Neo Sheeling | 梁诗琳 @neosheeling.bsky.social · 21/10/2025🗣️ 🧠 Can a GOOD argument change someone’s mind? In a new set of three pre-registered experiments, we (John Marvel, Sangwon Ju, Rachel Cho and I) explore this question using a generative AI programmed to persuade participants about U.S. federal agencies’ performance. Thread 👇 110
Reposted by Neo Sheeling | 梁诗琳Sjors Overman @overman.bsky.social · 08/10/2025Does stereotyping stir emotions for public service employees? Yes! And coping behavior depends on their emotions. Example: anger is related to confronting citizens. Read more in our latest article with @neosheeling.bsky.social in @pmreview.bsky.social . www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....tandfonline.comCoping with occupational stereotypes: an emotional lens on police officers’ experiencesHow do public employees cope with negative occupational stereotypes? Limited research examines the psychological processes of how these perceptions shape their behaviour. This study examines how pu... 142
Neo Sheeling | 梁诗琳 @neosheeling.bsky.social · 06/10/2025New publication from @overman.bsky.social & me: 💬 What does it do to police officers when they hear over & over again that "all officers are racist"? Emotions are NOT noise in public services. They guide the actions of professionals towards citizens. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... 👇Thread:tandfonline.comCoping with occupational stereotypes: an emotional lens on police officers’ experiencesHow do public employees cope with negative occupational stereotypes? Limited research examines the psychological processes of how these perceptions shape their behaviour. This study examines how pu... 122
Reposted by Neo Sheeling | 梁诗琳Catherine E. de Vries @catherinedevries.bsky.social · 09/07/2025George Orwell warned: bad writing leads to bad thinking. Academia trains us to write for journals, not the public. Clarity feels risky, because it exposes us. But clear communication is essential for democracy. So how do we do it? 🧵 New post 👉 catherineeunicedevries.substack.com/p/why-clarit...catherineeunicedevries.substack.comWhy Clarity Feels Dangerous (Especially If You’re an Academic)The Hardest Work in Writing Is Saying What You Really Mean 29233
Reposted by Neo Sheeling | 梁诗琳Ana-Maria Dimand @anadimand.bsky.social · 04/07/2025📣 Calling all students and early-career scholars in public policy and public administration: Together with Hannah Lebovits, we’ve put together a collaborative, evolving resource list to help you navigate the field, no matter where you're starting from. 1103
Neo Sheeling | 梁诗琳 @neosheeling.bsky.social · 03/07/2025First single-authored paper finally published in @bppjournal.bsky.social! 🎉 With 3 experiments, I tested whether perceiving corruption leads to corrupt intentions & dishonest behaviors among 1,356 pub employees. I found: NO overall causal relationship. Paper➡️ lnkd.in/eJyCyVrC Find out more! 👇 122
Neo Sheeling | 梁诗琳 @neosheeling.bsky.social · 25/06/2025Super excited to be at PMRC2025! 🇰🇷 Come join us - Sangwon will be sharing our work tomorrow about Public Employee Identity across the US, CAN and NL at 3.40pm at Room L! 👮♂️🧑🚒👩🔧👩🏫👨⚖️🧑✈️ 010
Reposted by Neo Sheeling | 梁诗琳American University School of Public Affairs @au-spa.bsky.social · 24/06/2025(1/2) Our faculty and students are in 🇰🇷 Seoul, South Korea, to present their papers at the Public Management Research Conference 2025 @pmrc.bsky.social! 143
Reposted by Neo Sheeling | 梁诗琳American University School of Public Affairs @au-spa.bsky.social · 24/06/2025SPA is proud to see our faculty and students presenting at #PMRC2025 in Seoul. Asst. Prof. David Schwegman's research paper are titled "Tax Salience and Citizen Evaluation of Government", and "The Role of Discounted Price in Public Service Consumption and Trust in Government". #SPAProud #Research 022
Neo Sheeling | 梁诗琳 @neosheeling.bsky.social · 12/06/2025So honored to be selected as the 2025 @aompnp.bsky.social Best Dissertation Award winner! HUGE thanks to @tummers.bsky.social & Stephan Grimmelikhuijsen, Gabriela Szydlowski, Isa Bertram, Noor de Boer & Robin Bouwman & to the amazing committee chair, @schwoererskayla.bsky.social! 140
Neo Sheeling | 梁诗琳 @neosheeling.bsky.social · 04/06/2025🎉Feeling honored to receive the Paul Volcker Junior Research Award from @apsa.bsky.social PA Section. This grant will support my journey with Sangwon Ju to explore what public employee identity looks like in 🇺🇸🇨🇦🇳🇱🇰🇷 140
Reposted by Neo Sheeling | 梁诗琳Elizabeth Linos @elizabethlinos.bsky.social · 06/05/2025Did you thank a public servant today? 061
Reposted by Neo Sheeling | 梁诗琳Bill Resh @billresh.bsky.social · 13/03/2025Hey folks, I'm chairing this committee, and we have not yet received any applications. This is a great opportunity for junior scholars!! Deadline is April 1, so get your applications in!!! 188
Neo Sheeling | 梁诗琳 @neosheeling.bsky.social · 03/03/2025New 📢 Angela Hall & @overman.bsky.social ! How do public employees FEEL abt public accountability? :😁😌😡😟😰😁, depending on types of accountability. These emotional reactions have implications. If account. mechanisms are designed without considering emotions, they may do more harm than good! 022
Reposted by Neo Sheeling | 梁诗琳Nick Huntington-Klein @nickchk.com · 25/02/2025After a long wait, the working paper for the Many-Economists Project: The Sources of Researcher Variation in Economics. We had 146 teams perform the same research three times, each time with less freedom. What source of freedom leads to different choices and results? papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....papers.ssrn.comThe Sources of Researcher Variation in EconomicsWe use a rigorous three-stage many-analysts design to assess how different researcher decisions—specifically data cleaning, research design, and the interpretat 13345158
Reposted by Neo Sheeling | 梁诗琳APPAM @appam.bsky.social · 25/02/2025Join us this Thursday, 2/27, at 12:30 PM ET for a critical discussion featuring @nicholasbednar.bsky.social, @lorenraeds.bsky.social, and Donald Kettl. Moderated by @donmoyn.bsky.social. Register now: tinyurl.com/ytudtp59 0812
Reposted by Neo Sheeling | 梁诗琳Raanan Sulitzeanu-Kenan @raanan-sk.bsky.social · 12/02/2025🧵New paper: Does public sector culture affect the honesty of public employees? The ideal that honesty is a central part of public sector culture is found across cultures and throughout history from Confucian administrative ethics and Plato's writing. 1/7>> 121
Reposted by Neo Sheeling | 梁诗琳Seb Jilke @sebjilke.bsky.social · 31/01/2025The Better Government Lab - a joint research center at @McCourtSchool & @fordschool - has a fresh website. www.bettergovernmentlab.org You can now follow us on LinkedIn --> www.linkedin.com/company/bett... @pamherd.bsky.social @donmoyn.bsky.social @jbarofsky.bsky.social @giannella.bsky.social 21310