Dr. Kaifeng Yang is an associate professor and the MPA 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
“The Trust-Performance Link: Implications for Performance
Measurement.” With Marc Holzer, Public Administration Review,
2006, 66(1), 114-126.
“Citizen Involvement Efforts by Local Governments.” With
Kathe Callahan, Public Performance and Management Review, 2005, 29(2),
191-216.
“Administrative Discretion in a Turbulent Time.” With
Marc Holzer, Public Administration Quarterly, 2005, 29(1/2), 128-139.
“Public Administrators’ Trust in Citizens: A
Missing Link in Citizen Involvement Efforts.” Public Administration
Review, 2005, 65(3), 262-275.“Training and Professional Development for Civically
Engaged Communities.” With Kathy Callahan, Innovation, 2005,
10(1), 1-16.
“Re-Approaching the Politics/Administration Dichotomy
and Its Impact on Administrative Ethics.” With Marc Holzer,
Public Integrity, 2005, 7(2), 111-127.
“Globalization and Public Affairs Education: The Case
of China.” Journal of Public Affairs Education, 2005, 11(2),
105-120.
“Performance Measurement and Improvement: an Assessment of
the State of the Art.” With Marc Holzer, International Review
of Administrative Sciences, 2004, 70(1): 15-31.
“Neo-Institutionalism and E-Government: Beyond Jane Fountain.” Social
Science Computer Review, 2003, 21(4), 232-242.
“Public Hearings: An Interpretive Analysis of China’s
Public Hearings.” International Journal of Public Administration,
2003, 26(5): 497-524.
“From ‘Danwei’ Society to New Community Building:
Opportunities and Challenges for Citizen Participation in Chinese
Cities.” Chinese Public Administration Review, 2002, 1(1):
65-82.
Recent Awards and Achievements
Pi Alpha Alpha, 2003
Excellence Fellowship, Rutgers University, 1999-2001
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