What is it about?
The South Korean government launched the proactive administration initiative in mid-2017, which has been widely implemented throughout the public sector. Accordingly, the purpose of this paper is to review a behavioral approach to promote proactive administration in the South Korean government.
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Why is it important?
This study is meaningful because while many countries have promoted administrative reforms such as structural reorganization, downsizing of human resources, cutback management and fiscal innovation, privatization, regulatory reform, and promotion of digital government, cases of behavioral innovation, such as proactive administration, have been relatively scarce. Since a behavioral approach to administrative reform is needed in many countries, this paper will serve as a useful reference for administrative reform in other countries.
Perspectives
The main research questions are as follows: (1) How did the South Korean government initiate a behavioral approach to administrative reform by promoting proactive administration? (2) What systems or mechanisms has the South Korean government utilized to promote proactive administration? (3) What kind of constraints did the government face in the process of administrative reform and how did it resolve them? (4) What was the preliminary reaction to or evaluation of such reforms in public administration communities?
Professor Pan Suk Kim
Yonsei University
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This page is a summary of: A behavioral approach to administrative reform: a case study of promoting proactive administration in South Korea, Public Administration and Policy, September 2022, Emerald,
DOI: 10.1108/pap-08-2022-0093.
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