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Lois R. Wise

Professor and Director, West European Studies and the European Union Center


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wisel@indiana.edu
(812) 855-4944
SPEA Room 453


Education
Ph.D., Indiana University, 1982
M.S., Indiana State University, 1974
B.A., William Paterson College, New Jersey, 1970

Professional Experience

  • University of Arizona
  • Northern Arizona University
  • Göteborgs University
  • University of Örebro
  • Umeå University
  • National Institute of Justice
  • The Swedish Agency for Government Employers
  • Swedish Local Government Association (Kommunförbundet)

Awards, Honors & Certifications

  • Indiana University, Trustee Teaching Award, 2006
  • Inaugural Fellow, Randall L. Tobias Center for Leadership, 2005
  • Certificate of Appreciation, Founding Member, Paul Volker Endowment for Public Service Research and Education, 2001
  • Certificate of Appreciation, Special Advisor, State University of Rio de Janeiro, 2000
  • Delta Zeta Outstanding Greek Faculty Advisor, 1996
  • Jubilee Prize for International Scholarship, Swedish Institute, presented by King Carl XVI Gustaf, 1995
  • Fulbright Research Scholar (Sweden), 1992
  • Certificate of Appreciation for Outstanding Initiative, Achievement, and Service, Swedish National Committee of New Sweden, 1988
  • Swedish Bicentennial Fund Research Award, 1985

Professional Interests
Public management, comparative public administration, employment policies and practices, work motivation

Current Projects

  • Research grant (2008) from the Swedish Council for Working Life and Social Research (FAS) for a project on diversity in public sector organizations titled "Mångfald i offentlig förvaltning, normer och regler".
  • Advisory Board Member. “State Authorities – Integrating Integration Policy.” Swedish Council for Working Life and Social Research (FAS). 2007-2009
  • Consultant regarding gender impact of public policy and legislation, Parliamentary Development Project 2004-2008
  • Member, Editorial Board, American Review of Public Administration, 2005 to present
  • Member, Editorial Board, Public Management Review, 2002 to present
  • Member, Editorial Board, Public Organization Review, 2000 to present

Selected Publications
Full Vita

  • Fernandez , Sergio and Lois R. Wise. (2010). “Exploring Why Organizations Ingest Innovation.” Public Administration.
  • J.L. Perry, A. Hondeghem and L.R. Wise (forthcoming), “Revisiting the Motivational Bases of Public Service: Twenty Years of Research and an Agenda for the Future. " Public Administration Review.
  • Pitts, David W. and Lois R. Wise. 2009. ‘Workforce Diversity in the New Millennium; Prospects for Research, Review of Public Personnel Administration (20) 1-26.
  • Rubaii-Barrett, Nadia, and Lois Recascino Wise. (2008). “Disability Access and E-Government: An Empirical Analysis of State Practices.” Journal of Disability Policy Studies<.em>, Vol 19: 52-64.
  • Tschirhart, Mary and Lois Recascino Wise 2007. “US Nonprofit Organizations’ Demand for Temporary Foreign Professionals. “ Nonprofit Management and Leadership, Vol 18, 2: 121-140.
  • Rubaii-Barrett, Nadia, and Lois R. Wise. (2007). “From Want Ads to Websites: What Diversity Messages are State Governments Projecting?” Review of Public Personnel Administration.
  • Lægreid, Per and Lois R. Wise. (2007). “Reforming Human Resource Management in Civil Service Systems: Recruitment, Mobility, and Representativeness,” in Jos Raadschelders, Theo Toonen, and Fritz van der Meer (Eds.), chapter 12, Comparative Civil Service Systems in the 21st Century. Hampshire, UK: Palgrave MacMillan.
  • Wise, Lois R. ( 2007). “Representative Bureaucracy,” in Peter, B. Guy, and Jon Pierre (eds.), Handbook of Public Administration, 2nd edition. London: Sage.
  • Wise, Lois R. and Barbara Lamb. (2006). “Job Mobility Assignments: Mechanisms for Human Resource Capacity Development,” in A. Farazmand (ed.), Strategic Public Personnel Administration: Building and Maintaining Strategic Human Capital for the 21st Century, Vol. 2, pp. 281-299. Greenwood Press /Praeger.
  • Rubaii-Barrett, Nadia, and Lois R. Wise. (2006). “Language Minorities and the Digital Divide: A Study of State E-Government Accessibility,” Journal of Public Management and Social Policy, 12(2): 5-27 (Fall).
  • Wise, Lois Recascino. (2004). “Bureaucratic Posture: On the Need for a Composite Theory of Bureaucratic Behavior,” Public Administration Review, 64(6): 669-680 (November/December).
  • Pitts, David and Lois R. Wise (2004). “Diversity in Professional Schools: A Case Study of Public Affairs & Law,” Journal of Public Affairs Education, 10 (2):125-42.