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Political Science
China
2023

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Political Science

D-Index
37
Citations
7450
World Ranking
636
National Ranking
348

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Law and Political Science in China Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Political Science in China Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Law and Political Science in China Leader Award

Overview

Kaifeng Yang is affiliated with Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey in the United States. Their research primarily falls within the Social Sciences, with a particular focus on Public Administration, Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management, Sociology and Political Science, Political Science and International Relations, and Economics and Econometrics.

The body of work includes contributions to Public Policy and Administration Research, Management and Organizational Studies, Local Government Finance and Decentralization, Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies, Social Capital and Networks, E-Government and Public Services, and Environmental Sustainability in Business.

Yang has published extensively in several academic journals. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Public Administration Review
  • The American Review of Public Administration
  • Public Performance & Management Review
  • Review of Public Personnel Administration
  • Governance

Their recent papers showcase a focus on governance challenges, leadership, public administration, and evidence-based management. Notable publications include:

  • "Unprecedented Challenges, Familiar Paradoxes: COVID-19 and Governance in a New Normal State of Risks" (2020, Public Administration Review)
  • "What Can COVID-19 Tell Us About Evidence-Based Management?" (2020, The American Review of Public Administration)

Other relevant works related to Yang's collaborative research environment include:

  • "A Meta-Analysis of the Government Performance-Trust Link: Taking Cultural and Methodological Factors into Account" (2021, Public Administration Review)
  • "Examining the Influence of Transformational Leadership and Green Culture on Pro-Environmental Behaviors: Empirical Evidence From Florida City Governments" (2021, Review of Public Personnel Administration)
  • "Multidimensional Publicness and Collaboration for Community Benefits: The Case of U.S. Hospitals" (2020, Public Administration Review)

Yang frequently collaborates with multiple co-authors, including Naon Min, Zhang Jia-sheng, Hui Li, Aisha Azhar, and Wenchi Wei.

Best Publications

  • The Performance–Trust Link: Implications for Performance Measurement

    Kaifeng Yang;Marc Holzer

  • Citizen Involvement Efforts and Bureaucratic Responsiveness: Participatory Values, Stakeholder Pressures, and Administrative Practicality

    Kaifeng Yang;Kathe Callahan

  • Public Administrators' Trust in Citizens: A Missing Link in Citizen Involvement Efforts

    Kaifeng Yang

  • Further Dissecting the Black Box of Citizen Participation: When Does Citizen Involvement Lead to Good Outcomes?

    Kaifeng Yang;Sanjay K. Pandey

  • The State of Public Strategic Management Research: A Selective Literature Review and Set of Future Directions

    John M. Bryson;Frances S. Berry;Kaifeng Yang

  • Performance Regimes Amidst Governance Complexity

    Donald P. Moynihan;Sergio Fernandez;Soonhee Kim;Kelly M. LeRoux

  • Managerial Effectiveness of Government Performance Measurement: Testing a Middle-Range Model

    Kaifeng Yang;Jun Yi Hsieh

  • Linking Management Reform with Employee Job Satisfaction: Evidence from Federal Agencies

    Kaifeng Yang;Anthony Kassekert

  • Performance Measurement and Improvement: an Assessment of the State of the Art

    Marc Holzer;Kaifeng Yang

  • ASSESSING CITIZEN INVOLVEMENT EFFORTS BY LOCAL GOVERNMENTS

    Kaifeng Yang;Kathe Callahan

  • Accountability When Hierarchical Authority Is Absent: Views From Public–Private Partnership Practitioners

    Muhittin Acar;Chao Guo;Kaifeng Yang

  • How Do Perceived Political Environment and Administrative Reform Affect Employee Commitment

    Kaifeng Yang;Sanjay K. Pandey

  • Trust and Citizen Involvement Decisions: Trust in Citizens, Trust in Institutions, and Propensity to Trust

    Kaifeng Yang

  • E-Government for Better Performance: Promises, Realities, and Challenges

    Kaifeng Yang;Seung-Yong Rho

  • Public Service Motivation (PSM) and Support for Citizen Participation: A Test of Perry and Vandenabeele’s Reformulation of PSM Theory

    David Coursey;Kaifeng Yang;Sanjay K. Pandey

  • Further Understanding Accountability in Public Organizations Actionable Knowledge and the Structure–Agency Duality

    Kaifeng Yang

  • Neoinstitutionalism and e-government: beyond Jane Fountain

    Kaifeng Yang

  • Motivational Bases and Emotional Labor: Assessing the Impact of Public Service Motivation

    Chih-Wei Hsieh;Kaifeng Yang;Kai-Jo Fu

  • Examining Perceived Honest Performance Reporting by Public Organizations: Bureaucratic Politics and Organizational Practice

    Kaifeng Yang

  • Introduction to the Symposium: Accountability and Performance Measurement: The Evolving Role of Nonprofits in the Hollow State

    Jennifer Alexander;Jeffrey L. Brudney;Kaifeng Yang

  • Contracting Capacity and Perceived Contracting Performance: Nonlinear Effects and the Role of Time

    Kaifeng Yang;Jun Yi Hsieh;Tzung Shiun Li

  • Overcoming Negative Media Coverage: Does Government Communication Matter?

    Brooke Fisher Liu;J. Suzanne Horsley;Kaifeng Yang

  • Work-Related Stressors and Health-Related Outcomes in Public Service Examining the Role of Public Service Motivation

    Bangcheng Liu;Kaifeng Yang;Kaifeng Yang;Wei Yu

Frequent Co-Authors

Marc Holzer
Marc Holzer Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Donald P. Moynihan
Donald P. Moynihan University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Sergio Fernandez
Sergio Fernandez Indiana University
Bradley E. Wright
Bradley E. Wright University of Georgia
Jeffrey L. Brudney
Jeffrey L. Brudney University of North Carolina Wilmington
Richard C. Feiock
Richard C. Feiock Florida State University
Frances Stokes Berry
Frances Stokes Berry Florida State University
Kelly LeRoux
Kelly LeRoux University of Illinois at Chicago
Melvin J. Dubnick
Melvin J. Dubnick University of New Hampshire
Hongtao Yi
Hongtao Yi Florida State University

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