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James Perry

Distinguished Professor, Director of Online Education
and Editor-in-Chief, Public Administration Review


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perry@indiana.edu
(812) 856-2984
SPEA Room 410E


Education
Ph.D., Syracuse University, 1974
M.P.A., Syracuse University, 1972
B.A., University of Chicago, 1970

Professional Experience

  • Adjunct Professor, Indiana University, Philanthropic Studies
  • Adjunct Professor, Indiana University, Department of Political Science
  • Yonsei University
  • Chinese University of Hong Kong
  • University of California, Irvine
  • University of Wisconsin, Madison
  • Indiana University—Purdue University Indianapolis
  • University of Hong Kong

Awards, Honors & Certifications

  • Messick Fellow, University of Delaware, 2009
  • Distinguished Service, Section on Personnel Administration and Labor Relations, American Society for Public Administration, 2009
  • Dwight Waldo Award, American Society for Public Administration, 2008
  • Best Paper Award, Journal of Public Affairs Education, 2007
  • Fulbright Distinguished Lecturer, Yonsei University, Seoul, South Korea, 2007
  • Senior Postdoctoral Fellow, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium, 2006-2007
  • Paul P. Van Riper Award for Excellence and Service, American Society for Public Administration, 2006
  • Best Book Award, Public and Nonprofit Division, Academy of Management, 2004
  • Academy of Management Journals’ Hall of Fame, Honorable Mention, 2001
  • Fellow, National Academy of Public Administration, 1998
  • Distinguished Research Award, American Society for Public Administration and National Association of Schools of Public Affairs and Administration, 1997
  • National Association of Schools of Public Affairs and Administration Fellow, 1992
  • Charles H. Levine Best Paper Award, Academy of Management, Public Sector Division, 1992
  • Sir Run Run Shaw Visiting Scholar, Shaw College, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1991
  • Charles H. Levine Memorial Award for Excellence in Public Administration, American Society for Public Administration and National Association of Schools of Public Affairs and Administration, 1991
  • Fulbright Scholar, Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1986

Professional Interests
Public service motivation, government and civil service reform, public management, public human resource management, national and community service, performance-related pay, public organizational behavior

Current Projects

  • Editor-in-chief designate, Public Administration Review, 2010 to present
  • Editorial Board, Public Administration, 2010 to present
  • Editorial Board, Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, 2010 to present
  • Editorial Board, International Review of Public Administration, 2008 to present

Selected Publications
Full Vita (pdf)

For a full list of publications and links to pdf files, see James L. Perry

  • Coursey, D., Brudney, J., Littlepage, L. and Perry, J.L. (2011). Does volunteering domain matter for public service motivation? A test of functional theory. Review of Public Personnel Administration.
  • Perry, J.L. (In press). Advancing creativity and citizen engagement by collaborative leadership. Journal of Governance Studies.
  • Perry, J.L. and Buckwalter, N.D. (2010). The public service of the future. Public Administration Review, 70 (December), S238-S245.
  • Perry, J.L. (2010). Jossey-Bass reader on nonprofit and public leadership. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
  • Bielefeld, W., Perry, J.L., & Thomson, A.M. (2010). Reluctant Partners? Nonprofit collaboration, social entrepreneurship, and leverage volunteerism. Handbook of American Bureaucracy. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Pp. 421-446.
  • Thomson, A.M., J.L. Perry, and T.K. Miller. (2009). "Conceptualizing and measuring collaboration," Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory, 19(1), 23-56.
  • Perry, J.L., Engers, T. and Jun, So Yun. (2009). Back to the future? Performance-related pay, empirical research, and the perils of persistence. Public Administration Review, 69(1), 39-51.
  • Hondeghem, A. & Perry, J.L. (2009). EGPA symposium on public service motivation and performance: Introduction. International Review of Administrative Sciences, 75(1), 5-10.
  • Paarlberg, L., Perry, J.L., and Hondeghem, A. (2008). From theory to practice: Strategies for applying public service motivation. In Perry, J.L. and Hondeghem, A., Motivation in Public Management: The Call of Public Service. Oxford: Oxford University Press. pp 268-293.
  • Perry, J. L. and A. Hondeghem. (2008). Motivation in Public Management: The Call of Public Service. Oxford: Oxford University Press
  • Lah, T.J. and J.L. Perry. (2008). "The diffusion of the Civil Service Reform Act of 1978 in OECD countries: A tale of two paths to reform." Review of Public Personnel Administration, 28(3)
  • Park, H.M. and J.L. Perry. (2008). "Do campaign web sites really matter in electoral civic engagement?" Empirical evidence from the 2004 post-election Internet tracking survey. Social Science Computer Review, 26(2):190-212
  • Coursey, D., J.L. Perry, J. Brudney, and L. Littlepage. (2008). "Psychometric verification of Perry’s public service motivation instrument: Results for volunteer exemplars." Review of Public Personnel Administration, 28(1):79-90
  • Perry, J.L., J.L. Brudney, D. Coursey, and L. Littlepage. (2008). "What drives morally committed citizens?" A study of the antecedents of public service motivation. Public Administration Review, 68(3):445-458
  • Perry, J.L. and A. Hondeghem. (2008). "Building theory and empirical evidence about public service motivation." International Public Management Journal, 11(1):3-12
  • Paarlberg, L. and J.L. Perry. (2007). "Values management: Aligning employee values and organizational goals." American Review of Public Administration, 37(4):387-408
  • Perry, J.L. (2007). "Democracy and the new public service." American Review of Public Administration, 37(3):3-16
  • Littlepage, L., J.L. Perry, J. Brudney, and P. Goff. (2007). "Exemplary volunteers: What is the role of faith?" The International Journal of Volunteer Administration, 24(5):13-25
  • Imperial, M.T., J.L. Perry, and M.C. Katula. (2007). "Effective service learning in public affairs: Lessons from the literature." Journal of Public Affairs Education, 13(2):231-252
  • Perry, J. L. and S. Jones. (2006).Quick Hits for Educating Citizens. Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press
  • Chen, Y.C. and J.L. Perry. (2006). Global Healthcare Crises: How Information Technology Can Address Pandemics and Disasters. Armonk, NY: IBM. (Accessed on June 10, 2008 at http://www-03.ibm.com/industries/healthcare/doc/content/bin/Global_Healthcare_Crises_How_Information.pdf
  • Harlow, K. and J.L. Perry. (2006). "Public affairs and healthcare administration: Crosscutting competencies and multiple accreditation challenges for academic programs." Journal of Public Affairs Education, 12(2):197-211. (Winner of the 2006 Outstanding JPAE Article Award)
  • Thomson, A.M. and J.L. Perry. (2006). "Collaboration processes: Inside the black box." Public Administration Review, 66:19-32 (December, Special Issue)
  • Perry, J.L., D. Mesch, and L. Paarlberg. (2006). "Motivating employees in a new governance era: The performance paradigm revisited." Public Administration Review, 66:505-514. (July/August). (A significantly expanded online version, accessed on June 10, 2008, is available at http://www.aspanet.org/scriptcontent/custom/staticcontent/t2pdownloads/PerryArticle.htm)
  • Perry, J. L. and A.M. Thomson. (2004). Civic Service: What Difference Does It Make? Armonk, NY: M.E. Sharpe. (Winner of the Best Book Award, Public and Nonprofit Division, Academy of Management)
  • Perry, J.L. (2004). "Civic service in North America." Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, 33S:161S-183S. (December)