Brian K. Collins is an associate professor at the University of North Texas. His research interests include the institutional analysis of grant program administration at the state and local levels, and the implications for managerial capacity in governance networks. This includes substantive analysis of community development programs and healthcare policies with an emphasis upon childhood immunization and terrorism response. The effectiveness of faith-based organizations in policy implementation is another outgrowth of this agenda. Additional research includes the relationship between public opinion and policy as linked through citizen satisfaction surveys and their use in performance management.
Citizen Satisfaction and Performance in the Public Sector
Are satisfied citizens willing to pay more? Public sector consumerism as equitable social exchange. (with Hyun J. Kim), Public Money & Mangement (2009)
Treating citizens like customers is a common prescription for public managers, but citizens differ from...
What’s the problem in public Sector workforce recruitment? A comparative analysis of the public, nonprofit, and private sectors., International Journal of Public Administration (2008)
Public sector workforce recruitment is problematic, but the nature of that problem is not clearly...
General Public Management
What’s the problem in public Sector workforce recruitment? A comparative analysis of the public, nonprofit, and private sectors., International Journal of Public Administration (2008)
Public sector workforce recruitment is problematic, but the nature of that problem is not clearly...
Intergovernmental Administration Issues
Taken for granted? Managing for social equity in grant programs. (with Brian J. Gerber), Public Administration Review (2008)
Managing for social equity performance has long been a goal without much guidance for public...
Redistributive Policy and Devolution: Is state-administration a road block (grant) to equitable access to federal funds? (with Brian J. Gerber), Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory (2006)
Over the last several decades, block grants have been a key instrument by which policy...
Time Series & Dynamic Models
The political economy of corporate taxation. (with John T. Williams), American Journal of Political Science (1997)
Theory: We propose a theory of corporate taxation in the United States that builds on...