Journal of Public Administration, Public Affairs, and Management

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2025-12-31T10:06:42+07:00

Provincial Economies and Loss from Traffic Accidents: Evidence from Thailand

2025-11-19T15:16:28+07:00

This study examines the relationship between provincial economic development and road traffic accident outcomes in Thailand from 2010 to 2020. Using a panel dataset compiled from official sources—including the Center for Road Safety, and the Office of the National Economic and Social Development Council (NESDC)—the research explores whether accident rates, injuries, and fatalities follow nonlinear patterns with respect to gross provincial product (GPP) per capita. The findings reveal that both accident and injury rates follow an inverted U-shaped curve, peaking at mid-income levels before declining, while fatality rates demonstrate a U-shaped pattern—rising again in high-income provinces. These results highlight the complex interplay between economic growth and road safety, underscoring the need for region-specific and income-sensitive traffic policy interventions. The study employs instrumental variable regression to validate the observed trends, contributing new evidence to the literature on development and transport safety. The study recommends targeted government subsidies: increased support for high-risk provinces with heavy traffic flows, and incentive-based funding for provinces with low fatality rates. These dual strategies promote both risk prevention and sustained safety performance across diverse provincial contexts.

Interaction Effects of Employee Innovativeness Factors on Work Performance of Academic Support Personal in Thai Higher Education Institutions

2025-11-19T15:15:24+07:00

The objective of this study is to examine the joint influence of Organizational Innovation Support and Personal Innovation Attributes competency factors on the work performance of academic support Personal in higher education institutions. It seeks to assess the consistency of a structural model that demonstrates the relationships between innovative competency and work performance against empirical data, while also exploring the direct, indirect, and total effects of these factors on performance outcomes.

This quantitative research collected data from a sample of 273 academic support Personal in Thailand. The analysis of model fit indices revealed a significantly improved goodness-of-fit, indicating that the structural relationships of innovation competency factors were consistent with empirical data at an acceptable level. The findings further confirmed that the proposed model could appropriately and reliably explain the confirmatory relationships among four latent variables: Organizational Innovation Support competency, Personal Innovation Attributes competency, the process of building innovation competency in work performance, and performance outcomes.

These results reflect the comprehensive nature of innovation competency in the working context of academic support Personal. The structural model illustrates a confirmatory sequence in which Organizational Innovation Support and Personal Innovation Attributes competency influence performance outcomes through the mediating process of building innovation competency. This finding is consistent with theories of human resource management and organizational innovation.

Environmental Accounting Practices and Firm Profitability: A Granger Causality Analysis of Nigerian Manufacturing Firms

2025-12-23T09:11:08+07:00

This study examines the temporal relationship between environmental accounting practices and the profitability of listed manufacturing firms in Nigeria over the period 2016–2024. Using balanced panel data from 12 firms, the study employs descriptive analysis, panel regression techniques, panel cointegration tests, and Granger causality analysis to explore whether environmental accounting practices are systematically associated with firm performance over time. Environmental accounting practices are proxied by waste management expenditure, pollution control investment, environmental reporting, carbon accounting disclosure, and environmental training, while profitability is measured using return on assets (ROA), return on equity (ROE), and Tobin’s Q. The empirical results indicate that environmental accounting practices are positively and statistically associated with firm profitability across alternative performance measures. Granger causality tests suggest a unidirectional temporal relationship running from environmental accounting practices to profitability, indicating that past environmental practices contain information useful for predicting future financial performance. Robustness checks confirm the stability of the results across alternative specifications. The findings suggest that environmental accounting practices are not merely compliance-oriented activities but are associated with favourable financial outcomes over time. However, the results are interpreted as evidence of predictive and temporal relationships rather than definitive structural causation. The study contributes to the emerging literature on sustainability accounting in developing economies and provides policy-relevant insights for corporate managers and regulators.

An Analysis of Public Relation Paradigm, Trust and Institutional Performance among Selected Public Organizations in Nigeria

2025-11-17T10:17:16+07:00

The focus of this study was to examine the public relations management practices in selected public organizations in Nigeria, with a focus on the role of public relations (PR) practices, strategies, and their influence on public trust and organizational performance. Anchored on Excellence Theory and Relationship Management Theory, the study has conceptualized PR as a communicative governance mechanism central to legitimacy, accountability, and citizen engagement. A descriptive survey design was utilised to collect quantitative data from 150 purposively selected respondents across ten public organisations with established PR units. Instruments for data collection included a structured questionnaire, and responses were analysed using descriptive statistics, Pearson's correlation, exploratory factor analysis, and structural equation modelling via SPSS. The findings revealed that public organizations rely heavily on press releases and social media platforms as dominant PR tools, while community outreach and crisis communication were inconsistently applied. PR strategies were found to align with organizational goals and enhance public image, yet were undermined by weak monitoring, underfunding, and political interference. The study further established that timely responses, transparency, and honest crisis communication significantly enhance public trust, although inclusiveness, particularly towards marginalized groups, remained limited.

The study concluded that that the institutionalization of PR as a strategic function of governance, underpinned by ethical leadership, requisite resources, and evaluation of performance, can improve the indices of trusts, transparency, and efficiency in the public sector. It recommended that public organizations should strengthen crisis communication and community engagement, and improve inclusiveness in PR practices. The research contributes to the global discourse on communication governance by bridging the Western theoretical model and African empirical realities, offering evidence-based policy insights for strengthening institutional legitimacy and citizen-centered administration.

Digital Governance Assemblages: Reconfiguring Territory, Authority, and Rights in Comparative Perspective

2025-11-17T10:19:59+07:00

This article examines key problems and paradoxes of contemporary digital governance by moving beyond static, dichotomous models. It introduces and applies assemblage theory as a novel analytical framework to interpret digital governance not as a set of fixed regimes, but as dynamic, contingent, and contested socio-technical formations. Through a comparative analysis of three distinct governance assemblages—India's Aadhaar (the Biometric State Assemblage), Brazil's Marco Civil da Internet (the Multi-Stakeholder Rights Assemblage), and Australia's eSafety Commissioner (the Co-Regulatory Safety Assemblage), this paper demonstrates how heterogeneous elements of technology, law, discourse, and actors combine to produce unique governance realities. The analysis identifies recurring paradoxes, most notably the tension between the deterritorializing properties of digital technologies and persistent state efforts to reassert territorial control. The study concludes that understanding these emergent assemblages is vital for developing adaptive, legitimate governance frameworks, offering specific operational strategies for public administrators to navigate the frictional inclusion, normative fragility, and sovereign overreach that define the current digital age.

Thailand’s Cultural Diplomacy: Development Scheme in the 21st Century

2025-11-20T16:37:43+07:00

Various countries use it in many ways such as cultural exchanges in sports, food promotions, tourism, arts and cultural shows, and many more. This paper examines how the cultural diplomacy of Thailand can be used effectively and continues to highlight how Public Diplomacy, which is a major branch of cultural diplomacy, is selected effectively. All of this falls under the umbrella of soft power and is a concept that aims to help Thailand progress. Firstly, by identifying ‘cultural diplomacy’ as a key discourse offering a counter-formulation of what the aim of soft power policy should be, and analyzing uses of this term, it highlights a need to conceptualize cultural opportunity more effectively. Secondly, Thai cultural diplomacy, public diplomacy, and soft power lacks ‘potential policy’. Thirdly, Thailand’s cultural diplomacy, public diplomacy, and soft power is still lacking potential for a ‘new opportunity’. There has been sustained critique of the conceptual and normative foundations of Thailand’s cultural diplomacy, public diplomacy, and soft power, which are used for international relations and economic policy potential.

Factors affecting the public service performance in Kampong Trabaek District Administration, Prey Veng Province, Cambodia

2025-06-26T16:10:40+07:00

This study aimed to investigate the factors influencing public service performance (PSP) in the Kampong Trabaek District Administration, Prey Veng Province, Cambodia. The research objectives were to: (1) evaluate the current status of PSP, (2) analyze the relationships between the independent variables (work quality, work quantity, timeliness, effectiveness, and independence) and the dependent variable (PSP), and (3) ascertain the predictive capacity of the combination of these independent variables on PSP. A quantitative, cross-sectional survey approach was utilized, gathering data from 91 district officials via a standardized questionnaire, resulting in a 100 percent response rate. The results showed that work quality, timeliness, and independence all have a strong favorable effect on PSP. Multiple regression analysis demonstrated that the amalgamation of the five independent factors strongly forecasts PSP. The study finds that a comprehensive approach that balances operational efficiency with quality and autonomy is essential for improving the delivery of public services. These findings provide pragmatic insights for public management in developing nations, emphasizing the necessity of enhancing administrative capacity and cultivating a culture of accountability.

Climate Justice at the Ballot Box: Unpacking the Political Dynamics of Environmental Governance in Thailand's 2023 General Election Campaigns

2025-12-08T09:10:51+07:00

The 2023 Thai General Election marked a turning point in national political discourse, with climate justice emerging as a central theme across party platforms. This study examines how three major political parties—the Move Forward Party (MFP), Chart Thai Pattana Party (CTPP), and Pheu Thai Party (PTP)—framed climate governance through the lenses of distributive, procedural, and intergenerational justice.

Drawing on qualitative content analysis of campaign materials and public debates, the study identifies ideological divergences in addressing climate challenges. The MFP emphasized grassroots participation and renewable energy; the CTPP focused on rural resilience and adaptation through carbon markets, and the PTP embedded climate goals within a broader socio-economic justice agenda. While all parties expressed commitments to equity, inclusion, and sustainability, challenges remain in implementation, enforcement, and participatory governance. This study contributes to understanding how electoral politics can foster more just and inclusive climate governance in emerging democracies such as Thailand.

Boosting the Impact of PPPs and Local Governments in Promoting Sustainable Development Goals in Pakistan

2025-12-09T14:59:31+07:00

This study explores the pivotal role of local governments in facilitating Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs) to achieve Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in Pakistan. The research adopts a mixed-methods approach, integrating systematic literature review, case studies, and key informant interviews to gather comprehensive insights. Findings reveal that despite the growing importance of local governments as intermediaries in PPPs, challenges such as insufficient funding, fragmented governance, and low private sector involvement hinder SDG achievement. The study identifies key success factors for effective PPP implementation, including strong governance frameworks, clear regulatory structures, and enhanced coordination among government tiers. Additionally, it highlights the need for financial innovations, such as green bonds, to mobilize private investment in SDG-aligned projects. The study concludes with actionable recommendations to improve local governance structures, foster private sector engagement, and strengthen PPP frameworks to achieve SDGs more effectively in Pakistan.

The Review of Audit Expectation Gap between the Thai PAC and SAI Thailand

2025-10-07T14:18:27+07:00

The relationship between the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) and the Supreme Audit Institution (SAI) is essential for maintaining accountability in public financial management. While international models demonstrate strong collaboration between these bodies, the Thai PAC and the State Audit Office of Thailand (SAO) have long exhibited limited engagement, weak communication, and inconsistent oversight practices. This situation has coincided with increasing trends of non compliance, misuse, and mismanagement of public funds. This paper systematically reviews existing literature, compares Thai practices with international standards, and proposes a framework for studying the audit expectation gap (AEG) between the Thai PAC and SAO. Understanding this gap will support institutional reforms, strengthen parliamentary oversight, and enhance the overall accountability ecosystem in Thailand.