Patrice M. MareschalRutgers, The State University of New Jersey | Rutgers · Department of Public Policy & Administration
Patrice M. Mareschal
Doctor of Philosophy
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Introduction
I'm a full professor in the Department of Public Policy & Administration, at Rutgers University. My body of research is in rooted in the study of conflict, inequality, and public policy. I’m currently working on several projects that focus on teachers and other public sector employees, home care workers, and labor/employment rights.
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August 1999 - January 2022
Rutgers University
Position
- Professor (Full)
Description
- Public & Non-Profit Management, Human Resource Management, Labor Management Relations, Organizational Behavior, Ethics in the Public Sector, Conflict Resolution
Education
August 1994 - May 1999
August 1987 - January 1988
August 1982 - May 1987
Publications
Publications (32)
Overlooking Oversight: A Lack of Oversight in the Garden State Is Placing New Jersey Residents and Assets at Risk
This research examines recent developments in public sector labor relations at the state and local levels and the impact on gender equality, democracy, and citizenship at work. In the aftermath of the great recession, public sector unions in the U.S. have faced an assault on collective bargaining rights. The retrenchment of collective bargaining ri...
This paper examines how home care workers in Oregon, a predominantly female, geographically dispersed, and economically undervalued workforce, were brought together to engage in collective action and extend their reach beyond the local union to civil society. Drawing on qualitative interviews with union staff and member activists, along with archiv...
The long-term care delivery system in the U.S. is an amalgam of uncoordinated and insufficiently funded programs and policies. It is propped up by a low-wage, contingent workforce with few employment protections. In Who Will Care for Us, Osterman systematically investigates how to improve the jobs of low-wage direct care workers in the home care se...
Public sector unions around the world are under threat from political forces. Combined, the financial crisis and austerity measures have challenged public sector unions' legitimacy. In the U.S., the postrecession assault on public sector unions is rooted in political ideology, with not only a widening polarization along the liberal-conservative spe...
Since the 1970s, governments around the world have been engaged in a conflict over the appropriate role of public services in society. In the U.S. and elsewhere, public services have faced pressures to restructure, reduce the size of government, and make government more ‘business-like.’ This paper examines how the evolution of public services and p...
As state governments expand the use of private contractors to provide public services, they create challenges to performance management and accountability. Using the framework of accountability as a social relationship, we evaluate New Jersey’s oversight practices. We combine data from interviews and observation with a comprehensive analysis of the...
Public sector unions operate in politically challenging environments. The susceptibility of unions to political forces stems in part from the legal environment in which they operate and in part from the nature of their employers (Slater 2012). State law governs collective bargaining for public sector employees. The employers, who are also elected o...
This article examines the media representation of the campaign to organize home care workers in Washington. More specifically, the article identifies and discusses the union strategies that gained media attention in the course of the campaign and the main frames that shaped the public debate surrounding the unionization efforts of home care workers...
Home care, a rapidly changing sector of the health care industry, has experienced remarkable growth over the past 20 years. Employment in the home care sector is expected to grow by 70 percent from 2010 to 2020, a rate significantly faster than the average for all occupations (BLS 2012-2013). Home care jobs are part of the rapidly growing low-wage,...
Over the past 30 years, the normative model of New Public Management (NPM) has influenced governments and public managers in the U.S. and around the world to pursue market-based solutions to public problems. The centerpiece of NPM reforms is increased productivity and alternative service delivery mechanisms (Denhardt and Denhardt 2000). Following t...
This paper seeks to understand state capacity to oversee private contractors through the lens of New Jersey state government. It was initially motivated by Governor Christie’s appointment in 2010 of a state commission tasked with investigating and recommending opportunities for further privatization of state government activities. Contracting out i...
Home care workers provide assistance with activities of daily living to disabled, chronically ill, cognitively impaired and elderly clients. Home care jobs involve personal, intimate forms of caregiving such as help with bathing, dressing, eating and performing household tasks. Such ‘high-intensity’ caregiving places continual demands on home care...
In this study, the authors assessed the usability of e-recruitment websites in the 50 states and the 50 largest American businesses. It is found that states were much less likely than businesses to accept online job applications. For example, it is impossible to apply online for a state government position in the three largest states. When it was p...
This study uses implementation research and case study methodologies to evaluate the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service's Youth Initiative in four communities. In each location, information technology was used to involve stakeholders in developing solutions to the youth violence problem. The purpose of this article is to document the differ...
Using participatory action research, this paper explains how the Service Employees International Union and community groups collaborated to organize home care workers in Oregon. The tactics used include policy borrowing and tinkering, a ballot initiative, coalition building, lobbying, and legislative politics. This approach to organizing low-wage h...
This paper chronicles the SEIU's efforts to organize home care workers in California, Oregon, Washington, and New York. Drawing on inter- views with union leaders and organizers as well as secondary source data, I compare the political strategies employed and the outcomes achieved in these states. Across the cases, the SEIU changed its orga- nizing...
This research explores federal mediators' perspectives on successful conflict resolution in contract disputes. The results indicate that mediator skill base and a collaborative orientation on the part of the disputants are positively related to the likelihood of reaching agreement, while relationship hostility is negatively related to the likelihoo...
Mediation is rapidly becoming the dispute resolution technique of choice in public administration. This researche xamines the ways in whichfeder al mediators approachdis pute resolution in labormanagement relations. The analyses are based on semistructured interviews that were conducted with 15 mediators at the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Se...
This symposium brings together seven papers pertaining to alternative dispute resolution (ADR). ADR, denoting non-judicial means of settling disagreements, has become the dominant mechanism for resolving disagreements. Its expansion should continue, fueled by the inherent deficiencies of the judicial system and by the changing nature of disputed is...
In recent years, mediation has become increasingly popular as a means to resolve conflict. One important issue that arises out of the recent explosive growth in the practice of mediation is: what do mediators need to know in order to assist the parties in resolving their conflicts? To answer this question I conducted participant observation of the...
This research examines the mediation process in the labor relations context to identify the determinants of mediators' tactics. First, data collected from secondary sources, informal networking with dispute resolution professionals, participant observation of new mediator training sessions, and qualitative interviews with Federal Mediation and Conc...
Self-paced post-secondary studies are expected to become much more common in the near future, yet little is known about the causes of student withdrawal from such programs. This paper studies student withdrawal from an entire degree program rather than a particular course, examining both qualitative and quantitative data. We find that staff behavio...
To test the proposition that metropolitan governmental structure has social, economic, and racial consequences, the authors assume that the proliferation of local governments in a metropolitan area and the boundary constraints imposed on the central city have adverse effects, especially on the core city. Analyzing 97 large U.S. metropolitan statist...
In recent years, mediation has become increasingly popular as a means to resolve conflict. One important issue that arises out of the recent explosive growth in the practice of mediation is. what do mediators need to know in order to assist the parties in resolving their conflicts? This research attemtps to identify the determinants of mediator com...
Projects
Project (1)
This ongoing project examines how recent policy changes have affected the employment status of workers in the public sector, the quality of work environments and jobs, and the roles and functions of public sector unions in society. Given the precipitous decline in public sector union membership, it is becoming exceedingly important to understand the effects that these policy developments are having on the ability of unions to maintain and improve the employment opportunities, quality of jobs, and working environments for public employees, and to promote citizenship rights and civic engagement.
