The 5th International Conference on Government Performance Management and Leadership

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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