Dr. Kaifeng Yang is a professor and Ph.D Director
at the Askew School . He received his B.A. in management science
from Huazhong University of Science and Technology in China ; his
M.A. and Ph.D. in business administration from Remin University
of China; and his Ph.D. in public administration from Rutgers University
. His research and teaching interests are in public and strategic
management, organizational theory and behavior, performance measurement,
and e-government. He had consulting experiences for a number of
international companies on strategic management and organizational
change. He is a senior research associate of the National Center
for Public Productivity at Rutgers-Newark, and a research affiliate
of the DeVoe Moore Center at FSU.
Recent Publications and Papers
Yang, K., Wu, F., Xu, X., & Chen, T. (in press). The Challenge of Civil Servant Training in China: A Case Study of Nanning City. Review of Public Personnel Administration , 37 pages.
Acar, M., Guo, C., & Yang, K. (in press). Accountability in Voluntary Partnerships: To Whom and For What? Public Organization Review .
Coursey, D., Yang, K., & Pandey, S. (in press). Public Service Motivation (PSM) and Support for Citizen Participation: A Test of Perry and Vandenabeele's Reformulation of PSM Theory. Public Administration Review .
Hsieh, W., Yang, K., & Fu, C. (in press). Motivational Bases and Emotional Labor: Assessing the Impact of Public Service Motivation. Public Administration Review , 36 pages.
Yang, K. (in press). Further Understanding Accountability in Public Organizations: Actionable Knowledge and the Structure-Agency Duality. Administration & Society , 38 pages.
Yang, K., & Pandey, S. (in press). Further Dissecting the Black Box of Citizen Participation: When Does Citizen Involvement Lead to Good Outcomes? Public Administration Review , 40 pages.
Zhang, Y., Lee, R., & Yang, K. (in press). Knowledge and Skills for Policy Making: Stories from Local Public Managers in Florida. Journal of Public Affairs Education .
Yang, K. (2011). The Sisyphusian Fate of Government-Wide Performance Accountability Reforms: Federal Performance Management Efforts and Employees' Daily Work 2002~2008. Public Performance & Management Review , 35(1) , 148-176.
Yang, K., & Wu, J. (2011). On the Three Basic Problems on China's Government Accountability Research. Chinese Public Administration , 5 , 106-111.
Hou, Y., Ni, A., Poocharoen, O., Yang, K., & Zhao, Z. (2011). The Case for Public Administration with a Global Perspective. Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory , 21(supplement) , i45-i51.
Moynihan, D., Fernadez, S., Kim, S., LeRoux, K., Piotrowski, S., Wright, B., & Yang, K. (2011). Performance Regimes Amidst Governance Complexity. Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory , 21(supplement) , i141-i155.
Yang, K., & VanLandingham, G. (2011). How Hollow Can We Go? A Case Study of Florida's Outsourced Oversight of its Privatized Child Welfare Services. American Review for Public Administration , XX(X) , 1-19. Retrieved from http://arp.sagepub.com/content/early/2011/06/02/0275074011411910
Bryson, J., Berry, F., & Yang, K. (2010). The State of Public Strategic Management Research: A Selective Literature Review and Set of Future Directions. American Review of Public Administration , 40(5) , 495-521.
Yang, K., & De Haan, N. (2010). Normative and Empirical Justice Research: A Preliminary Exploration of Public Administrators in the Health Care Context. Journal of Social Policy and Management , 16(1) , 51-74.
Yang, K., Hsieh, J., & Li, T. (2010). Evaluating Contracting-out Performance in Taiwan: Comparing Perceptions of Public Managers and Private Contractors. Public Administration Quarterly , 34(1) , 76-108.
Yang, K., & Kassekert, A. (2010). Linking Management Reform with Employee Job Satisfaction: Evidence from Federal Agencies. Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory , 20(2) , 413-436.
Yang, K., & Terman, J. (2010). Contracting and the Performance Assessment Rating Tool: Politicization or Sound Management? Public Administration Quarterly , 34(3) , 400-433.
Recent Awards and Achievements
Pi Alpha Alpha, 2003
Excellence Fellowship, Rutgers University, 1999-2001
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