Asia Pacific Journal of PA

ASIA PACIFIC JOURNAL OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION is dedicated to research that enhances public governance and administration, emphasizing the Asia Pacific region.

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⚖️ How should a professional civil service balance responsiveness with independence?

In this editorial, Andrew Podger traces #Australia’s experience and highlights the roles of merit, tenure and institutional safeguards.

📖 https://t.co/DK8dHCmFfD

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🎥 Article at a Glance

Watch a quick summary of “Meritocracy in the era of politicisation: the role of the #Korean Civil Service Commission” by Tobin Im.

▶️ Watch: https://t.co/CCV5rLc8z9
📖 Read the full article: https://t.co/4U3tQduC3Z

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🏛️ How does institutional reform reshape Party–state governance in #China?

Tian, Christensen & Ma examine China’s 2023 reform, showing how Party leadership was further institutionalised through administrative restructuring and networked governance.

📖 https://t.co/UZ8klvpORg

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🆕 Just out in APJPA!

In this latest editorial, Rahman draws on #Bangladesh to argue that civil service politicization persists because political and economic incentives sustain it—creating a cycle that is hard to reform.

📖 https://t.co/Ovc8V9Y46A

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💬 Can a text message improve municipal payment compliance?

In a field experiment in #SouthAfrica, Willemse et al. find no average SMS effect—but social-norm messages slowed arrears growth, while deterrence messages did not.

📖 https://t.co/YJELuIdiNI

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📊 What makes #performance information credible?

Lee & Walker find that hard performance information from external sources is seen as most credible—while internal, soft information can sometimes be less convincing than providing none at all.

📖 https://t.co/dJ7D5iNuej

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📚 One of APJPA’s most-cited articles

Riskawati et al. examine how Muhammadiyah values are internalised by local leaders in Indonesia and translated into inclusive policies, participatory governance, anti-corruption reform & sustainable development.

📖 https://t.co/d30xmpS4H4

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⏰ One month to go!

APJPA’s Special Issue on Governing #AI in the Public Sector welcomes comparative and theory-driven proposals across the #AsiaPacific and beyond.

🗓 Due: 1 Dec 2026
📄 800–1,200 words
🔗 https://t.co/6DFlaWX0ZI

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🔓 Open Access in APJPA!

Beasley & Fernandez find that occupational diversity is linked to better cooperation, information sharing, job satisfaction & work-unit performance, while social-attribute diversity shows more mixed effects.

📖 https://t.co/Fl2ytvPaGC

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🌍 Can public administration knowledge be global if context is secondary?

One of our most-cited articles argues for systematic context analysis across Global Souths and Norths.

📖 https://t.co/lCYUgMNy0v

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Hameduddin, Alfes & Ritz review what drives employee engagement across sectors and propose a public-sector model centred on public values, professionalism & political insulation.

📖 https://t.co/80lOWOPtr4
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📚 How do public management reforms become hybrid?

Qin & Christensen show how #China institutionalised traditional PA, #NPM & post-NPM almost simultaneously—a “compressed reform trajectory” contrasting with more sequential reform layering elsewhere.

📖 https://t.co/CGLDnjDb5v

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📚 One of APJPA’s most-read articles

Tran, Cheema & @JLPerrySPEA draw on cognitive science to show why #PublicServiceMotivation may remain resilient in austere and chaotic times—and how compassion-based training could strengthen it.

📖 https://t.co/D5ecGqpVLV

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🎥 Article at a Glance

Watch a quick summary of “Vertical and horizontal accountability: determinants of government transparency in China” by Han Qiu & Jekyung Lee.

📖 https://t.co/5JpAsowzHU
▶️ https://t.co/m5s7wUFMpR

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🆕 Just out in APJPA!

Nguyen Thi Quynh Trang shows how ethical #leadership can work through competing pathways: stronger leader identification may increase unethical pro-organisational behaviour, while #PublicServiceMotivation may reduce it.

📖 https://t.co/J4GwgIKCX0

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🆕 Just out in APJPA!

Brillantes Jr., Ruiz, Dulpina & Rivera examine how the #Philippines’ Civil Service Commission and capacity-building institutions work to protect meritocracy amid persistent political pressures.

📖 https://t.co/GORNr9ZMYW

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⚖️ Uncertainty can widen bureaucratic discretion—and lead to very different responses.

Drawing on evidence from #Indonesia, Bake, Alam & Wahbi show how expanded discretion can support integrity-based adaptation or enable opportunism.

📖 https://t.co/jrtgbbEr9N

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📣 Anti-corruption information can backfire.

Cui, Yuan & Tang show that citizens’ corruption experiences shape how they respond to different information formats—and, in turn, their willingness to fight corruption.

📖 https://t.co/yPTCtcHKUK
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🤖 Trust in algorithmic governance can be emotional.

Drawing on a survey of 586 citizens, Levitats, Vigoda-Gadot & Styrin examine how emotions towards algorithmic decision-making shape trust in governance institutions.

📖 https://t.co/QYCQYAJXJy

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👤 Meet the Author: Jekyung Lee

Jekyung is an Assistant Professor at Chungnam National University, researching public finance, performance, and corruption. His latest APJPA article with Han Qiu examines government transparency in China.

📖 https://t.co/5JpAsowzHU