Journal articles

Fuenzalida, J., Gutiérrez, L., Fernández-Vergara, A. & González, P. (forthcoming). Red tape and burnout risks in public service: Evidence from a survey experiment of school principals. Review of Public Personnel Administration. An earlier version available as BSG working paper

Ali, A., Álvarez, L. Riccetto, P., del Carpio, P., El Nouchi, E., Fuenzalida, J., Gómez, M., Hein, A., Molina, O. & Williams, M. The Dual Imperative of Balancing Speed and Coordination in Emergency Response: Senior Leaders’ Perspectives on Civil Service Transformations and Reform. International Public Management Journal, 28(2), 179–198. Working paper available on RePEc

Schuster, C., Fuenzalida, J., Meyer-Sahling, J. & Saas-Mikkelsen, K. (2024). Unethical Leadership, Moral Compensation, and Ethical Followership: Evidence from a Survey Experiment with Chilean Public Servants. Public Administration Review, 84(5), 848-869

Ali, A., Fuenzalida, J., Gómez, M. & Williams, M. (2021). Four Lenses on People Management in the Public Sector: An Evidence Review and Synthesis. Oxford Review of Economic Policy, 37(2), 335-366. An earlier version available as BSG working paper

Fuenzalida, J. Van Ryzin, G. & Olsen, A. (2021). Are managers susceptible to framing effects? An experimental study of professional judgment of performance metrics. International Public Management Journal, 24(3), 314-329

Fuenzalida, J. & Riccucci, N. M. (2019). The Effects of Politicization on Performance: The Mediating Role of HRM Practices. Review of Public Personnel Administration, 34(4), 544-569

Fuenzalida, J., Inostroza, J. & Morales, M. (2014). Alta Dirección Pública Municipal: un primer paso para resolver los nudos críticos de la descentralización chilena. Reforma y Democracia, 59 (June 2014), 119-150 [pdf]

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Henríquez, M. & Fuenzalida, J. (2011). Compensando la desigualdad de ingresos locales: El Fondo Común Municipal en Chile. Revista Iberoamericana de Estudios Municipales, II(4), 73-104

Working papers

Fuenzalida, J., Fernández-Vergara, A., González, P., Van Ryzin, G. & Alarcón, C. Performance regime features that encourage information use: A survey experiment of decision-making by school principals. Revise and resubmit. Working paper available upon request

Fuenzalida, J., Pliscoff, C. & Garrido-Vergara, Luis. Meritocratic recruitment as a social norm and peer trust in recruits’ integrity: Mixed-methods evidence from Latin America (presented at IRSPM 2025). Under review. Working paper available upon request

Pizarro-Boré, X., Fuenzalida, J., Riccucci, N. & Faune, C. Rethinking top public management through relational dynamics: A systems-informed study of senior executives. Under review (presented at PMRC 2024)

Gómez, M., Soto-Mota, P., van Roekel, H., Bowers, J., Tummers, L., Fuenzalida, J., Arcain, P., Iocco, M. P., Massaro, S., Sherlock, J., Collis, H. & Hein, A. (2024). Behavioral interventions for goal setting and social ties among remote public servants: Insights from a field experiment. Working paper available upon request

Fuenzalida, J. It is not just who you select but how you do it: Understanding the causal mechanisms of merit recruitment in public organizations (presented at IRSPM 2024). Working paper available upon request

Fuenzalida, J. Subtle manifestations of politicization and their impact on public servants: Evidence from a mixed-methods study (presented at IRSPM 2025)

Work in progress

Minority attributes, deservingness, and active representation: An experimental study of school principals’ attitudes in Chile (with P. González)

Measuring public sector occupations’ automation potential: Survey-based index development and validation with 15,000 public employees in Chile (with B. Roseth & F. Suárez)

Longitudinal effects of remote work in the public sector: Evidence from a mixed-methods study of public service professionals (with T. Soto & C. Vera)