Edmund C. Stazyk

Edmund Stazyk is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Public Administration and Policy within the School of Public Affairs at American University. His research focuses on the application of organization theory and behavior to public management, public administration theory, and human resources issues. Professor Stazyk's primary interests are in the areas of organizational and individual performance with an emphasis on employee and public service motivation. He also conducts research in the areas of bureaucracy and organizational design, ethics, and human capital.

EDUCATION

PhD, Public Administration, University of Kansas (2009)

MPA, Public Administration, University of Akron (2006)

BA, Public Administration, Miami University (2002)

PUBLICATIONS

Articles

Stazyk, Edmund C., Sanjay K. Pandey, and Bradley E. Wright. (Forthcoming). "Understanding Affective Organizational Commitment: The Importance of Institutional Context." American Review of Public Administration.

Stazyk, Edmund C., and Holly T. Goerdel. (2011). "The Benefits of Bureaucracy: Public Managers' Perceptions of Political Support, Goal Ambiguity, and Organizational Effectiveness." Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory 21(4): 645-672.

Llorens, Jared J., and Edmund C. Stazyk. (2011). "How Important are Competitive Wages? Exploring the Impact of Relative Wage Rates on Employee Turnover in State Government." Review of Public Personnel Administration 31(2): 111-127. LEAD ARTICLE.

Durant, Robert F., Edmund C. Stazyk, and William G. Resh. (2010). "Faithful Infidelity: 'Political Time,' George W. Bush, and the Paradox of 'Big Government' Conservatism." Review of Public Personnel Administration 30(4): 379-403.

Book Chapters

Stazyk, Edmund C., and Raymond W. Cox III. (Forthcoming). "Enforcement of Ethics Rules: Ethics Commissions in the United States." In U. Omurgonulsen and M. K. Oktem (Eds.), Public Service Ethics: An International Perspective (Chapter 10).

Frederickson, H. George, and Edmund C. Stazyk. (2010). "Bureaucracy: The Visible Hand." In R. F. Durant (Ed.), The Oxford Handbook of American Bureaucracy, 349-371. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Frederickson, H. George, and Edmund C. Stazyk. (2010). "Ranking U.S. Public Affairs Educational Programs: Searching for Quality, Finding Equilibrium." In H. Margetts, P. 6, and C. Hood (Eds.), Paradoxes of Modernization: Unintended Consequences of Public Policy Reform, 63-80. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Pandey, Sanjay K., and Edmund C. Stazyk. (2008). "Antecedents and Correlates of Public Service Motivation." In J. L. Perry and A. Hongdeghem (Eds.), Motivation in Public Management, 101-117. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Reviews/Commentaries/Symposia

Stazyk, Edmund C. (2011). "Public Service Motivation and Person-Environment Fit." PUBLIC 23(May).

Stazyk, Edmund C. (2010). Review of "The Struggle to Limit Government: A Modern Political History." Public Organization Review 10(4): 399-401.