Academic Staff

Jiasheng Zhang is Assistant Professor in the School of Governance and Policy Science at The Chinese University of Hong Kong. He holds a Ph.D. degree in Public Administration from the Askew School of Public Administration and Policy, Florida State University (FSU). Dr. Zhang’s research focuses on public management, collaboration, and governance. He is particularly interested in applying quantitative methods, such as experimental design and computational social science methods, to examine issues related to citizen-state interactions, performance information, environmental sustainability and collaborative governance. His research has been published in Public Administration Review, Public Management Review, Public Administration, Governance, and other outlets.

1. Walker, R.M., Zhang, J., & Chandra, Y. (2025). Topics in Public Administration: Perspectives from Computational Social Sciences and Corpus Linguistics. Cambridge University Press
2. Li, H., Zhang, J., & Huang, K. (2025). Meta-Analyzing the Trust-Performance Link in Collaboration: Moderating Effects of Conceptual and Contextual Factors. Public Performance & Management Review.48(1), 1-34. (Corresponding Author)
3. Favero, N., Walker, R.M., & Zhang, J. (2024). A dynamic study of citizen satisfaction: replicating and extending Van Ryzin’s “testing the expectancy disconfirmation model of citizen satisfaction with local government”. Public Management Review, DOI: 10.1080/14719037.2024.2304130
4. Zhang, J., Yang, K., & Li, H. (2024). Legislative capacity, bureaucratic reputation, and delegation from a trust perspective: A survey experiment. Governance. 37(1), 281-301
5. Walker, R.M., Zhang, J., & Cheng, E. (2024). Puncturing the Knowledge Illusion Does Not Reduce Political and Policy Extremism: Evidence from a Replication and Extension. Political Psychology. 45(3), 581-599
6. Walker, R.M., Zhang, J., Chandra, Y., Dong, B., & Wang, Y. (2023). Revisiting the Academic–Practitioner Divide: Evidence from Computational Social Science and Corpus Linguistics. Public Administration Review. 83(6), 1599-1617
7. Chen, W., Dong, B., Hsieh, C., Lee, M.J., Liu, N., Walker, R.M., Wang, Y., Wen, B., Wen, W., Wu, P., Wu, X., & Zhang, J. (2022). A Replication of “An Experimental Test of the Expectancy-Disconfirmation Theory of Citizen Satisfaction”. Public Administration. 100(3), 778-791 (Authors listed alphabetically)
8. Zhang, J., Li, H., & Yang, K. (2022). Explaining Sustainability Innovation in City Governments: Innovation Mechanisms and Discretion Types in Multi-Level Governance. The American Review of Public Administration. 52(5), 366-381
9. Chen, W., Dong, B., Hsieh, C., Liu, N., Walker, R.M., Wang, Y., Wen, B., Wu, P., & Zhang, J. (2022). Experimental Research in the Asia-Pacific Region: Review and Assessment of Regional Capacity. Asia Pacific Journal of Public Administration. 44(1), 4-25 (Authors listed alphabetically).
10. Zhang, J., Li, H., & Yang, K. (2022). A Meta-Analysis of the Government Performance—Trust Link: Taking Methodological and Contextual Factors into Account. Public Administration Review. 82(1), 39-58
11. Zhang, J., Chen, W., Petrovsky, N., & Walker, R.M. (2022). The Expectancy-Disconfirmation Model and Citizen Satisfaction with Public Services: A Meta-analysis and an Agenda for Best Practice. Public Administration Review. 82(1), 147-159
12. Walker, R.M., Chandra, Y., Zhang, J., & Van Witteloostuijn, A. (2019). Topic Modelling the Research-Practice Gap in Public Administration. Public Administration Review. 79(6), 931-937
13. Yi, H., Suo, L., Shen, R., Zhang, J., Ramaswami A., & Feiock R.C. (2018). Regional Governance and Institutional Collective Action for Environmental Sustainability. Public Administration Review. 78(4), 556-566
14. Li, H. & Zhang, J. (2017). How do Civic Associations Foster Political Participation? The Role of Scope and Intensity of Organizational Involvement. Nonprofit Policy Forum. 8(1), 3-24