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
- BSG policy report covered by BSG Voices
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.
- PA Times blog Interpreting Performance Information: Why it Matters featuring this research (with A. Ballard)
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]
- Media coverage by Pulso
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. Under review. 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.
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.
- Research project featured by the OECD Observatory of Public Sector Innovation
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). Working paper available upon request.
Work in progress
Making top managers in the public sector: A systems-based study of how senior executives thrive in government (with X. Pizarro, C. Faune & N. Riccucci) (presented at PMRC 2024)
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)