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A New Measure of Red Tape: Introducing the Three-Item Red Tape (TIRT) Scale

Erin L. BorryUNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAMView further author information
Pages 573-593 | Published online: 24 Mar 2016

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Charlotte Van Dijck & Trui Steen. (2023) Collaborating for Innovation: A Systematic Review of the Red Tape Effects at Play. International Journal of Public Administration 46:14, pages 994-1005.
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Yi Yang. (2023) Beyond Red Tape: An Organizational Echelon Analysis of Necessary Bureaucracy. Public Performance & Management Review 46:5, pages 1145-1179.
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Wesley Kaufmann, Erin L. Borry & Leisha DeHart-Davis. (2023) Can effective organizational rules keep employees from leaving? a study of green tape and turnover intention. Public Management Review 25:8, pages 1427-1448.
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Alexander C. Henderson & Erin L. Borry. (2023) The emotional burdens of public service: rules, trust, and emotional labour in emergency medical services. Public Money & Management 43:5, pages 405-414.
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William G. Resh, Cynthia J. Barboza-Wilkes & John D. Marvel. (2022) Procedural environment of public engagement: an induced recall experiment of local government employees. Public Management Review 24:10, pages 1545-1568.
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Wisanupong Potipiroon. (2022) Rule Formalization, Bureaucratic Red Tape, and Prosocial Rule Breaking Among Street-Level Bureaucrats: A Citizen-Centered Perspective. Public Performance & Management Review 45:3, pages 638-671.
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Stefan Zahradnik. (2022) Red tape: redefinition and reconceptualization based on production theory. International Public Management Journal 0:0, pages 1-20.
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Jesse W. Campbell. (2020) Red Tape, Rule Burden, and Legitimate Performance Trade-Offs: Results from a Vignette Experiment. Public Performance & Management Review 43:4, pages 741-765.
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Wesley Kaufmann, Gabel Taggart & Barry Bozeman. (2019) Administrative Delay, Red Tape, and Organizational Performance. Public Performance & Management Review 42:3, pages 529-553.
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Janis Luyten & Wim Marneffe. (2022) Measuring red tape in a hospital setting: A survey experiment. International Review of Administrative Sciences 89:4, pages 958-976.
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Randall S. Davis & Sanjay K. Pandey. (2023) ‘Feeling out’ the rules: A psychological process theory of red tape. Public Administration Review.
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Constantin Lagios, Nathan Nguyen, Florence Stinglhamber & Gaëtane Caesens. (2023) Dysfunctional rules in organizations: The mediating role of organizational dehumanization in the relationship between red tape and employees’ outcomes. European Management Journal 41:5, pages 802-813.
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Zhou Jiang, Alexander Newman, Gary Schwarz & Huong Le. (2022) Perceived Red Tape and Precursors of Turnover: the Roles of Work Engagement and Career Adaptability. Journal of Business and Psychology 38:2, pages 437-455.
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Wesley Kaufmann, Alex Ingrams & Daan Jacobs. (2020) Rationale and process transparency do not reduce perceived red tape: evidence from a survey experiment. International Review of Administrative Sciences 88:4, pages 960-976.
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Maarten Debets, Renee Scheepers, Milou Silkens & Kiki Lombarts. (2022) Structural equation modelling analysis on relationships of job demands and resources with work engagement, burnout and work ability: an observational study among physicians in Dutch hospitals. BMJ Open 12:12, pages e062603.
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Yongjin Ahn & Jesse W. Campbell. (2022) Red Tape, Rule Legitimacy, and Public Service Motivation: Experimental Evidence From Korean Citizens. Administration & Society 54:9, pages 1651-1688.
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Erin L Borry & Tina Kempin Reuter. (2022) Humanizing Bureaucracy: Applying the Human Rights-Based Approach to Weber’s Bureaucracy. Perspectives on Public Management and Governance 5:2, pages 164-173.
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Alex Ingrams, Wesley Kaufmann & Daan Jacobs. (2021) In AI we trust? Citizen perceptions of AI in government decision making. Policy & Internet 14:2, pages 390-409.
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Paula M. G. van Veen-Dirks, Marijke C. Leliveld & Wesley Kaufmann. (2021) The effect of enabling versus coercive performance measurement systems on procedural fairness and red tape. Journal of Management Control 32:2, pages 269-294.
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Wesley Kaufmann & Richard F J Haans. (2021) Understanding the Meaning of Concepts Across Domains Through Collocation Analysis: An Application to the Study of Red Tape. Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory 31:1, pages 218-233.
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Wesley Kaufmann, Alex Ingrams & Daan Jacobs. (2020) Being Consistent Matters: Experimental Evidence on the Effect of Rule Consistency on Citizen Red Tape. The American Review of Public Administration 51:1, pages 28-39.
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Rutger Blom. (2019) Mixed Feelings? Comparing the Effects of Perceived Red Tape and Job Goal Clarity on HRM Satisfaction and Organizational Commitment Across Central Government, Government Agencies, and Businesses. Public Personnel Management 49:3, pages 421-443.
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Renée Scheepers, Milou Silkens, Joost van den Berg & Kiki Lombarts. (2020) Associations between job demands, job resources and patient-related burnout among physicians: results from a multicentre observational study. BMJ Open 10:9, pages e038466.
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Fabian Hattke, David Hensel & Janne Kalucza. (2019) Emotional Responses to Bureaucratic Red Tape. Public Administration Review 80:1, pages 53-63.
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Jesse W. Campbell. (2019) Obtrusive, obstinate and conspicuous: red tape from a Heideggerian perspective. International Journal of Organizational Analysis 27:5, pages 1657-1672.
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Wesley Kaufmann, Erin L. Borry & Leisha DeHart‐Davis. (2018) More than Pathological Formalization: Understanding Organizational Structure and Red Tape. Public Administration Review 79:2, pages 236-245.
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Sanjay K. Pandey, Sheela Pandey & Gregg G. Van Ryzin. 2017. Experiments in Public Management Research. Experiments in Public Management Research 219 243 .
NINA M. VAN LOON. (2017) FROM RED TAPE TO WHICH PERFORMANCE RESULTS? EXPLORING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN RED TAPE AND VARIOUS DIMENSIONS OF PERFORMANCE IN HEALTHCARE WORK UNITS. Public Administration 95:1, pages 60-77.
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Sanjay K. Pandey. (2021) The Psychological Process View of Bureaucratic Red Tape. SSRN Electronic Journal.
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