| James L. Perry | |
|---|---|
| Born | May 11, 1948 Two Rivers, Wisconsin |
| Residence | Bloomington, Indiana |
| Nationality | United States |
| Education | University of Chicago MPA from Syracuse University PhD from Syracuse University |
| Occupation | Professor |
| Employer | Indiana University |
| Title | Distinguished Professor |
| Spouse | Wendy Perry |
| Website | |
| http://www.indiana.edu/~jlpweb/index.php | |
James L. Perry began his career in academia in 1974 at University of California, Irvine. After an 11-year career at UC – Irvine, which included positions as Associate Dean and Doctoral Program Coordinator, Perry began his tenure at Indiana University School of Public and Environmental Affairs (SPEA). During his 24 years at SPEA he served as a visiting professor at Chinese University of Hong Kong on a Fulbright Scholarship and as a visiting professor at the Robert M. La Follette School of Public Affairs. He has held numerous leadership positions during his tenure at SPEA including Director of Indiana University American Democracy Project, Associate Dean of (SPEA) at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, Chair of Policy and Administration Faculty, and Director of the Joint PhD program in public policy.
Perry is the author or editor of eight books and more than 135 journal articles and book chapters. Professor Perry’s recent research has focused on public service motivation, performance-related pay, community and national service, and government reform. During his career, he has conducted innovative and cutting-edge research on public sector collective bargaining, public technological innovation, civil service reform, and public organizational behavior. His research on public service motivation has stimulated research now underway in more than a dozen countries in North and South America, Europe, Asia, and Australia. During the twenty-year period from 1985–2005, he was the sixteenth most cited scholar in public policy, public administration, and public law. Perry’s scholarly contributions have been recognized with many awards, most recently the 2008 Dwight Waldo Award [1] (presented by American Society for Public Administration), which is conferred for outstanding contributions to the professional literature of public administration over an extended career.
Motivation in Public Management: The Call of Public Service (2008) [2]
Quick Hits for Educating Citizens (2006) [3]
Civic Service: What Difference Does It Make? (2004) [4]