Searching for the Ideal Bureaucrat: An Experiment on Integrity and Innovation with Public Managers in Sweden, Spain, and Japan

• In Event: Bureaucratic Bias: Ideology and Alignment

Brief Overview

This study examines which civil servants best balance resisting political pressures and promoting innovation, analyzing gender, education, and experience across Sweden, Spain, and Japan using a survey of 9,381 local managers.

Authors

• Nora Anter, Uppsala University

• Victor Lapuente, University of Gothenburg

• Kohei Suzuki, Leiden University