Bing Ran
Biographic Data
| ID | 1046788 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Bing Ran |
| GIVEN NAMES | Bing |
| FAMILY NAME | Ran |
| SIGNATURE | RAN B |
| AFFILIATIONS | Pennsylvania State University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1179-9116 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 21 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 61 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 21 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
The Bureaucratic Paradox of Citizen Agency
Public service co‐production is often framed as a means of creating public value, yet its dynamics are complex when citizen‐led participation is catalyzed by strong public institutions. This mixed‐methods study examines government‐catalyzed, citizen‐centric co‐production in Shanghai, China, where the state provides institutional support, policy legitimacy, and infrastructure while citizens undertake much of the work of deliberation, coordination,…
Unpacking digital co-production - A scenario-based framework for comparing digital public services
In the realm of public services, the integration of digital technologies and co-production—termed ‘digital co-production’—holds transformative potential. Yet, a comprehensive understanding of how such integration affects service outcomes remains elusive, presenting a critical knowledge gap with practical implications. Addressing this gap, our study systematically examines the complex interplay between digital technologies and co-production. Throu…
How does citizen-centric co-production lead to value co-creation? A perspective of interactive governance
This study contributes to co-production research by enhancing the less-focused citizen-centric perspective, traditionally overshadowed by a government-centric view that prioritizes tangible outcomes, while the mechanisms that lead to intangible results like value co-creation are less focused. Through a detailed analysis of Shanghai’s community service regeneration projects, this study elucidates the structured sequential mechanisms of citizen-cen…
Decoding Paradoxes in Digital Government
This study aims to analyze the complexities of paradoxes in digital government. Through a focused analysis of 34 selected articles, adhering to PRISMA guidelines, it codifies seven paradoxes, categorized into “internal governance paradoxes” and “external engagement paradoxes.” These paradoxes arise from conflicting values among governments, employees, citizens, and businesses, reflecting both the intricacies of decision‐making within government o…
Localizing public service provision in megacities
Paradoxes in collaborative governance
This article aims to move collaborative governance research beyond a fragmented consensus on its enigmatic nature by comprehensively and systematically extricating and codifying different paradoxes and proposing both paradox-handling mechanisms and paradox-based research agendas. We present a framework consisting of paradoxes between normative principles, paradoxes between normative principles and real-life practices, and paradoxes in the real-li…
Government transparency
Over the last three decades, the concept of government transparency has remained at the forefront of ongoing public debate. Using a systematic literature review of 470 articles on government transparency, this article identifies eight paradoxes and dilemmas related to government transparency including regulation, public safety, media interpretation, collaborative governance, functional ability, risk-taking, privacy, and personal interpretation. W…
Exploring the Combinatorial Effects of Collaborative Factors Leading to Higher Degree of Co‐Production
This study investigates the collaborative factors conducive to co‐production in public services, utilizing Ansell and Gash's framework and fuzzy set qualitative comparative analysis (fsQCA) across 18 cases from the Collaborative Governance Case Database (CGCD). It identifies incentive as a necessary condition for co‐production, revealing three sufficient pathways to co‐production: managed, led, and self‐organized co‐production. The findings advan…
Network governance and collaborative governance
Through a thematic analysis on major themes researched in network governance and collaborative governance, this paper identifies the entangled relationship between these two research streams. We note the common and distinct themes in these two research streams that reveal four entanglements in the research and practice of network governance and collaborative governance. We propose future research could focus more on the implementation and compara…
Street-level collaborative governance for urban regeneration
Urban regeneration is one of the most important public administration issues facing modern cities. While abundant studies have focused on the state-led or market-based governance modes of large urban regeneration projects, relatively fewer studies investigate the collaborative governance mode, especially on the numerous street-level small-scale regeneration projects. Street-level small-scale regeneration projects directly touch on citizens’ life …
How business-related governance strategies impact paths towards the formation of global cities? An institutional embeddedness perspective
Public–Private Collaboration Led by Private Organizations in Combating Crises
Public–private collaborations have the potential to effectively respond to extreme events. However, traditional public–private collaborations that are usually led by governmental actors often encounter significant difficulties in a crisis. Based on a case study of a public–private collaboration dealing with COVID-19 in China, we explore how a private actor emerges as a leader to initiate and manage a public–private collaboration in the crisis, an…
Building a Collective Sense of Who we are – A Chart for Anthropological Perspectives on Organizational Identity Construction
The federal government, states and local agencies have investment billions in traffic changes and fees, fines and driving rules that have promoted bicycle use in America. It is appropriate, therefore, to examine the results. What effect has this work and the expenditure of public funds had on driving, pollution and traffic? Some studies have shown varied results with positive outcomes outside of cities, while injuries to pedestrians and bicyclist…
Social movements as complex adaptive systems
In this study, we focus on social movements as complex adaptive systems where citizens act as autonomous agents engaging in collective sensemaking of information gleaned via social media to generate emergent patterns of self-organization. Based on a systematic literature review, we propose a theoretical framework focusing on the antecedents and consequences of social movement participation as complex adaptive systems. We identified three major an…
The Entangled Twins
Power and trust are two important issues of interorganizational relations in collaborative governance. This article develops a critical conceptual analysis of the dyadic relationship between power and trust in the context of collaborative governance. Three dynamic relationships and seven corresponding propositions are proposed regarding the shared sources of power and trust, the effects of power asymmetry and power sharing on trust building, and …
Balancing Paradoxical Missions
As an effective means in fighting poverty, microfinance experienced an unprecedented growth in many emerging economies followed by stagnation and deep crisis, due to an inherent paradox in the fundamental missions of microfinance industry: serving the poor and making profits to maintain institutional sustainability. This article explored sustainable mechanisms in balancing the paradoxical missions of microfinance institutions in the post-crisis e…
Contingencies of Power Sharing in Collaborative Governance
Studies on dynamics of power relationship play a significant role in the collaborative governance literature because many issues and challenges in collaborative governance can be linked to power asymmetry in collaboration. This article proposes a contingency framework on power asymmetry in collaborative governance that includes six contingency factors of power sharing from contextual, network, and node perspectives. We focus on how each contingen…
Developing a Citizen Perspective of Public Participation
Public participation affords public officials the opportunity to tap into diverse citizen knowledge that may help solve complex social problems. In order to best understand how to design effective participation, it is necessary to consider the perspectives of both public administrators and citizens; however, public administration literature has focused less on the citizen perspective. This article narrows the gap in the literature by elaborating …
Modern leadership principles for public administration
The historical aversion to effective leadership in American public administration literature imposes a troubling controversy over the appropriateness of nonelected public leaders being allowed to exercise the authority and capability to make decisions regarding the direction, focus, and intensity of their organizational efforts. Using principles from distributed, transformational, and authentic leadership theories, we propose a new public leaders…
Who Are We
Using Pennsylvania State University’s responses to an identity threat, this article discusses the social construction of organizational identity as a negotiated outcome between various stakeholders. The authors propose four main characteristics of the social construction of organizational identity—intentional, temporal, relational, and external—that extend Ran and Duimering’s demarcation of two identity construction processes: the linguistic and …
Education for Ethics and Human Resource Management
Many public administration ethicists argue that a single stand-alone course in ethics should be a part of every M.P.A. curriculum, but some programs may prefer to incorporate ethics into several courses. This article suggests that a series of courses would be a promising alternative to a standalone ethics course. It would begin in the M.P.A. introductory course by setting a foundation for the study of ethics and then relate ethics to human resour…
Contingencies of Power Sharing in Collaborative Governance
Studies on dynamics of power relationship play a significant role in the collaborative governance literature because many issues and challenges in collaborative governance can be linked to power asymmetry in collaboration. This article proposes a contingency framework on power asymmetry in collaborative governance that includes six contingency factors of power sharing from contextual, network, and node perspectives. We focus on how each contingen…
The Entangled Twins
Power and trust are two important issues of interorganizational relations in collaborative governance. This article develops a critical conceptual analysis of the dyadic relationship between power and trust in the context of collaborative governance. Three dynamic relationships and seven corresponding propositions are proposed regarding the shared sources of power and trust, the effects of power asymmetry and power sharing on trust building, and …
Developing a Citizen Perspective of Public Participation
Public participation affords public officials the opportunity to tap into diverse citizen knowledge that may help solve complex social problems. In order to best understand how to design effective participation, it is necessary to consider the perspectives of both public administrators and citizens; however, public administration literature has focused less on the citizen perspective. This article narrows the gap in the literature by elaborating …
Exploring the Combinatorial Effects of Collaborative Factors Leading to Higher Degree of Co‐Production
This study investigates the collaborative factors conducive to co‐production in public services, utilizing Ansell and Gash's framework and fuzzy set qualitative comparative analysis (fsQCA) across 18 cases from the Collaborative Governance Case Database (CGCD). It identifies incentive as a necessary condition for co‐production, revealing three sufficient pathways to co‐production: managed, led, and self‐organized co‐production. The findings advan…
Public–Private Collaboration Led by Private Organizations in Combating Crises
Public–private collaborations have the potential to effectively respond to extreme events. However, traditional public–private collaborations that are usually led by governmental actors often encounter significant difficulties in a crisis. Based on a case study of a public–private collaboration dealing with COVID-19 in China, we explore how a private actor emerges as a leader to initiate and manage a public–private collaboration in the crisis, an…
Modern leadership principles for public administration
The historical aversion to effective leadership in American public administration literature imposes a troubling controversy over the appropriateness of nonelected public leaders being allowed to exercise the authority and capability to make decisions regarding the direction, focus, and intensity of their organizational efforts. Using principles from distributed, transformational, and authentic leadership theories, we propose a new public leaders…
Social movements as complex adaptive systems
In this study, we focus on social movements as complex adaptive systems where citizens act as autonomous agents engaging in collective sensemaking of information gleaned via social media to generate emergent patterns of self-organization. Based on a systematic literature review, we propose a theoretical framework focusing on the antecedents and consequences of social movement participation as complex adaptive systems. We identified three major an…
Education for Ethics and Human Resource Management
Many public administration ethicists argue that a single stand-alone course in ethics should be a part of every M.P.A. curriculum, but some programs may prefer to incorporate ethics into several courses. This article suggests that a series of courses would be a promising alternative to a standalone ethics course. It would begin in the M.P.A. introductory course by setting a foundation for the study of ethics and then relate ethics to human resour…
Decoding Paradoxes in Digital Government
This study aims to analyze the complexities of paradoxes in digital government. Through a focused analysis of 34 selected articles, adhering to PRISMA guidelines, it codifies seven paradoxes, categorized into “internal governance paradoxes” and “external engagement paradoxes.” These paradoxes arise from conflicting values among governments, employees, citizens, and businesses, reflecting both the intricacies of decision‐making within government o…
Street-level collaborative governance for urban regeneration
Urban regeneration is one of the most important public administration issues facing modern cities. While abundant studies have focused on the state-led or market-based governance modes of large urban regeneration projects, relatively fewer studies investigate the collaborative governance mode, especially on the numerous street-level small-scale regeneration projects. Street-level small-scale regeneration projects directly touch on citizens’ life …
Who Are We
Using Pennsylvania State University’s responses to an identity threat, this article discusses the social construction of organizational identity as a negotiated outcome between various stakeholders. The authors propose four main characteristics of the social construction of organizational identity—intentional, temporal, relational, and external—that extend Ran and Duimering’s demarcation of two identity construction processes: the linguistic and …
Education for Ethics and Human Resource Management
Many public administration ethicists argue that a single stand-alone course in ethics should be a part of every M.P.A. curriculum, but some programs may prefer to incorporate ethics into several courses. This article suggests that a series of courses would be a promising alternative to a standalone ethics course. It would begin in the M.P.A. introductory course by setting a foundation for the study of ethics and then relate ethics to human resour…
Who Are We
Using Pennsylvania State University’s responses to an identity threat, this article discusses the social construction of organizational identity as a negotiated outcome between various stakeholders. The authors propose four main characteristics of the social construction of organizational identity—intentional, temporal, relational, and external—that extend Ran and Duimering’s demarcation of two identity construction processes: the linguistic and …
Modern leadership principles for public administration
The historical aversion to effective leadership in American public administration literature imposes a troubling controversy over the appropriateness of nonelected public leaders being allowed to exercise the authority and capability to make decisions regarding the direction, focus, and intensity of their organizational efforts. Using principles from distributed, transformational, and authentic leadership theories, we propose a new public leaders…
Developing a Citizen Perspective of Public Participation
Public participation affords public officials the opportunity to tap into diverse citizen knowledge that may help solve complex social problems. In order to best understand how to design effective participation, it is necessary to consider the perspectives of both public administrators and citizens; however, public administration literature has focused less on the citizen perspective. This article narrows the gap in the literature by elaborating …
Contingencies of Power Sharing in Collaborative Governance
Studies on dynamics of power relationship play a significant role in the collaborative governance literature because many issues and challenges in collaborative governance can be linked to power asymmetry in collaboration. This article proposes a contingency framework on power asymmetry in collaborative governance that includes six contingency factors of power sharing from contextual, network, and node perspectives. We focus on how each contingen…
The Entangled Twins
Power and trust are two important issues of interorganizational relations in collaborative governance. This article develops a critical conceptual analysis of the dyadic relationship between power and trust in the context of collaborative governance. Three dynamic relationships and seven corresponding propositions are proposed regarding the shared sources of power and trust, the effects of power asymmetry and power sharing on trust building, and …
Balancing Paradoxical Missions
As an effective means in fighting poverty, microfinance experienced an unprecedented growth in many emerging economies followed by stagnation and deep crisis, due to an inherent paradox in the fundamental missions of microfinance industry: serving the poor and making profits to maintain institutional sustainability. This article explored sustainable mechanisms in balancing the paradoxical missions of microfinance institutions in the post-crisis e…
Building a Collective Sense of Who we are – A Chart for Anthropological Perspectives on Organizational Identity Construction
The federal government, states and local agencies have investment billions in traffic changes and fees, fines and driving rules that have promoted bicycle use in America. It is appropriate, therefore, to examine the results. What effect has this work and the expenditure of public funds had on driving, pollution and traffic? Some studies have shown varied results with positive outcomes outside of cities, while injuries to pedestrians and bicyclist…
Social movements as complex adaptive systems
In this study, we focus on social movements as complex adaptive systems where citizens act as autonomous agents engaging in collective sensemaking of information gleaned via social media to generate emergent patterns of self-organization. Based on a systematic literature review, we propose a theoretical framework focusing on the antecedents and consequences of social movement participation as complex adaptive systems. We identified three major an…
Street-level collaborative governance for urban regeneration
Urban regeneration is one of the most important public administration issues facing modern cities. While abundant studies have focused on the state-led or market-based governance modes of large urban regeneration projects, relatively fewer studies investigate the collaborative governance mode, especially on the numerous street-level small-scale regeneration projects. Street-level small-scale regeneration projects directly touch on citizens’ life …
How business-related governance strategies impact paths towards the formation of global cities? An institutional embeddedness perspective
Public–Private Collaboration Led by Private Organizations in Combating Crises
Public–private collaborations have the potential to effectively respond to extreme events. However, traditional public–private collaborations that are usually led by governmental actors often encounter significant difficulties in a crisis. Based on a case study of a public–private collaboration dealing with COVID-19 in China, we explore how a private actor emerges as a leader to initiate and manage a public–private collaboration in the crisis, an…
Network governance and collaborative governance
Through a thematic analysis on major themes researched in network governance and collaborative governance, this paper identifies the entangled relationship between these two research streams. We note the common and distinct themes in these two research streams that reveal four entanglements in the research and practice of network governance and collaborative governance. We propose future research could focus more on the implementation and compara…
Paradoxes in collaborative governance
This article aims to move collaborative governance research beyond a fragmented consensus on its enigmatic nature by comprehensively and systematically extricating and codifying different paradoxes and proposing both paradox-handling mechanisms and paradox-based research agendas. We present a framework consisting of paradoxes between normative principles, paradoxes between normative principles and real-life practices, and paradoxes in the real-li…
Government transparency
Over the last three decades, the concept of government transparency has remained at the forefront of ongoing public debate. Using a systematic literature review of 470 articles on government transparency, this article identifies eight paradoxes and dilemmas related to government transparency including regulation, public safety, media interpretation, collaborative governance, functional ability, risk-taking, privacy, and personal interpretation. W…
Exploring the Combinatorial Effects of Collaborative Factors Leading to Higher Degree of Co‐Production
This study investigates the collaborative factors conducive to co‐production in public services, utilizing Ansell and Gash's framework and fuzzy set qualitative comparative analysis (fsQCA) across 18 cases from the Collaborative Governance Case Database (CGCD). It identifies incentive as a necessary condition for co‐production, revealing three sufficient pathways to co‐production: managed, led, and self‐organized co‐production. The findings advan…
How does citizen-centric co-production lead to value co-creation? A perspective of interactive governance
This study contributes to co-production research by enhancing the less-focused citizen-centric perspective, traditionally overshadowed by a government-centric view that prioritizes tangible outcomes, while the mechanisms that lead to intangible results like value co-creation are less focused. Through a detailed analysis of Shanghai’s community service regeneration projects, this study elucidates the structured sequential mechanisms of citizen-cen…
Decoding Paradoxes in Digital Government
This study aims to analyze the complexities of paradoxes in digital government. Through a focused analysis of 34 selected articles, adhering to PRISMA guidelines, it codifies seven paradoxes, categorized into “internal governance paradoxes” and “external engagement paradoxes.” These paradoxes arise from conflicting values among governments, employees, citizens, and businesses, reflecting both the intricacies of decision‐making within government o…
Localizing public service provision in megacities
The Bureaucratic Paradox of Citizen Agency
Public service co‐production is often framed as a means of creating public value, yet its dynamics are complex when citizen‐led participation is catalyzed by strong public institutions. This mixed‐methods study examines government‐catalyzed, citizen‐centric co‐production in Shanghai, China, where the state provides institutional support, policy legitimacy, and infrastructure while citizens undertake much of the work of deliberation, coordination,…
Unpacking digital co-production - A scenario-based framework for comparing digital public services
In the realm of public services, the integration of digital technologies and co-production—termed ‘digital co-production’—holds transformative potential. Yet, a comprehensive understanding of how such integration affects service outcomes remains elusive, presenting a critical knowledge gap with practical implications. Addressing this gap, our study systematically examines the complex interplay between digital technologies and co-production. Throu…
Political science (17 works) · Business (13 works) · Public Policy and Administration Research (12 works) · Economics (10 works) · Public Administration (10 works) · Public relations (10 works) · Sociology (10 works) · Corporate governance (8 works) · Computer Science (7 works) · E-Government and Public Services (7 works)