The 5th International Conference on Government Performance Management and Leadership

Sessions and Full Papers


Breakout Sessions

Most panels will be 1.5-hour long. There are about 4-5 presentations in each panel. Presenters will have about 12-15 minutes to present their papers and about 3 -5 minutes for questions and answers.  However, each presenter in panels 3, 6, 10, and 11 will have about 7-10 minutes to present and about 2-3 minutes for questions and answers.

All rooms are equipped with computer, Internet connection, Wi-Fi, and microphone. Presenters are encouraged to prepare their PowerPoint slides. If you wish, you may use their own laptop computer. In which case, make sure that you have an adaptor for VGA display (e.g., Mini DisplayPort to VGA adaptor).

Note that there will be simultaneous English-Chinese translation in room COLA 210.  The translation is sponsored by Lanzhou University.

Click on the presentation titles to access full papers.

 

Thursday, September 14, 2017

Room

01.00-2:30 pm

Panel 1: Reforms, Changes, and Transitions

He Wensheng & Tang Xukang
Lanzhou University, China
Administrative examination and approval system reform and government performance: Evidence from Chinese 15 sub-provincial cities

Tadeusz Kugler
Roger Williams University, United States
Investigating how politics causes population change and development

Jon Patrick Rhamey
Virginia Military Institute, United States
Major power contest in Central Asia

Phrueksa Kruea-Saeng
Lampang Rajabhat University, Thailand
Reform of the criminal investigation process

Yang Yungnane
National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan

The 2016's judicial reform in Taiwan

COLA 206

01.00-2:30 pm

Panel 2: Measuring Government Performance and Achieving Sustainable Development

Senko Pličanič
University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
Private-public partnership as a tool for the implementation of sustainable development

Wang Xuejun
Lanzhou University, China
Self-efficacy, public values preference, and work performance: Evidence from public servants in L City, China 

Eric T. (Rick) Mogren
Portland State University, United States
Social capital as a measure of performance in networked governance

Gary Larsen
Portland State University, United States
The emergent structure of logic and measurement of sustainable development as derived from its many varied discourses

Liao Yier
South China University of Technology, China
The legislation construction experience of western third-party financial performance

COLA 207

01.00-2:30 pm

Special lecture

Poon Thiengburanathum
Thailand Research Fund, Thailand
The rise of social collaboration in urban development

COLA 209

01.00-2:30 pm

Panel 3: Managing Government Performance at the Local Level

Zheng Fanghui
South China University of Technology, China
The third-party assessment of integral performance in local government: Ten-year comparison and rethink

Shan Feifei
Lanzhou University, China
An analysis of rural performance governance from the perspective of PV-GPG theory: A study based on the case of Xiawei Village

Chen Aili
Fujian Agriculture and forestry university, China
An analysis of the impact of institutional patronage intensity and perceptual public service quality on grassroots political trust

Sun Fei
Lanzhou University, China
Local government performance evaluation: Value classification and value structure

Grichawat Lowatcharin
Khon Kaen University, Thailand
Lessons from local government consolidation in Thailand

Mao Xuewen
Lanzhou University, China
Research on China rural governance from a perspective of the multiple-streams theory: The case of Xiawei Village revolution

Li Gui'e
Qinghai Provincial Administration Institute, China
Research on the public participation in local government performance evaluation

COLA 210

02:30-02:45 pm

Refreshments

 

02:45-04:15 pm

Panel 4: Adapting Government Reform and Performance Improvement Initiatives to Local Conditions

Saw Khine Thet Tun
Khon Kaen University, Thailand
A case study of efforts to build a community-based education school that aims to become the first community college in the capacity of Karen State, Myanmar

Kinzang Gyeltshen
Khon Kaen University, Thailand
A case study of reform initiatives to increase trust in the Royal Bhutan Police

May Lai Win
Khon Kaen University, Thailand
A case study of the reform efforts of transparency to Myanmar civil service promotion system

Swe Set
Khon Kaen University, Thailand
Local governance in democratic context of Myanmar

Phone Pyae Soe
Khon Kaen University, Thailand
Using the principles of new public management and new public governance to develop the securities market for the Myanmar securities regulation

COLA 206

02:45-04:15 pm

Panel 5: Tackling Climate Change and Environmental Problems

Wimonsiri Saengkrod & Abdul Ghaffar Mastoi
Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China
Seeking a sustainable trajectory for the human nature entente

Akekaluk Nuttarit
Burapha University, Thailand
Supporting climate change of local administrative organization

Eakarat Boonreang
Ubon Ratchathani University, Thailand
The capacity in flood disaster management of Ta Bon Mung Community, Warinchamrab District, Ubon Ratchathani Province, Thailand

Bao Haixu
Lanzhou University, China
Theoretical study on China’s environmental performance governance institutions

COLA 207

02:45-04:15 pm

Panel 6: The Multifaceted Aspects of Government Performance (1)

Hu Shuigen & Wang Huiyu
Zhejiang University, China
Research on the performance evaluation of China's pubilic cutural service

Ella Fu & Liang Chunding
Public Governance Division of Horizon Dataway, China
Third-party independent evaluation of Chinese government performance: Taking Horizon Dataway as an example

Tatchalerm Sudhipongpracha
Thammasat University, Thailand
Does coproduction enhance citizen trust in local public health services? A comparative analysis

Sajjad Haider
Lanzhou University/ Portland State University, China
Change in public service motivation (PSM) through time: A grounded theory approach to psm

Duan Jing
South China Agricultural University, China
How does infrastructure supply affect people's happiness? An empirical study based on 2010-2014 in Guangdong Province

Lu Yangfan
South China University of Technology, China
On a typological analysis of China’s state governance performance 

Gaukhar Maikenova
Nazarbayev University, Kazakhstan
Public councils: The way for improving citizen engagement in Kazakhstan?

COLA 210

02:45-04:15 pm

Panel 7: Panel Discussion on Khon Kaen Smart City initiative

Charles David Crumpton
University of Maryland, United States

John Draper
Khon Kaen University, Thailand

Salil K Sen
Thailand
Creating grass-roots 'buy-in' through sustainability presence: W.W.E_Own [Water.Waste.Energy_Ownership] linked with clusters of SDGs (Sustainable Development Goal)

COLA 209

 

 

 

Friday, September 15, 2017

 

09:00-10:30 am

Panel 8: Leadership for Local and Ethnic Sustainability

Douglas Morgan
Portland State University, United States
Leadership for sustainable development and “smart growth”: What neuroscience is telling us about “what matters”

Worraya Jatupatrangsee
Lampang Rajaphat University, Thailand
Knowledge management models for local wisdom in weaving (Kee Kratook) of Bou Haew Sub-district Municipality, Muang District, Lampang Province

John Draper
Khon Kaen University, Thailand
The ethnic gap in poverty and inequality policy in Thailand: A new dataset on ethnic inequalities in education, health, and other areas of human achievement

Hirofumi Ando
Khon Kaen University, Thailand
The local leadership role in vitalizing a small rural town: A case study of Obuse, Nagano Prefecture, Japan

COLA 206

09:00-10:45 am

Panel 9: Improving Public Services Provision at Local Levels

Li Yinan
Lanzhou University, China
Value goal divergence on different levels of government: Text analysis of the “No.1 documents” from 2003 to 2017

Narong Kiettikunwong
Khon Kaen University, Thailand
Challenges and barriers to the employment of older workers in Khon Kaen municipality

Pennee Kantavong
Khon Kaen University, Thailand
Dual system for inclusive education: A case study of a school under Khon Kaen Municipality, Thailand

Vissanu Zumitzavan
Khon Kaen University, Thailand
Leadership styles and managers’ visions: A case study of Khon Kaen Municipality, Khon Kaen, Thailand

Huang Yi-Feng
Tamkang University, Taiwan
Performance evaluation on collaborative governance of a social service program in New Taipei City: An application of the PV-GPG model

Ajirapa Pienkhuntod
Khon Kaen University, Thailand
The government’s top-down approach and local religious leaders’ restricted peacebuilding

COLA 207

09:00-10:20 am

Panel 10: The Multifaceted Aspects of Government Performance (2)

Li Weiquan
Jinan University, China
The social mentality measurement and the government network consensus governance performance evaluation in the unconventional event

Sheng Mingke & Yan Jiahua
Xiangtan University, China
A study on the relationship between the scale of local ecological governance expenditure and the officials’ promotion: Based on the municipal panel data

Pherm Luangkaew
Office of the Basic Education Commission, Thailand
Small size educational law problems management

Chen Qinping
Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, China
Analysis of farmer agriculture land use behavior in the view of carbon emission: A case from Fujian

Wei Hongzheng
Dong Guan University of Technology, China
Comparative analysis of performance audit and performance evaluation of financial expenditure

Han Yaqing
Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, China
Interpersonal trust, institutional trust, and household willingness of participation in the carbon sequestration project

Liu Zhaoxin
Zhengzhou University, China
Hierarchical structure and urban development in China

COLA 210

10:30-11:30 am

Panel 11: Innovation in Government Performance

Yang Long
Nankai University, China
The research on assessment of collaboration effects in China region

Jiaranai Neal
Khon Kaen University, Thailand
Human Resource and Welfare Management after Becoming an autonomous university: A case study of Khon Kaen University

Shi Chuanlin, Cui Yue, & Tan Ruirui
South China Agricultural University, China
Can performance-based pay reform improve performance in colleges? An empirical research of G university in Guangdong Province

Marcus Ingle
Portland State University, United States
Leading policy innovation in Vietnam's STEM universities

Lang Mei
Lanzhou University, China
The inffluence factor on persistence of local government innovation in China: Typical cases in the Northwest of China

COLA 210