017 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2017 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:© 2017 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.
Funding
This article was supported by University Grants Committee, Research Grants Council Project No.: 9042434 (CityU 11611516) project title: Organizational design and public management: Extending the experimental methods agenda and through City University of Hong Kong (Department of Public Policy Conference Grant and College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences, Capacity Building Grant) and National Research Foundation of Korea Grant, the Korean Government (NRF-2011-330-B00194).
Keywords
- experiments
- replication protocol
- Replications