Zuzana Murdoch

Professor

E-mailZuzana.Murdoch@uib.no
Phone+47 55 58 84 47+47 906 76 607
Visitor Address
Christiesgt. 17

5007 Bergen

Room
19.203
Postal Address
Postboks 7802

5020 Bergen

Zuzana Murdoch is professor in Public Administration and member of the research group "Knowledge, Politics and Organization" at the University of Bergen in Norway. She works, among other things, on the role of organizations' temporal characteristics in complex collaborative networks, the drivers of socialization and adaptation processes in (inter)national bureaucrats, as well as questions related to organizational stigma.

Professor Murdoch has published extensively in journals including Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory, Journal of Politics, Organization Studies, Journal of Management Studies, Public Administration Review, Public Administration, Governance, Journal of European Public Policy, European Union Politics, European Journal of Political Research, and European Journal of International Relations. Her ORCID profile can be accessed here.

Main research fields: Temporality, Network Governance, Representative Bureaucracy, Socialization, European Union Politics.

Selected main publications:

Geys, B., P. Lægreid, Z. Murdoch and J. Trondal (2023), Organizational Stability and Resocialization in Public Administration: Theory and Evidence from Norwegian Civil Servants (1986-2016). Public Administration, early view.

Murdoch, Z., M. MacCarthaigh, and B. Geys (2023), It's About Time! Temporal Dynamics and Longitudinal Research Designs in Public Administration. Public Administration Review, early view.

Geys, B., P. Lægreid, Z. Murdoch and J. Trondal (2023), The Impact of Terrorism on Civil Servants: Longitudinal Evidence from the 22 July, 2011 Attack in Norway. Public Administration Review, early view.

Geys, B. Z. Murdoch and R. Sørensen (2023), Public Employees as Elected Politicians: Assessing Direct and Indirect Substantive Effects of Passive Representation. The Journal of Politics, forthcoming.

Geys, B., S. Connolly, H. Kassim and Z. Murdoch (2023), Staff Reallocations and Employee Attitudes Towards Organizational Aims: Evidence Using Longitudinal Data from the European Commission. Public Management Review, early view.

Geys, B., Z. Murdoch and R. J. Sørensen (2022), Political (Over)Representation of Public Sector Employees and the Double-Motive Hypothesis: Evidence from Norwegian Register Data (2007-2019). Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory, 32 (2), 326-341.

Kvåle, G. and Z. Murdoch (2022). Shame On You! Unpacking the Individual and Organizational Implications of Engaging with a Stigmatized Organization. Journal of Management Studies, 59 (8), 2024-2066.

Kvåle, G. and Z. Murdoch (2022), Making Sense of Stigmatized Organizations: Labelling Contests and Power Dynamics in Social Evaluation Processes. Journal of Business Ethics, 178, 675-693.

Murdoch, Z., S. Connolly, H. Kassim and B. Geys (2022), Legitimacy Crises and the Temporal Dynamics of Bureaucratic Representation. Governance, 35 (1), 65-82.

Murdoch, Z., M. Gravier and S. Gänzle (2022), International public administration on the tip of the tongue: Language as a feature of representative bureaucracy in the Economic Community of West African States. International Review of Administrative Sciences, 88 (4), 1086-1104.

Geys, B., S. Connolly, H., Kassim and Z. Murdoch (2020), Follow the Leader? Leader Succession and Staff Attitudes in Public Sector Organizations. Public Administration Review, 80 (4), 555-564.

Murdoch, Z., Kassim, H., S. Connolly and B. Geys (2019), Socialization and Attitude Change in Intergovernmental Organizations: Evidence from a Two-wave Survey in the European Commission. European Journal of International Relations, 25(3), 852-877.

Murdoch, Z., S. Connolly and H. Kassim (2018), Administrative Legitimacy and the Democratic Deficit of the European Union. Journal of European Public Policy, 25(3), 389-408.

Murdoch, Z. (2015), Organisation Theory and the Study of EU Institutions: Lessons and Opportunities, Organization Studies, 36(12), 1675-1692.

Course development and teaching

Zuzana Murdoch is responsible for developing and teaching courses at the graduate level in Organization Theory (GOV320), Quantitative and Qualitative Methods (GOV321; GOV323, as well as a state-of-the-art course in Knowledge, Politics and Organization (GOV327). Previously, she also taught courses in EU foreign policy, the European Union Institutions and Politics, as well as Transnational Governance.

PhD Supervision

Professor Murdoch is currently co-supervisor for one PhD student, Vibeke Kroken. Her work studies the role of organizations' temporal characteristics in complex governance networks.

Academic article

Show author(s) (2023). The impact of terrorism on civil servants: Longitudinal evidence from the July 22, 2011 attack in Norway. Public Administration Review. 1772-1784.
Show author(s) (2023). Staff reallocations and employee attitudes towards organizational aims: evidence using longitudinal data from the European Commission. Public Management Review. 21 pages.
Show author(s) (2023). Public Employees as Elected Politicians: Assessing Direct and Indirect Substantive Effects of Passive Representation. Journal of Politics. 170-182.
Show author(s) (2023). Organizational Stability and Resocialization in Public Administrations: Theory and Evidence from Norwegian Civil Servants (1986-2016). Public Administration. 19 pages.
Show author(s) (2023). It's about time! Temporal dynamics and longitudinal research designs in public administration. Public Administration Review. 1727-1736.

Show author(s) (2021). Shame On You! Unpacking the Individual and Organizational Implications of Engaging with a Stigmatized Organization. Journal of Management Studies. 43 pages.
Show author(s) (2021). Political (Over)Representation of Public Sector Employees and the Double-Motive Hypothesis: Evidence from Norwegian Register Data (2007-2019). Journal of public administration research and theory. 326-341.
Show author(s) (2021). Making Sense of Stigmatized Organizations: Labelling Contests and Power Dynamics in Social Evaluation Processes. Journal of Business Ethics. 19 pages.
Show author(s) (2021). Legitimacy Crises and the Temporal Dynamics of Bureaucratic Representation. Governance. An International Journal of Policy, Administration and Institutions. 65-82.
Show author(s) (2021). International Public Administration on the Tip of the Tongue: Language as a Feature of Representative Bureaucracy in ECOWAS. . International Review of Administrative Sciences.

Show author(s) (2020). Follow the Leader? Leader Succession and Staff Attitudes in Public Sector Organizations. Public Administration Review. 555-564.

Show author(s) (2018). Lobbying cycles in Brussels: Evidence from the rotating presidency of the Council of the European union. European Union Politics. 597-616.
Show author(s) (2018). How pre- and post-recruitment factors shape role perceptions of European Commission officials. Governance. An International Journal of Policy, Administration and Institutions. 85-101.
Show author(s) (2018). Do international institutions matter? Socialization and international bureaucrats. European Journal of International Relations. 852-877.
Show author(s) (2018). Administrative legitimacy and the democratic deficit of the European Union. Journal of European Public Policy. 389-408.

Show author(s) (2017). Identity, threat aversion, and civil servants’ policy preferences: Evidence from the European Parliament. Public Administration. 1009-1025.

Show author(s) (2016). Representative bureaucracy and seconded national government officials in the European Commission. Regulation & Governance. 335-349.

Show author(s) (2015). Representative Bureaucracy and the Role of Expertise in Politics. Politics and Governance. 26-36.
Show author(s) (2015). Organization Theory and the Study of European Union Institutions: Lessons and Opportunities. Organization Studies. 1675-1692.
Show author(s) (2015). On Trojan Horses and revolving doors: Assessing the autonomy of national officials in the European Commission. European Journal of Political Research. 249-270.

Show author(s) (2014). Institutional dynamics in international organisations: Lessons from the recruitment procedures of the European External Action Service. Organization Studies. 1793-1811.
Show author(s) (2014). Building foreign affairs capacity in the EU: The recruitment of member state officials to the European External Action Service (EEAS). Public Administration. 71-86.

Show author(s) (2013). Contracted Government: Unveiling the European Commission's Contracted Staff. West European Politics. 1-21.

Show author(s) (2012). Negotiating the European External Action Service (EEAS): Analyzing the External Effects of Internal (Dis)Agreement. Journal of Common Market Studies. 1011-1027.
Show author(s) (2012). Instrumental Calculation, Cognitive Role-Playing, or Both? Self-Perceptions of Seconded National Experts in the European Commission. Journal of European Public Policy. 1357-1376.

Show author(s) (2010). Measuring the 'Bridging' versus 'Bonding' Nature of Social Networks: A Proposal for Integrating Existing Measures. Sociology. 523-540.

Show author(s) (2008). How to make head or tail of ‘bridging’ and ‘bonding’?: addressing the methodological ambiguity. British Journal of Sociology. 435-454.

Report

Show author(s) (2013). The Origins of Common Action Capacities. Observations on the recruitment of Member States’ diplomats and officials to the European External Action Service (EEAS). 1. 1. .

Lecture

Show author(s) (2021). Introduction and Q& A.

Academic lecture

Show author(s) (2021). Workshop til AORG326 - politisk organisering og flernivåstyring.

Show author(s) (2017). Likestillingsbyråkratiene: Europeisering i nordisk kontekst?

Short communication

Show author(s) (2023). Political Representation of Public Sector Employees. jop.blogs.uni-hamburg.de. 1 pages.

Show author(s) (2018). JEPP blog post: Administrative legitimacy and the democratic deficit of the European Union. JEPP Online.

Show author(s) (2015). The Autonomy of National Officials in the European Commission. Politics and Policy journal blog.
Show author(s) (2015). National officials working for the Commission display a surprising amount of independence from their own governments. EUROPP - European Politics and Policy.