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Asia Pacific Journal of Public Administration @apjournalpa.bsky.social · 17h

⚖️ 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. 📖 doi.org/10.1080/2327...

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Asia Pacific Journal of Public Administration @apjournalpa.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

📣 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. 📖 doi.org/10.1080/2327... 📚 www.tandfonline.com/journals/rap...

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Asia Pacific Journal of Public Administration @apjournalpa.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

🤖 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. 📖 doi.org/10.1080/2327...

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Asia Pacific Journal of Public Administration @apjournalpa.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

👤 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. 📖 buff.ly/9lI0XTA

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Asia Pacific Journal of Public Administration @apjournalpa.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

🏛️ Similar cultural roots, different visions of good government. Zhou, Chen & Kim compare #PublicValues in China, Singapore, and Taiwan, revealing diverse views of government functions across three #Confucian societies. 📖 doi.org/10.1080/2327...

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Asia Pacific Journal of Public Administration @apjournalpa.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

🆕 Just out in APJPA! Wahyu Sutiyono & Lila Sari examine #Indonesia’s Civil Service Commission, tracing its rise, abolition, and proposed return—and the implications for meritocracy and bureaucratic neutrality. 📖 doi.org/10.1080/2327...

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Asia Pacific Journal of Public Administration @apjournalpa.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

🔎 Can #SocialCapital help reduce stress caused by #corruption? Drawing on data from five Asia-Pacific countries, Islam finds that trust within personal networks can help—but may also reinforce corruption. 📖 doi.org/10.1080/2327...

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Asia Pacific Journal of Public Administration @apjournalpa.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

📚 Discover what’s new in APJPA. Our updated flyer highlights a selection of recent publications from the journal. Feel free to share it with colleagues or bring copies along to your next conference.

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Asia Pacific Journal of Public Administration @apjournalpa.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

🔓 Now FREE ACCESS in APJPA! Tian & Pérez-Durán review 70 studies on accountability in 15 Asian autocracies, highlighting the dominance of vertical mechanisms and the roles of social & horizontal accountability. 📖 doi.org/10.1080/2327...

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Asia Pacific Journal of Public Administration @apjournalpa.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

📢 APJPA Call for Proposals: Public-Sector #AI Governance Comparative and theory-driven research across the Asia-Pacific and beyond. 🗓 Due 1 Dec 2026 🔗 Full details: think.taylorandfrancis.com/special_issu...

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Asia Pacific Journal of Public Administration @apjournalpa.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

🆕 Just out in APJPA! Andrew Podger & James L. Perry compare five countries to show how public service commissions can support meritocratic, neutral civil services while balancing responsiveness and independence. 📖 doi.org/10.1080/2327...

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Asia Pacific Journal of Public Administration @apjournalpa.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

🎥 Editorial at a Glance Watch the summary of “From obedience to accountability: the global relevance of recent bureaucratic reforms in #SouthKorea.” 📖 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... ▶️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGiO...

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From obedience to accountability: the global relevance of recent bureaucratic reforms in South Korea

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Asia Pacific Journal of Public Administration @apjournalpa.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

📢 Coming in APJPA’s December 2026 issue! Our #PublicServiceMotivation Symposium features articles by Potipiroon (OA); Gupta, Kakkar, Chaudhuri, Malik & Saha; and Hameduddin, Alfes & Ritz (OA). 📖 buff.ly/5J23xz4 📚 buff.ly/E7LHDQW

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Asia Pacific Journal of Public Administration @apjournalpa.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

🆕 Just out in APJPA! Why do local governments differ in #transparency? Using 2017–2021 data from #China, Han Qiu & Jekyung Lee find that political and fiscal factors dominate, while vertical accountability shapes the influence of social pressures. 📖 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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Asia Pacific Journal of Public Administration @apjournalpa.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

#Political system design has lasting implications for #PublicAdministration. Alasdair Roberts examines over-centralisation in #American government and argues for devolving authority and reconfiguring central institutions. 📖 doi.org/10.1080/2327...

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Asia Pacific Journal of Public Administration @apjournalpa.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

🆕 Just out in APJPA James Low & Kee Hean Soh examine how #Singapore’s Public Service Commission has helped sustain a meritocratic, professional, and trusted #PublicService—and the challenges it faces today. 📖 doi.org/10.1080/2327...

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Asia Pacific Journal of Public Administration @apjournalpa.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

🆕 Just out in APJPA In our latest editorial, Tobin Im examines the rise and fall of #SouthKorea’s Civil Service Commission—and what it reveals about meritocracy, political neutrality, and power in the civil service. 📖 doi.org/10.1080/2327...

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Asia Pacific Journal of Public Administration @apjournalpa.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

🌏 Explore APJPA’s #PublicServiceMotivation & #AsiaPacific collection. The collection’s latest three articles examine PSM’s moderating effects, career satisfaction and commitment, and turnover intention. 📚 Collection: buff.ly/mv35kbj 1️⃣ buff.ly/6QEE9GC 2️⃣ buff.ly/XErdyKF 3️⃣ buff.ly/AEMyyJ6

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Asia Pacific Journal of Public Administration @apjournalpa.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

🌱 A new chapter for APJPA In our latest editorial, Co-Editors Zhengyan (Ian) Li and James L. Perry reflect on APJPA’s editorial transition, thank former Co-Editor Wai-Fung (Danny) Lam for his many contributions, and look ahead. 📖 doi.org/10.1080/2327...

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Asia Pacific Journal of Public Administration @apjournalpa.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

🆕 Just out in APJPA Andrew Podger reflects on the #Australian experience of balancing responsiveness to elected governments with professional independence in the public service. 📖 doi.org/10.1080/2327...

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Asia Pacific Journal of Public Administration @apjournalpa.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Last Wednesday (Sept. 2), our co-editor James L. Perry joined Jing He and Lei Tao for an APJPA panel discussion on publishing PA research in the Chinese context, moderated by @qinrou.bsky.social. Thank you to everyone who joined us.😊 🎥 Recording: youtu.be/-X9QSSfTuX8?...

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APJPA Webinar: Publishing Public Administration Research in the Chinese Context

This webinar hosted by the Asia Pacific Journal of Public Administration (APJPA) brings together scholars to discuss researching and publishing public administration in the Chinese…

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Asia Pacific Journal of Public Administration @apjournalpa.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

📢 Meet our new Co-Editor, Professor Zhengyan Ian Li! Ian is an Assistant Professor at the University of Hong Kong, studying institutional design, policy tools, environmental governance, and citizen–government interactions. We’re glad to welcome Ian to the APJPA editorial team.☺️ 👏

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Asia Pacific Journal of Public Administration @apjournalpa.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

💳 Can credit card use in e-procurement enhance government budget effectiveness? Dau examines this question using evidence from 202 #Vietnamese public organisations, exploring how digital procurement tools influence #PublicBudgeting. 📖 doi.org/10.1080/2327...

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Asia Pacific Journal of Public Administration @apjournalpa.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

📢 Call for Proposals: APJPA Special Issue on Governing Artificial Intelligence in the Public Sector We welcome comparative and theory-driven research across the #AsiaPacific and beyond. 🗓 Due 1 Dec 2026 📩 Contact: Hsien-Lee Tseng — nova1219@gmail.com See details below.

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Asia Pacific Journal of Public Administration @apjournalpa.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

📢 Coming soon! Join us on 2 September 2026 for an APJPA webinar on #PublicAdministration research with a focus on #China. 💻 Online via Zoom See the poster for details.

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Asia Pacific Journal of Public Administration @apjournalpa.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

🏛️ Accountability does not disappear in #autocracies—it takes different forms. Tian & Pérez-Durán review 70 studies across 15 #Asian closed autocracies, examining how accountability mechanisms operate beyond democracy. 📖 doi.org/10.1080/2327...

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Asia Pacific Journal of Public Administration @apjournalpa.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

🌐 #DigitalTransformation is reshaping public administration. Explore APJPA’s Digital Transformation in Public Administration collection—17 articles on AI, digital public services, inclusion, privacy, governance, and more across the #AsiaPacific. 📖 buff.ly/ZAAZkET

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Asia Pacific Journal of Public Administration @apjournalpa.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

🔎 High corruption, high trust? Rifat Mahmud’s article explores trust in public institutions across #Bangladesh, #Nepal, and #SriLanka, revealing a complex relationship between corruption and public confidence. 📖 doi.org/10.1080/2327...

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Asia Pacific Journal of Public Administration @apjournalpa.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

📢 The latest issue of APJPA is now online! Explore Volume 48, Issue 3, featuring research on policy implementation, public sector reform, digital governance, comparative public administration, and more. 📖 www.tandfonline.com/toc/rapa20/c...

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Asia Pacific Journal of Public Administration @apjournalpa.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

📢 Interested in publishing #PublicAdministration research on #China? Join APJPA’s webinar with James L. Perry, He Jing & Tao Lei for a conversation on research framing, peer review, and publishing in APJPA. 🗓 2 Sept | 💻 Zoom 🕘 9–10 pm Beijing/HK | 9–10 am ET

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Asia Pacific Journal of Public Administration @apjournalpa.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

📚 Explore APJPA’s collection on Public Administration in #Authoritarian Regimes. 🆕 Latest addition: #China’s 2023 Party-state institutional reform and party dominance. Collection: buff.ly/AfWoiie Article: buff.ly/mpfkaSY

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Asia Pacific Journal of Public Administration @apjournalpa.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

🎉 1,000+ views! Hameduddin, Alfes & Ritz examine what drives employee engagement across public and private sectors. Coming in APJPA’s #PublicServiceMotivation Symposium (V48.4). 📖 Article: buff.ly/f1kpbIK 📚 Symposium: buff.ly/crGOAeW

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Asia Pacific Journal of Public Administration @apjournalpa.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

🆕 Just published in APJPA! When uncertainty expands bureaucratic discretion, what follows? Drawing on evidence from #Indonesia, Bake, Alam & Wahbi show how uncertainty can trigger two competing responses: integrity-based adaptation or opportunism. 📖 doi.org/10.1080/2327...

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Asia Pacific Journal of Public Administration @apjournalpa.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

📚 One of our most-read articles: Does removing #JobSecurity foster healthy and effective organisations? 🔎 Reviewing 119 studies across 41+ countries, it links job insecurity to poorer employee and organisational outcomes. 📖 buff.ly/oQYOTLN

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Asia Pacific Journal of Public Administration @apjournalpa.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

🎥 Article at a Glance Watch a short summary of APJPA's special issue, Building Global Public Administration Knowledge: Perspectives from the #GlobalSouth Focusing on Faith, Culture, and Traditions. 📖 Explore the special issue: buff.ly/Od48bXm ▶️ Video: buff.ly/JXsocto

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Asia Pacific Journal of Public Administration @apjournalpa.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

How do we build better government? Explore APJPA's collection on Quality of Government in the #AsiaPacific, featuring 11 articles on governance, public trust, integrity, and institutional quality. 🔗 buff.ly/0kbuNtz

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Asia Pacific Journal of Public Administration @apjournalpa.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

#LatinAmerica isn't just a case study—it's reshaping public administration theory. Explore Smith's Guest Editorial on decolonising and discolonialising #PublicAdministration, featured in our #GlobalSouth Special Issue. 🔗 buff.ly/x0d1YCb 🔗 buff.ly/Od48bXm

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Asia Pacific Journal of Public Administration @apjournalpa.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

👤 Meet the Author: Julie A. Beasley Julie A. Beasley is an Assistant Professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Her latest APJPA article explores how workforce diversity shapes organizational outcomes in U.S. federal agencies. 🔗 buff.ly/wRnjV2o

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Asia Pacific Journal of Public Administration @apjournalpa.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

📢 Just published in APJPA: Cui, Yuan & Tang show that #AntiCorruption information can backfire. The effects of media information depend on citizens' corruption experiences and how information is presented. 🔗 doi.org/10.1080/2327...

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Asia Pacific Journal of Public Administration @apjournalpa.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

📢 Just published in APJPA Levitats, Vigoda-Gadot & Styrin find that citizens' emotions towards algorithmic policy decision-making are associated with trust in government—even beyond perceived governance performance. 🔗 doi.org/10.1080/2327... #AlgorithmicGovernance #PublicAdministration

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Asia Pacific Journal of Public Administration @apjournalpa.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

📈 APJPA continues to grow In Q2 2026, the Asia Pacific Journal of Public Administration reached 26,978 downloads. It's encouraging to see our published research reaching more readers and sparking conversations beyond academia. Here's to continuing the conversation. 📚🌏

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Asia Pacific Journal of Public Administration @apjournalpa.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

How does workplace fit shape emotional labour among #StreetLevelBureaucrats? Lee finds that person–organization fit, rather than person–job fit, is associated with emotional labour strategies and turnover intention. 🔗 doi.org/10.1080/2327...

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Asia Pacific Journal of Public Administration @apjournalpa.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

📖 APJPA Publishing Report highlights • IF 4.1 (Q1; #16/97) • In Defense of the Deep State: 8K+ downloads (Altmetric 281) • Public Administration in Authoritarian Regimes: 32 citations Thanks to our authors, reviewers, editors, and readers. 🔗 buff.ly/9PoMXUp

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Asia Pacific Journal of Public Administration @apjournalpa.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

📚 From our Symposium on #Burnout and #Motivation: Potipiroon & Tongsongsom (2025) find that among 476 Thai rescue volunteers, pleasure-based prosocial motivation reduces burnout, while pressure-based prosocial motivation increases it. 🔗 buff.ly/7iyhCsN

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Asia Pacific Journal of Public Administration @apjournalpa.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

📈 One of our most-read articles Cuillerier et al. show how open-source and hybrid platforms support co-creating #DigitalPublicServices. 🔗 buff.ly/UGsHXbP

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Asia Pacific Journal of Public Administration @apjournalpa.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

📢 Forthcoming Symposium The September issue of APJPA (Vol. 48, Issue 3) will feature a symposium on #DigitalTransformation, covering #AI, co-creation, organisational resilience, and performance. 📖 buff.ly/7hVSE15 📚 buff.ly/j9G65S6

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Asia Pacific Journal of Public Administration @apjournalpa.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

🌍 New Special Issue Now available in APJPA (Vol. 48, Issue 2): Perspectives from the #GlobalSouth Focusing on Faith, Culture, and Traditions. 📖 buff.ly/ExReO7H 📚 buff.ly/o9jF1tl

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Asia Pacific Journal of Public Administration @apjournalpa.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

📢 New in APJPA Tian, Christensen, and Ma analyse #China’s 2023 Party–state institutional reform, examining how it further institutionalises #PartyDominance and reshapes governance in the context of Chinese modernisation. 📖 doi.org/10.1080/2327...

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Asia Pacific Journal of Public Administration @apjournalpa.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Does #Corruption make people more stressed? Islam (2026) finds that trust-based #SocialCapital can buffer the stress of perceived corruption—but may also reinforce the very conditions that sustain it. Read more: doi.org/10.1080/2327...

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Asia Pacific Journal of Public Administration @apjournalpa.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

APJPA Co-Editor James L. Perry delivered the keynote at the SANPA × University of Birmingham webinar on building more inclusive global #PublicAdministration knowledge. 🎥 Webinar: buff.ly/skwRfeE Related Special Issue: 📖 buff.ly/04AUr3L 📖 buff.ly/zBZWYVT

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