toppic

Assistant Professor, PH.D.
Department of Public Administration
School of Government, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, 510275

Email: chenwn27@mail.sysu.edu.cn

Research Interests

Public Sector Innovation, Policy Diffusion, Leadership Turnover and Mobility, Integrated Studies, Collaborative Governance, Citizen Satisfaction

Education

  • Doctor of Philosophy in the Department of Public Policy at City University of Hong Kong
  • Master of Public Administration in John Glenn College of Public Affairs at The Ohio State University
  • Master of Science in the Department of Agricultural, Environmental, and Development Economics at The Ohio State University
  • Bachelor of Economics in the Business School at Xiangtan University

Employment

  • 2022.1 – present, Assistant Professor, School of Government, Sun Yat-Sen University 
  • 2020.1 - 2020.6, Visiting Fellow in the Department of Public Policy at City University of Hong Kong
  • 2020.11 - 2021.4, Research Assistant in the Department of Public Policy at City University of Hong Kong

Publications

Journal Articles 

(*Corresponding author)

  • Wenna Chen and Hongtao Yi*. 2023. Managers’ Career Paths and Interlocal Collaboration: An Agent Network Collaboration Model. Public Management Review. 1-25.
  • Can Cui, Wenna Chen*, and Hongtao Yi.  2023. Leadership Transfer Networks and Regional Environmental Governance Performance. Urban Affairs Review. 10780874231169920.
  • Zheng, Junyao, Ning Zhang, Guoquan Shen, Fengchao Liang, Yang Zhao, Xiaochen He, Ying Wang, Rongxin He, Wenna Chen, Hao Xue, Yue Shen, Yang Fu, Wei-Hong Zhang, Lei Zhang, Samir Bhatt, Ying Mao, Bin Zhu*. 2023 Spatiotemporal and Seasonal Trends of Class A and B Notifiable Infectious Diseases in China: Retrospective Analysis. JMIR Public Health and Surveillance. 9, no. 1: e42820.
  • Wenna Chen, Binzizi Dong, Chih‐Wei Hsieh, M. Jin Lee, Ning Liu, Richard M. Walker, Yao Wang et al. 2022. A Replication of “An Experimental Test of the Expectancy‐Disconfirmation Theory of Citizen Satisfaction. Public Administration. https://doi.org/10.1111/padm.12860
  • Jiasheng Zhang, Wenna Chen, Nicolai Petrovsky, and Richard M. Walker*. 2021. The Expectancy-Disconfirmation Model and Citizen Satisfaction with Public Services: A Meta- analysis and an Agenda for Best Practice. Public Administration Review. https://doi.org/10.1111/puar.13368
  • Wenna Chen, Binzizi Dong, Chih Wei Hsieh*, Ning Liu, Richard M. Walker, Yao Wang, Bo Wen, Peiyi Wu, Jiasheng Zhang. 2021. Experimental research methodology in the Asia-Pacific: A review and research agenda. Asia Pacific Journal of Public Administration. https://doi.org/10.1080/23276665.2021.1945470
  • Chen Huang, Wenna Chen*, and Hongtao Yi. 2020. Collaborative Networks and Environmental Governance Performance: A Social Influence Model. Public Management Review. https://doi.org/10.1080/14719037.2020.1795229
  • Hongtao Yi*, and Wenna Chen. 2019. Portable Innovation, Policy Wormholes, and Innovation Diffusion. Public Administration Review. 79(5), 737-748. (ASPA Sam Overman Best Paper Award) https://doi.org/10.1111/puar.13090
  • Hongtao Yi*, and Frances Stokes Berry, Wenna Chen. 2018. Management Innovation and Policy Diffusion through Leadership Transfer Networks: An Agent Network Diffusion Model. Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory. 28(4), 457-474. (Lead article) https://doi.org/10.1093/jopart/muy031
  • Chen Huang, Tao Chen*, Hongtao Yi*, Xiaolin Xu, Shiying Chen, and Wenna Chen. 2017. Collaborative Environmental Governance, Inter-agency Cooperation and Local Water Sustainability in China. Sustainability. 9(12), 2305. https://doi.org/10.3390/su9122305

Dissertation

The Influence of Environmental Complexity, Fiscal Slack, and Leadership Turnover on Management Innovation (Outstanding Research Thesis Award) (https://scholars.cityu.edu.hk/en/theses/theses(84011b36-d85f-446b-b4d1-b71c1f710472).html)