by Farooq AhmadJing (Daisy) LyuEdmund StazykMalcolm Higgsa Siena School of Business, Siena Collegeb University of Southamptonc University at Albany, State University of New Yorkd Birmingham City UniversityFarooq Ahmad (PhD) is a lecturer in management at Siena College. Prior to this role, he taught and researched at several academic institutions including the University of Southampton, Imperial College London, and the University of Winchester. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Southampton. His research interests lie in employment relationships, work motivation, and reform in public institutions, as well as international HRM. His primary interest lies in identity and institutional theory in the context of understanding the organizational change process.Dr. Jing (Daisy) Lyu (PhD) is a lecturer in marketing after accomplishing her doctoral study at the Department of Digital and Data Driven Marketing, Southampton Business School. Daisy has presented research at international conferences in the areas of marketing, information systems and electronic business. Daisy has published in Information and Management, Journal of Business Research, Journal of International Marketing, Journal of Marketing Theory and Practice. She is keen on working with authors who have similar research interests.Edmund Stazyk (PhD) is an Associate Professor in the Department of Public Administration and Policy, housed within the Rockefeller College of Public Affairs and Policy. Professor Stazyk’s research focuses on the application of organization theory and behavior to public management, public administration theory, and human resources issues. His primary interests are in the areas of organizational and individual performance with an emphasis on employee and public service motivation.Malcolm Higgs (DBA, MPhil, Chartered Psych) is Professor of Leadership at Birmingham City University and Emeritus Professor of Organization Behavior and HRM at Southampton Business School, University of Southampton. Before joining Birmingham City University, Malcolm held the post of Director of the Business School at Southampton, and held posts at Henley Business School including: Academic Dean, Director of the Leadership Group and Research Director. He has published a number of books and over 150 academic journal papers on topics related to Leadership, Emotional Intelligence, Change Management and Team Behavior and is coauthor of psychometric tests relating to Emotional Intelligence and Leadership.

by Harri JalonenUniversity of VaasaHarri Jalonen (harri.jalonen@uwasa.fi) is a Professor in University of Vaasa (Finland). He also holds the position of Adjunct Professor at the University of Tampere (Finland). Jalonen has been working in teaching, research, and development since the mid-1990. His research interest includes knowledge and ignorance management, complexity thinking, systemic change, value (co)creation, and public service organizations. He has published around 100 scientific articles (incl. Public Management Review and Public Administration Review), books or book chapters (Routledge, Springer).

by Rong RanDi DongYuan ZhaoPan Zhanga Chongqing Universityb School of International and Public Affairs, Shanghai Jiao Tong Universityc China Institute for Urban Governance, Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityRong Ran (ranrong@cqu.edu.cn) is a Professor in the School of Public Policy and Administration at Chongqing University. His research focuses on government reforms, non-government organization, and corporate pro-social behavior.Di Dong (eco_dong@163.com) is a Doctoral student in the School of Public Policy and Administration at Chongqing University. His PhD research centers on local government compliance.Yuan Zhao (zhaoyuan2557@163.com) is a postgraduate student in the School of Public Policy and Administration at Chongqing University. Her research centers on public policy analysis and government-business interaction.Pan Zhang (zhang_pan@sjtu.edu.cn) is an Associate Professor in the School of International and Public Affairs and China Institute for Urban Governance at Shanghai Jiao Tong University. His research focuses on performance management, government reforms, environmental governance, and policy processes. His recent work has appeared in journals such as Public Administration Review and International Public Management Journal.

by Dingxiang ChenYing ZhangAhmad Bayiz AhmadBangcheng Liua Beijing Normal Universityb Northwestern Polytechnical Universityc University of Raparin; d University of Kurdistan Hewler; e Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityDingxiang Chen (cdx1217@bnu.edu.cn) is assistant professor at the Center for Governance Studies, Beijing Normal University. He received his Ph.D. from Shanghai Jiao Tong University. His research focuses on public employee motivation management and strategic human resource management.Ying Zhang (zhangying080@sjtu.edu.cn) is associate professor at the School of Public Policy and Administration, Northwestern Polytechnical University. She received his Ph.D. from Shanghai Jiao Tong University. Her current research focuses on public employee motivation management and strategic human resource management.Ahmad Bayiz Ahmad (ahmad.bayiz@ukh.edu.krd) is a tenured faculty member at the University of Raparin (on leave now) and is currently Programme Director of Business, Management, and Economics in the School of Management and Economics, University of Kurdistan Hewler in Kurdistan Region of Iraq. His current research focuses on employee attitudes and behaviors in public organizations.Bangcheng Liu (liubangcheng@sjtu.edu.cn) is professor of organizational behavior and human resource management at the School of International and Public Affairs, Shanghai Jiao Tong University. He received his Ph.D. in management at the Antai School of Management, Shanghai Jiao Tong University. His current research focuses on cross-cultural organizational behavior and strategic human resource management, especially for public organizations.

by Annika HärenstamLisa BjörkLinda Corina Stockholm Universityb University of Gothenburgc Region Västra GötalandAnnika Härenstam (annika.harenstam@psychology.su.se) is professor emerita at the University of Gothenburg, Department of Sociology and Work Science, and senior researcher at the Department of Psychology, Stockholm University. Her research includes the organization of work, management and working conditions, particularly in the public sector.Lisa Björk is an associate professor in Work Science, University of Gothenburg. She works as a researcher and development manager at the Institute of Stress Medicine, Region Västra Götaland. She is a sociologist interested in psychological health at work.Linda Corin is a researcher (Ph.D.) and senior developer at the Institute of Stress Medicine, Region Västra Götaland, and affiliated researcher to the Department of Sociology and Work Science, University of Gothenburg, Sweden. Her research focuses on the organization of work and the working conditions of managers and employees.

by Xiaolong TianTom Christensena School of Public Administration and Policy, Renmin University of Chinab Department of Political Science, University of OsloTian Xiaolong (longxiaotian@ruc.edu.cn) took his Ph.D. in Public Administration at the School of Government, Nanjing University in 2019. He is Post.doc. at the School of Public Administration and Policy, Renmin University of China, and Visiting Scholar at the Department of Political Science, University of Oslo.Tom Christensen (tom.christensen@stv.uio.no) is Professor Emeritus at the Department of Political Science, University of Oslo. He is also Distinguished Visiting Professor at the School of Public Policy and Management at Tsinghua University, and Visiting Professor at the School of Public Administration, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan.

by Tianshu ZhaoKelly LeRouxa California State University Long Beachb University of Illinois at ChicagoTianshu Zhao is an Assistant Professor of Public Policy & Administration at California State University Long Beach. Her research focuses on public and nonprofit management, local health department management, health policy, government contracting, multi-sector collaboration, and survey methodology.Kelly LeRoux is a Professor of Public Administration and Associate Dean in CUPPA at the University of Illinois at Chicago. She conducts research on nonprofits’ voter mobilization, political advocacy activities and also studies issues of nonprofit performance, accountability, and networks.

by Eric J. BoyerJuan D. RogersFrancis C. Spampinatoa University of Texas at El Pasob Georgia Institute of TechnologyEric J. Boyer is an associate professor of Public Administration and Director of the Master of Public Administration Program at the University of Texas at El Paso. His research examines topics in government contracting and public-private partnerships, with an emphasis on contractual safeguards and managerial practices that protect the public interest. He earned his PhD from the Trachtenberg School of Public Policy and Administration at George Washington University and his MPA from the Maxwell School at Syracuse University. His research is published in the Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory, Public Administration Review, and the American Review of Public Administration, among other journals.Juan D. Rogers is a Professor of Public Policy at the School of Public Policy at the Georgia Institute of Technology. His research focuses on innovation policy, modeling and evaluation of R&D process, impact evaluation of R&D, knowledge management and organizational change in the private and public sectors, technology transfer and diffusion policies and creativity in science and engineering. He earned his PhD in Science and Technology Studies from the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech) and is an electrical engineer from the University of Buenos Aires, Argentina. He publishes regularly in journals such as Research Policy and Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory.Francis C. Spampinato is Director of Contracts at the Government Technical Services Corporation and Adjunct Professor of Public Administration at the University of Texas at El Paso. He has over 30 years of senior private, public, and academic leadership experience and has served as Chief Acquisition Officer at the Department of Energy, Director of Acquisition and Contracting at the Federal Aviation Administration, Chief Procurement Officer at FEMA and Associate Administrator for Government Contracting and Business Development at the US Small Business Administration. Dr. Spampinato holds a doctorate in Public Administration and an MPA from the University of Southern California and a JD from The Catholic University of America.

by Xavier BallartEnrique HernandezMarc Estevea Universitat Autonoma de Barcelonab Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB)c University College Londond Ramon Llull UniversityXavier Ballart Professor of Political and Administrative Sciences at Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona. Prof. Ballart had worked on the evaluation of public policies, he has also dedicated several years of his career to the study of public service motivation and the performance of public services.Enrique Hernandez Associate Professor at the Department of Political Science of the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB) and a fellow at the Democracy, Elections, and Citizenship (DEC) research group. He is the principal investigator of the ERC StG project DEMOTRADEOFF that analyzes democratic tradeoffs and how these might fuel political discontent.Marc Esteve Professor of Public Management at the School of Public Policy of the University College London, and the Director of ESADEGov, at ESADE Business School, Ramon Llull University. His research addresses how to improve the implementation of public services. He currently serves as Editor of Local Government Studies.

by Dennis De WidtEmer Mulligana Cardiff Universityb University of GalwayDr Dennis De Widt is a Reader (Associate Professor) in Accounting and Finance at Cardiff Business School, Cardiff University, U.K. His main research interests include tax administration, local government and intergovernmental relations, and public sector financial management.Professor Emer Mulligan is a Professor of Taxation and Finance in the J.E. Cairnes School of Business and Economics at University of Galway, Ireland. Her research investigates the administrative, social, political and economic dimensions of taxation.