About PMRA

About the Public Management Research Association (PMRA)

The Public Management Research Association (PMRA) is a nonprofit academic membership association that advances research on public organizations. The association has grown significantly in size and influence. The Public Management Research Conference is widely recognized as the leading gathering of public management scholars in the United States and internationally.

Today, PMRA publishes two academic journals:

  • Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory (JPART)
  • Perspectives on Public Management and Governance (PPMG)

 

PMRA operates under formally adopted Bylaws and a Policy Manual that govern how the organization functions. These documents define the structure and responsibilities of the Board of Directors and committees, membership categories and voting rights, elections, financial oversight, journal relationships, conference policies, awards procedures, and other administrative and governance practices. These bylaws and policies provide transparency and guide how decisions are made across the organization.
Bylaws & Policy Manual


Mission Statement

The Public Management Research Association improves public governance by advancing research on public organizations, strengthening links among interdisciplinary scholars, and furthering professional and academic opportunities in public management.

Scope

PMRA defines public organizations broadly to include government jurisdictions; nonprofit and private organizations contracting with governments; and nonprofit, corporate and other institutions engaging in projects or activities with distinct public purposes or implications.

Goals

PMRA furthers research on public organizations and their management by:

  • Organizing and sponsoring an annual Public Management Research Conference as well as other conferences and symposia.
  • Stimulating discourse through various platforms including print and electronic publications as well as social media. In particular, PMRA sponsors two journals—the Journal of Public Administration Research & Theory, which has consistently been the most-cited journal in the field of public administration, and a new journal Perspectives on Public Management & Governance.
  • Furthering professional and academic opportunities.
  • Serving as a voice for the public management research community.
  • PMRA takes a special responsibility to further relations among researchers working in the public policy, public management, nonprofit and governance disciplines in the United States and abroad. PMRA emphasizes the linkages between the study of public institutions and their management and the study of public policy.
  • PMRA supports the development of empirical and normative inquiry, theory building and systematic testing of theory consistent with the canons of social science, using the full range of quantitative and qualitative methodologies.

Community Standards

PMRA promotes a professional environment based on respect, inclusion, dignity, and open academic expression. Discrimination, harassment, or bullying are not tolerated at PMRA events or in PMRA publications. If you experience or observe conduct that violates these values at a PMRA activity, contact the Association Manager at [email protected] and/or the President at [email protected].

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