IFIR


A Partnership of
The Martin School of Public Policy and Administration at the University of Kentucky
and
The Institute for Regional Analysis and Public Policy at Morehead State University
Nicolai Petrovsky
435 Patterson Office Tower
University of Kentucky
Lexington, KY 40506-0027

Phone: (859) 257-2857
Fax:     (859) 323-1937
E-mail: nicolai.petrovsky@uky.edu
  

Biography:

Nicolai Petrovsky is an assistant professor in the Martin School. His main research interests are the performance and responsiveness of bureaucracies in democratic countries. He received his PhD in political science from Texas A&M University in 2009 and from 2006-2009 he worked at Cardiff University in Wales on a research project about leadership turnover and performance of English local governments. Currently he is beginning a project about whether it matters for organizational performance if employees exhibit high levels of 'public service motivation' or not. Also he is starting two collaborative projects, the first on the performance consequences of chief executive change in British executive agencies, and the second on the financial performance of Colombian local governments.

Recent Publications:

  • George A. Boyne, Oliver James, Peter John, and Nicolai Petrovsky. "Does Public Service Performance Affect Top Management Turnover?" Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory. Forthcoming (accepted October 1, 2009).
  • Petrovsky, Nicolai. 2009. "The Role of Leadership." In Rachel Ashworth, George A. Boyne, and Tom Entwistle, eds. Public Service Improvement: Theories and Evidence. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 78-97. ISBN: 9780199545476 (HB), 9780199545483 (PB).
  • George A. Boyne, Oliver James, Peter John, and Nicolai Petrovsky. 2009. Democracy and Government Performance: Holding Incumbents Accountable in English Local Governments." Journal of Politics 71 (4): 1273-84. doi: 10.1017/S0022381609990089.
  • George A. Boyne, Oliver James, Peter John, and Nicolai Petrovsky. 2009. Does Political Change Affect Senior Management Turnover? An Empirical Analysis of Top-Tier Local Authorities in England." Public Administration. Early View, doi: 10.1111/j.1467-9299.2008.01751.x.
  • Patrick T. Brandt, T. David Mason, Mehmet Gurses, Nicolai Petrovsky, and Dagmar Radin. 2008. \When and How the Fighting Stops: Explaining the Duration and Outcome of Civil Wars." Defence and Peace Economics 19 (6): 415-34. doi: 10.1080/10242690701823267.