Many of the fundamental research questions in public administration relate to individual- or organization-level temporal dynamics, including the impact of public sector reforms, (in)stability of public policies and organizations, development of public service motivation, or the workplace socialization of public employees. However, theoretical, methodological, and empirical public administration scholarship continues to take time and temporal dynamics insufficiently seriously. This constitutes a major shortcoming within the profession and implies that we are yet to unlock the transformative potential of longitudinal research. Building on the recent development of novel research infrastructures that can support the study of temporal dynamics of—and within—public organizations, this Symposium pushes for a “longitudinal turn” in the study of public administration. We maintain that more concerted efforts to apply a temporal lens to our research endeavors are critical to theorize, empirically assess, and understand public administrations as well as the bureaucrats employed within them.

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是时候了！公共行政中的时间动态和纵向研究设计

公共行政中的许多基本研究问题都与个人或组织层面的时间动态有关，包括公共部门改革的影响、公共政策和组织的稳定性、公共服务动机的发展或公共部门的工作场所社会化。雇员。然而，理论、方法论和实证的公共行政学术仍然对时间和时间动态不够重视。这是该行业的一个主要缺陷，意味着我们尚未释放纵向研究的变革潜力。本次研讨会以最近发展的新型研究基础设施为基础，可以支持公共组织及其内部的时间动态研究，推动公共行政研究的“纵向转向”。我们认为，更加协调一致地努力将时间视角应用于我们的研究工作对于理论化、实证评估和理解公共行政以及公共行政中雇用的官僚至关重要。