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James L. Perry

Social Sciences · Indiana University

OpenAlex ORCID
Established · publishing since 1974
Public Policy and Administration ResearchNonprofit Sector and VolunteeringAccounting and Organizational ManagementJob Satisfaction and Organizational BehaviorE-Government and Public Services

Publications

224

Citations

26,786

Est. group size

—

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

52

Publishing since 1974

Research summary
AI-generated

James L. Perry studies how public sector organizations manage and motivate their workforce, with particular attention to what drives people to serve in government roles. Recent work examines topics such as job security, merit-based hiring and exams, pay structures, and how these factors affect the performance of public agencies, often using comparative studies across countries and the Asia-Pacific region.

Public administration and managementPublic service motivationGovernment employment policy and merit systemsOrganizational performance and behaviorComparative and cross-national research

Publication activity has been steady over the last five years (around four per year) following a peak in 2020.

Generated by claude-opus-4-8 from public bibliographic data · Jul 9, 2026

In context
Among 1,197 established Social Sciences PIs within our index
Citations: 26,786cohort median 1,128
h-index: 48cohort median 16
Publications / year (recent): 4.0cohort median 2.2

Typically publishes in teams of ~2 · 86% small-team papers (≤3 authors) · across 20 venues

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 4.0/year recently
2017: 8 publications172018: 3 publications182019: 8 publications192020: 18 publications18202021: 2 publications212022: 3 publications222023: 5 publications232024: 5 publications242025: 7 publications2526
Collaborators per year
Distinct co-authors at Indiana University each year — a rough indication of whether the group around this researcher has been growing or contracting. An estimate from co-authorship, not a roster: collaborators are not necessarily lab members, and recent years can be under-counted while indexing catches up.
2017: 0 collaborators at the same institution2018: 0 collaborators at the same institution2019: 0 collaborators at the same institution2020: 1 collaborator at the same institution2021: 0 collaborators at the same institution2022: 1 collaborator at the same institution2023: 0 collaborators at the same institution2024: 0 collaborators at the same institution2025: 0 collaborators at the same institution1719212325
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • Public Administration Review×15
  • Cambridge University Press eBooks×10
  • Asia Pacific Journal of Public Administration×7
  • Public Administration×3
  • Perspectives on Public Management and Governance×3
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Last updated Sep 1, 2026.

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