Books

Co-author with Robert Herman, Executive Leadership in Nonprofit Organizations, San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1991. Translated to Japanese, 1999

Associate Editor, The International Encyclopedia of Public Policy and Administration, Boulder CO: Westview Press/Harper Collins, 1997

Co-author with Thomas Vocino, Public Administration in Transition, New York: Marcel Dekker, Inc., 1987

Co-author with Ann-Marie Rizzo, Innovations in Teaching Public Administration and Affairs, published by the University of Missouri-Kansas City and Florida International University, 1980

Refereed Journal Articles

"Board Practices and Board Effectiveness in Local Nonprofit Organizations," Nonprofit Management and Leadership: A Quarterly Journal, Summer 1997, Vol. 7, No.4, (with Robert Herman and David Renz). This article was chosen as a candidate  for the annual Editor's Prize for the Best Scholarly Paper in Nonprofit Management and Leadership for 1997.

"Assessing and Developing a New Strategic Direction for the Executive MBA," Journal of Management, Nov.1996, Vol. 20 No. 4, (senior author with Marilyn Taylor and Rick Stillwell)


"Researching Nonprofit Organizational Effectiveness: Whose Criteria," 1995, Voluntas, May, Vol.6, No.1, (with Robert Herman)


"The Political Dimension of Effective Nonprofit Executive Leadership," 1995, Vol.5, No.3, Spring 1995, Nonprofit Management and Leadership: A Quarterly Journal, 233-248, (senior author with Robert Herman, and Carole L. Jurkiewicz). The article was voted the 1996 winner of the Peter F. Drucker Prize for the Best Scholarly Paper in Nonprofit Management and Leadership: A Quarterly Journal by the Peter F. Drucker Foundation for Nonprofit Management, and the editorial and advisory boards of the journal. A prize of $3,000 accompanied the award.


"A Cross-National Study of a Method for Researching Nonprofit Organizational Effectiveness," 1994, Voluntas, April/May, Vol. 5, No. 1, 86-100 (with Robert Herman).


"Executive Leadership and Resource Dependence in Nonprofit Organizations: A Frame Analysis," 1993, Public Administration Review, Vol. 53, No. 5, 419-427, (senior author with Robert Herman and Carole Coughlin)


"An Investigation of Leadership Skill Differences in Nonprofit Chief Executives," 1990, American Review of Public Administration, Vol. 20, No. 2, 107-124, (with Robert Herman)


"The Effective Nonprofit Executive: Leader of the Board," 1990, Nonprofit Management and Leadership, Vol.1, No. 2, 167-180, (with Robert Herman)


"The Responsibility for Critical Events in Nonprofit Organizations," Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, Vol. 19, No. 1, 1990, 59-72 (as senior author with Robert Herman)


"The Salient Management Skills of Nonprofit Managers: A Conceptual Framework for a Curriculum for Managers in Nonprofit Organizations," Vol.19, No.4, 1989, 295-312, American Review of Public Administration, (as senior author with Robert D. Herman)


"Critical Events in the Management of Nonprofit Organizations," Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, Vol. 18, No. 2, 1989, 119-132 (with Robert D. Herman)


"Gender and the Attributions of Chief Executive Responsibility for Successful or Unsuccessful Organizational Outcomes," Sex Roles: Journal of Research, Vol. 18, Nos.9/10, 1988, 623-626 (as senior author with Robert Herman)


"Trust and Influence in an Ambiguous Group Setting," Small Group Behavior, Vol. 15, No. 4, 1984, 545-552


"The Influence of Interpersonal Relationships on Group Decision Making," Educational Administration Quarterly, Vol. 14, No.3, Fall 1978, 61-73.


"Organization Development in the Curriculum of Schools of Public Affairs and Administration," Southern Review of Public Administration, Vol. I, No. 4, 1978, 61-73


"Employee Behavior as an Exchange Process," Midwest Review of Public Administration, Winter, 1976 (as senior author with F.G. Brown)

Chapters in Books

"Advocacy Organizations," "Independent Sector," "Neighborhood-Based Organizations," Voluntary Social Service Agencies," articles in The International Encyclopedia of Public Policy and Administration, Associate Editor, Editor-in-Chief, Jay Shafritz, Westview Press/Harper Collins, 1997.

"Changing the Climate, Culture, and Values of a Department of Public Works," in Public Works Administration: Modern Public Policy Perspectives, edited by Lucille Grewer, Sage Publications: Newbury Park, CA.,1996.


"Executive Leadership," co-authored with R. Herman, in Handbook of Nonprofit Management and Leadership, edited by R. Herman, San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1994.


"Management Systems in Public Organizations," chapter as contributing author, in T.P. Murphy (ed.) Contemporary Public Administration, Peacock, 1981

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"Perspectives on the Internship Experience," chapter, as contributing author, in T.P. Murphy (ed.) Public Management Internships: Education for Change, D.C. Heath, 1974.


"Research and Development in Universities and Colleges," chapter, as contributing author, in T.P. Murphy (ed.) Geopolitics and Federal Spending, D.C. Heath, 1973


"Geographic Distribution of Federal Research and Development," chapter, as contributing author, in T.P. Murphy (ed.), Geopolitics and Federal Spending, D.C. Heath, 1973

Journal Editorship

Member, Editorial Board, Journal of Nonprofit and Public Sector Marketing, 1993-

Member, Editorial Board, American Review of Public Administration, 1987-. Formerly, Midwest Review of Public Administration, 1979-81

Member, Editorial Board, Public Administration Quarterly, 1983-.

Reviewer, Public Administration Review, 1984- .

Editor, Proceedings, Organizational Behavior: American Institute for Decision Sciences, 1981; Symposium Issue, "Crisis in Public Administration," Southern Review of Public Administration, 1982


Proceedings and Other Publications


"Board Practices, Board Effectiveness, and Organizational Effectiveness in Local Nonprofit Organizations," in Nonprofit Research News, Vol.2, No.2, Autumn 1995 (with Robert Herman).


"Board Practices, Board Effectiveness in Local Nonprofit Organizations," Nonprofit Research Fund of the Aspen Institute, Dec. 15, 1994 (with Robert Herman).
"Variability in Practices in Effectiveness in Nonprofit Boards of Directors," Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action, Oct.20-22, 1994 (with Robert Herman and David Renz).


"The Heroic Board and the Board-Centered Chief Executive," Board Member, Vol. 2, No. 2, Mar.-April, 1993, Washington D.C.: National Center for Nonprofit Boards (with Robert Herman).


"Voluntary Organizational Effectiveness," in 1992 Extended Abstracts of the Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action (with Robert Herman).


"Judgements of Nonprofit Organizational Effectiveness," in Proceedings: Annual Conference of Association of Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action, Sept. 1991 (with Robert D. Herman and E. Weaver).

"The Roles and Skills of Nonprofit Chief Executives," Managing Voluntary Organization: An Agenda for the Future, Mel S. Moyer (ed.), Toronto: York University, 1989 (with Robert Herman).

"Leadership and Nonprofit Organizations Leadership Beyond the Boundary," in Proceedings: Association of Voluntary Action Scholars, September 27, 1989 (with Robert D. Herman).

"An Investigation of Leadership Skill Difference in Chief Executives of Nonprofit Organizations," in Profiles of Excellence and Effectiveness in Nonprofit Organizations, edited by E. B. Knauft, Washington, D. C. The Independent Sector, 1989, (with Robert D. Herman).

"Nonprofit Chief Executives' Careers and Work," Proceedings of the 1989 Independent Sector Research Forum, Chicago, Mar. 10, 1989 (with Robert D. Herman).

"Attributions of Responsibility in Nonprofit Organizations," in the Proceedings of Voluntary Action Scholars, Oct. 20, 1988 (with Robert D. Herman)

"Gender and Nonprofit Chief Executive Salaries: A Regression Analysis," in Proceedings: The Association of Voluntary Action Scholars, Oct. 19, 1988 (with Robert D. Herman).

"Public Administration Contributions to the Education of Managers of Nonprofit Organizations," in Proceedings: The Association of Voluntary Action Scholars, Oct. 16, 1987

"Frontiers of Public Administration Education," Proceedings: The International Association of Schools and Institutes of Administration, July 10, 1987

"Effective Managers of Nonprofit Organizations," Proceedings: Research Forum, Independent Sector, 1987 (with Robert Herman)

"Education for Nonprofit Management," Public Enterprise, Jan. 1987

"Characteristics of the Higher Performing Manager in Not-for-Profit Organizations", Proceedings: Research Forum, Independent Sector, 1986

"The Distribution of Research Dollars" in Executive and Democratic Decision Making: A Reader, Task Force on Science Policy, Committee & Technology, U.S. House of Representatives, 99th Congress, Dec. 1986

"The Nonprofit Sector and Public Administration Education," Public Enterprise, Jan. 1987

"Teaching Organization Development" in the Proceedings: National Conference on Teaching Public Capacity Building for Local Government Elected Officials Through Organization Development, 1978, Kettering Foundation

"Compatibility, Decision Making Structure and Workgroup Performance," Proceedings: American Academy of Management, 1978, (as senior author with D. Zemelman)
"The Methods and Skills of a Process Consultant/Change Agent;" "The Organization Development Process: On-Going Consultation;" "The Organization Development Process: Termination of the Relationship," three chapters for Capacity Building for Local Government Elected Officials Through Organization Development, 1978, Kettering Foundation

"Interpersonal Needs and Pedagogy," Pedagogue, Spring, 1977.

Papers Presented


"The Public Sector and Business: Developing Civic Entrepreneurs" Annual Meeting of the Executive MBA Council," senior author with M. Taylor, Montreal CA, November 2, 1997.

"Assessing and Developing a New Strategic Direction for the Executive MBA," Annual Meeting of the Executive MBA Council," senior author with M. Taylor and R. Stillwell, Seattle, WA., Seattle, WA., Oct. 15, 1995

"Board Practices, Board Effectiveness and Organizational Effectiveness in Local Nonprofit Organizations," Nonprofit Sector Research Fund of the Aspen Institute," with Robert Herman, Dec. 15, 1994

"Variability in Practices and Effectiveness of Nonprofit Boards of Directors: Some Preliminary Evidence," with David Renz and Robert Herman, Annual Meeting of the Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action, Oct.20-22, 1994.

"The Social Construction of Nonprofit Organizational Effectiveness: An Interim Report," with Robert Herman, Extended Abstracts of Annual Meeting of the Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action, Oct. 28-29, 1993.

"Nonprofit Executive Effectiveness and a Political Orientation: Understanding Differences Between Espoused Theories and Theories-in-Use," with Robert Herman, Annual Meeting of the Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action, Oct.28-29, 1993.

"Voluntary Organizations Effectiveness: Evidence from Social Judgment Studies in Britain and the U.S.," with R. Herman, Annual Meeting of the Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action, Oct. 30, 1992.

"Voluntary Organizations and Democratic Governance," with R. Herman, International Institute of Administrative Science, Vienna, Austria, July 19, 1992. Invited.

"Determining Values and Creating a Change Process," 1992 Neely Gardner Seminar in Organizational Change at the 1992 Annual Conference of the American Society for Public Administration, Chicago, April 14, 1992. Invited.

"A Study of Leadership in Nonprofit Organizations." Impact of Leadership Research Conference. Center for Creative Leadership, Colorado Springs, CO, July 27-29, 1991. Invited.

"The Salient Management Skills: A Conceptual Framework for a Curriculum in Nonprofit Organizations," The Clarion Conference, Kennedy School, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass., Feb. 24-25, 1989 (with Robert D. Herman).

"An Analysis of the Reorganization of the Kansas Dept. of Human Resources" was submitted as expert testimony and a paper was presented as formal evidence in a hearing before the Kansas State Civil Service Board as expert witness, Topeka, KS., May 9-11, 1988.

"Education for Public Service," International Association of Schools and Institutes of Public Administration, Milan Italy, July 9, 1987.

"New Directions in Public Administration Education," to the Institute of Public Administration of Canada Annual Conference, St. Johns, New Brunswick, Canada, Annual Meeting, 1987.

"Critical Events in the Management of Nonprofit Organizations," to the Association of Voluntary Action Scholars, 1986 (invited with R. Herman).

"Managerial Competencies" to National Conference of the American Society for Public Administration, 1985.

"Missouri Fiscal Crisis" to the National Conference of the American Society for Public Administration, 1984.

"Public Affairs, Public Administration and the Arts," Annual Meeting of Arts Administration Education; Winter Park Florida, 1983.

"Dilemmas of Downscaling" to Region VII Conference of the American Society for Public Administration, Oklahoma City, 1983.

"The Manager as Philosopher" Annual Conference of the International City Management Association, 1983.

"The Affective Side of Enterprise" to the National Conference of the American Society for Public Administration, 1982.

"Making Merit Matter: Credibility Through Competence" to the National Conference, American Society for Public Administration, San Francisco, 1979.

"Developments in Organization Training" to Midwest Conference on New Personnel Management, Lawrence, Kansas, 1979 (presentation).

"How the Behavioral Sciences Apply in the Political Arena" to the Organization Development Network Annual Conference, Maximizing Human Resources, Hartford, Connecticut, 1978.

"Undergraduate Preparation in Public Administration" to Region VII Meeting American Society for Public Administration, Des Moines, Iowa, 1978.

"Compatibility and Workgroup Performance," to the American Academy of Management," San Francisco, California, 1978 (invited).

"The Teaching of Organization Development," to the National Conference on the Teaching of Public Administration, Kansas City, Missouri, 1978 (invited).

"Organization Development: Academia's Response," to the 1977 National Conference of the American Society for Public Administration, Atlanta, Georgia, 1977.

"The Public Manager as a Person: Work Satisfactions," to the 1973 National Conference of the American Society for Public Admin., Wash., D.C., 1973.

"Results from an Ongoing Organization Development Program in a Public Agency," to National Conference of the American Society for Public Administration, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1972

"State Aid to Municipalities: A Comparative Study," written for the City of Kansas City and presented to the 75th Session of the Missouri General Assembly, 1970