Asia Pacific Journal of Public Administration

2004 - 2025

Current editor(s): Ian Thynne and Danny Lam

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Volume 47, issue 2, 2025

Government efficiency or administrative backsliding?: warning signs from global experience with administrative decline pp. 91-95

Kohei Suzuki

Dynamic regulatory governance amidst infectious diseases: analyzing agile responses and regulatory shifts in health and welfare policy pp. 96-114

Nara Park

Performance management symposium: introduction pp. 115-116

James L. Perry and Wai-Fung (Danny) Lam

Performance management and political accountability: how local governments respond to performance feedback pp. 117-139

Sounman Hong, Suho Ji and Taek Kyu Kim

Change management, performance feedback, and public service motivation: cultivating change-oriented behaviour in public organisations pp. 140-164

Jesse W. Campbell

When women speak up: investigating how gender influences the effect of workplace incivility on performance via voice behaviour pp. 165-185

Mustainah Mappatoba, Hillman Wirawan, Rudi Salam, Syahruddin Hattab and Daswati Daswati

Does staff gender matter for project performance in international organizations? Evidence from the Asian Development Bank pp. 186-209

Jasleen Kaur

Volume 47, issue 1, 2025

Mission driven bureaucrats & agency performance in difficult times pp. 1-4

Dan Honig and Sarah Thompson

Governance of dependency relationships in mandated networks pp. 5-27

Dayashankar Maurya, M Ramesh and Michael Howlett

It is top-down governance: examining environmental public-private partnerships in China pp. 28-49

Liying Zhang and Xuhong Su

Institutionalized Social Entrepreneurship in Indonesia: A report on the challenges of state-driven social entrepreneurship promotion within the Five Cities' social assistance program pp. 50-66

Tauchid Komara Yuda, Hari Harjanto Setiawan, Habibullah, Badrun Susantyo and Hempri Suyatna

To what extent do work environment and personality matter? Impact of political climate and employee personality on employee’s behavioural outcomes pp. 67-89

Asma Gul and Tasneem Fatima

Volume 46, issue 4, 2024

Introduction to the special issue: digital transformation of government and the Asia Pacific region pp. 315-320

Yu-Che Chen and Soonhee Kim

The brave new world of AI: implications for public sector agents, organisations, and governance pp. 321-325

Justin B. Bullock and Yu-Che Chen

Digital transformation in a large democracy: the case of India pp. 326-359

Pallavi Awasthi, Sukumar Ganapati and Kuang Ting Tai

Crisis and choice in digital transformation: COVID-19 and the punctuated politics of government DX in Japan pp. 360-391

Matthew Brummer and Hiroko Ueno

Driving Urban Digitalisation through a National Mission– a multilevel governance perspective of India’s data smart cities strategy pp. 392-421

Tathagata Chatterji and Aravindan R Mukkai

Digitally vulnerable populations’ use of e-government services: inclusivity and access pp. 422-446

Yeonkyung Kim and Jooho Lee

Fear of nothing to hide? How do Chinese people feel about privacy when facing facial recognition cameras? pp. 447-470

Ziteng Fan and Jason Wu

Current auditor expertise and future relevance of innovative audit technology: evidence from Indonesia public sector auditor pp. 471-487

M. Rizal Yahya, Jalaluddin and Gamal Batara

Chatbot applications in government frontline services: leveraging artificial intelligence and data governance to reduce problems and increase effectiveness pp. 488-511

Chian-Wen Wang, Bo-Ya Hsu and Don-Yun Chen

Volume 46, issue 3, 2024

Jon Quah Siew Tien: an appreciation pp. 211-212

John P Burns

Public administration in authoritarian regimes: propositions for comparative research pp. 213-235

Kwan Nok Chan

A systematic review of the link between public service motivation and ethical outcomes pp. 236-263

Euipyo Lee, Tinganxu Lewis-Liu, Shaun Khurana and Ming Lu

Linking public service motivation, perceived external career barriers, and public-sector attraction pp. 264-290

Thi Quynh Trang Nguyen and Tu Phuoc Truong

Why and how are millennials sensitive to unfairness? Focusing on the moderated mediating role of generation on turnover intention pp. 291-314

Kyuwoong Kyeong and Minjai Kim

Volume 46, issue 2, 2024

Improving adaptability in democratic systems pp. 109-112

Alasdair Roberts

To what extent does corruption erode trust? evidence of reputational spillovers from ten countries in the Southern African development community pp. 113-137

Sergio Fernandez, Lianne P Malan, Natasja Holtzhausen and Michel M Tshiyoyo

Public leadership symposium: co-editors’ introduction pp. 138-138

James L. Perry and Wai-Fung Lam

Local government managers’ change-oriented leadership and employees’ change-supportive behaviour during COVID-19: utilizing the theory of planned behaviour pp. 139-158

Wisanupong Potipiroon and Worasan Thawornprasert

Leaders need to be led: complementary followership in the context of community-driven development program pp. 159-183

Junesoo Lee, Jongwoo Chung and Booyuel Kim

Abusive supervision in public service organisations: investigating the moderating effect of attribution styles pp. 184-209

Abdul Kadir, Hillman Wirawan, Rudi Salam, Syahruddin Hattab and Daswati Daswati

Volume 46, issue 1, 2024

In Defense of the deep state pp. 1-12

Francis Fukuyama

The changing traditions of Islamic public administration: observing processes of collision, absorption and adaptation pp. 13-30

Adrian Kay

Public performance symposium: co-editors’ introduction pp. 31-31

James L. Perry and Wai-Fung Lam

Organizational size and public service performance: a meta-analysis and an agenda for future research pp. 32-65

Richard M. Walker, Rhys Andrews, Bert George and Xuan Tu

COVID-19 and employee productivity in the public sector pp. 66-89

Hyesong Ha, Aarthi Raghavan and Mehmet Akif Demircioglu

Open or shut case? Exploring the role of openness in public sector innovation pp. 90-108

Shaleen Khanal

Volume 45, issue 4, 2023

The challenges, and importance, of understanding government in Xi Jinping’s China pp. 335-341

Andrew Podger

Special issue introduction: administrative burdens as a global public management phenomenon pp. 342-344

Donald Moynihan and Pamela Herd

Who puts the thorn in the citizen’s flesh? Sources underlying administrative burden in a developing country pp. 345-361

Shehreen Amin Bhuiyan and Hasan Muhammad Baniamin

What factors underlie burden tolerance in South Korea? Policy implementation domain, administrative efficiency, and bureaucratic personality pp. 362-384

Jesse W. Campbell and Yongjin Ahn

Are all burdens bad? Disentangling illegitimate administrative burdens through public value accounting pp. 385-403

Muhammad Azfar Nisar and Ayesha Masood

Volume 45, issue 3, 2023

Co-editors' Note pp. 237-237

The Editors

A spirit of service to the community: public service motivation in the New Zealand public service pp. 238-243

Rodney Scott and Peter Hughes

Developing public service motivation in the non-Western world pp. 244-247

Zeger Van der Wal and Assel Mussagulova

Demystifying the components of public service motivation among young public servants in China: a qualitative inquiry pp. 248-273

Lei Tao and Bo Wen

Underlying assumptions of public service motivation: a view from the developing world pp. 274-294

Aisha Azhar and Trui Steen

The influence of servant leadership on job performance through innovative work behavior: does public service motivation matter? pp. 295-315

Bui Nhat Vuong

Job characteristics and public service motivation among highly-qualified public employees pp. 316-333

Baris Kiyak and Naci Karkin

Volume 45, issue 2, 2023

Special issue introduction: integrating Asia Pacific influences and public management research pp. 115-117

Chung-An Chen, Soojin Kim and Liang Ma

“Expecting children to be dragons” in an east asian context: Parental expectations of children choosing a career in the public sector pp. 118-138

Chung-an Chen, Chengwei Xu and Don-Yun Chen

Advancing social equity in East Asia: education and health care policy in China, South Korea, and Singapore pp. 139-159

Morgen Johansen

The effects of organizational diversity perception on affective commitment pp. 160-178

Sangsuk Kim and Geunjoo Lee

Do high-PSM public employees like extrinsic rewards? A latent class analysis pp. 179-198

Chengwei Xu, Assel Mussagulova, Chung-An Chen and Ming-Feng Kuo

How do public sector auditors perceive the concept and practice of auditor Independence? Evidence from Indonesia pp. 199-216

Ahmad Rizki and Mark Turner

The influence of planning group diversity on the quality of local strategic plan design pp. 217-235

Iseul Choi, Jeongyoon Lee and David Lee

Volume 45, issue 1, 2023

Advancing knowledge in public administration: why religion matters pp. 1-6

Edoardo Ongaro and Michele Tantardini

Public administration in authoritarian regimes pp. 7-15

B. Guy Peters

Does bureaucratic performance vary across authoritarian regimes? pp. 16-36

Colin Knox and Saltanat Janenova

Political parties and policy transfer in authoritarianism pp. 37-53

Hang Duong

Public sector digitalisation and stealth intrusions upon individual freedoms and democratic accountability pp. 54-72

Srinivas Yerramsetti

Autocratization and public administration: the revolutionary-populist regime in Venezuela in comparative perspective pp. 73-92

Wolfgang Muno and Héctor Briceño

Is there passion for public service in authoritarian bureaucracies? Exploring public service motivation across regime types pp. 93-113

Guillem Ripoll and Martin Rode