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Biography

Dr. Christensen the George W. Romney Professor of public and nonprofit administration in the MPA Program at the Romney Institute of Public Service and Ethics in the Marriott School of Management at Brigham Young University.

He specializes in public and nonprofit management and is interested in (1) public service employees and (2) public service organizations. His research has been published in Public Administration Review, Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory, Law & Society Review, and American Political Science Review. His work has been covered in the New York Times, Washington Post and Wall Street Journal.

Selected Publications

• "A systematic review of person-environment fit in the public sector: Theorizing a multidimensional model", Public Administration Review, 2024
• "Who Shapes the Law? Gender and Racial Bias in Judicial Citations", Edition 2, Volume 118, Pages 1067--1074, American Political Science Review, 2024
• "A systematic literature review of city competitiveness: A 30-year assessment and future agenda for public administration", Edition 8, Volume 25, Pages 1562--1586, Public Management Review, 2023
• "Elevating public service motivation research and practice", International Public Management Journal, Edition 1, Volume 26, Pages 46-65, 2023
• "Creating a public service topology: Mapping public service motivation, public service ethos, and public service values.", Public Administration, 2023
• "Softening Performance's Pitfalls by Integrating Context and Capacity: A Government Competitiveness Framework", Edition 5, Volume 82, Pages 887--892, Public Administration Review, 2022
• "Elevating public service motivation research and practice", International Public Management Journal, 2021

Languages

• Latvian
• Russian