Alfred Tat‐kei Ho
Biographic Data
| ID | 3426461 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Alfred Tat‐kei Ho |
| GIVEN NAMES | Alfred Tat‐kei |
| FAMILY NAME | Ho |
| SIGNATURE | HO A T K |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Kansas |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9786-1453 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 21 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 302 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 21 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1996 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 6 |
Academics’ mobility revisited
The mobility of academics plays a central role in global knowledge circulation, yet existing classifications often lack theoretical grounding and empirical validation. To address this gap, this study proposes and validates a multidimensional framework that categorizes mobility across three dimensions: geographic scope (immigration, visiting, joint appointment), institutional prestige (upward vs. downward), and career stage (early vs. late). Groun…
Eastern and western philosophies
This is the editorial introduction to the special issue ‘Eastern and Western Philosophies: Rethinking the Foundations of Public Administration’. This special issue pursues an important direction of inquiry in the relationship between philosophy and public administration by mobilising in a combined way both eastern and western philosophies to revisit foundational issues in public administration. The papers published in this special issue show that…
Unpacking the black box
In search of public values in performance budgeting studies
Performance budgeting is inevitably linked to policy priorities, and priorities are fundamentally the expression of public values. Through a bibliometric analysis of past studies, this study shows that over time, the performance budgeting literature is linked to more diverse values beyond efficiency and effectiveness concerns. Transparency, democracy, participation, inclusiveness, and other political, legal, social, and sustainability values have…
Emerging fiscal health and governance concerns resulting from Covid-19 challenges
Purpose This study analyzes the scope and magnitude of the budgetary responses of 17 developed countries to the COVID-19 pandemic and examines whether policy responses in March–June, 2020 are correlated with economic and fiscal conditions in these countries. It also suggests a few foreseeable economic, budgetary and social challenges and a future research agenda for assessing the pandemic's impact on finance and governance. Design/methodology/app…
Budgetary responses to a global pandemic
Besides the public health concerns and the tragic loss of life, this global pandemic has also generated severe political, social and financial challenges in many countries Besides in-depth case studies, the SI also contains cross-country comparative analyses and conceptual discussion about the revised role of public budgeting Because of these measures, many countries, including those that had strong fiscal discipline and sound budgetary balances …
Responding to the Coronavirus Pandemic
This study compares the experiences of Shanghai in China and Los Angeles in the United States to illustrate four tension points in pandemic responses: immediacy versus thoroughness, transparency versus secrecy and security, centralization versus decentralization, and state-driven solutions versus coproduction. Based on the case analysis, strategic management and planning practices in six stages of pandemic response are recommended. The study also…
Does neighborhood crime matter? A multi-year survey study on perceptions of race, victimization, and public safety
Using multiple large datasets over time from Kansas City, Missouri, hypotheses drawn from theories of racial stereotype amplification, violence desensitization, and dissimilar group threat are tested. The results show that White Americans that live in Black or Hispanic neighborhoods tend to feel less satisfied with public safety, even after controlling for actual crime rates, physical signs of disorder, and a neighborhood's socioeconomic context.…
A path-dependence perspective on the adoption of Internet of Things
From Performance Budgeting to Performance Budget Management
This article examines the decades‐long practices of performance budgeting in different countries and their associated challenges from a multilayered institutional framework. Based on theory and lessons learned, the article recommends an array of strategies to address institutional and organizational barriers. It also proposes to reconceptualize performance budgeting as a performance budget management system and suggests how multiyear budget plann…
Government Communication Effectiveness and Satisfaction with Police Performance
For the last two decades, performance management theories and practices have focused on outcome‐oriented management but have paid little attention to the role of public communication. Using multiple large data sets from Kansas City, Missouri, for 2009–14, this research suggests that the perceived effectiveness of public communication has a more substantial impact on public satisfaction with police protection and crime prevention than neighborhood…
Analyzing Social Safety Net and Employment Assistance Spending in Chinese Cities (对中国城市中社会保障和就业援助支出的分析)
As social harmony and stability become increasingly important to the Chinese policymakers, how to use government spending to help the unemployed and needy population becomes a key task. Unlike many western countries, China pursues a highly decentralized policy in social safety net and employment assistance spending. This paper explores the advantages and challenges of this fiscal arrangement, and uses data of about 330 Chinese cities between 2007…
Challenges in Building Effective and Competitive Government in Developing Countries
For the past two decades, many developing countries have begun to experiment with results-oriented reforms to make their governments more competitive. However, very few studies explore the question of the applicability and appropriateness of Western-oriented reforms in non-Western contexts. Based on theories of new institutionalism and institutional logics, this article examines some of the organizational, cultural, and political assumptions that…
PBB in American Local Governments
Despite academic findings that performance information seldom is used in appropriations decisions, many professional organizations and governments continue to press for integrating performance information into local public management, planning, and budgeting processes. Is it possible to reconcile such inconsistencies? Looking beyond the executive–legislative relationship and departmental appropriations, the author examines the budget implications…
A Quiet Revolution or a Flashy Blip? The Real ID Act and U.S. National Identification System Reform
In 2005, Congress passed the Real ID Act despite decades of stalemate in reforming the U.S. national ID system. Using John Kingdon’s policy streams framework, the authors examine the development of reform ideas, the opening of a policy window and the shift in the national mood after the 9/11 attacks, and the legislative tactics by the George W. Bush administration that led to the passage of the act. The analysis illustrates the significance of po…
Accounting for the Value of Performance Measurement from the Perspective of Midwestern Mayors
This article studies the decades-long question, “Does performance measurement matter?” by examining how and why Midwest mayors perceive value in performance measurement. The results show that the tool is perceived positively, but its impact on decision making depends on whether performance measurement is integrated into strategic planning, goal setting, and internal communication between city council members and departmental staff and on whether …
Challenges in e-government development
Explaining the Adoption of E-Government Features
Recently, many studies have emerged to document how the public sector uses the Internet to provide information and services, but very few have analyzed the factors that influence the adoption decision of e-government features. This study proposes a model of innovation adoption that integrates internal organizational factors and external peer influence and empirically tests how these factors influence Iowa county treasurers’ decisions to launch a …
Reinventing Local Governments and the E‐Government Initiative
The Internet provides a powerful tool for reinventing local governments. It encourages transformation from the traditional bureaucratic paradigm, which emphasizes standardization, departmentalization, and operational cost‐efficiency, to the “e‐government” paradigm, which emphasizes coordinated network building, external collaboration, and customer services. Based on a content analysis of city Web sites and a survey of Web development officials, t…
Information Technology Planning and the Y2K Problem in Local Governments
This article examines local responses to the Year 2000 (Y2K) problem in Iowa to analyze how local governments plan for information technology (IT) operations. Many local governments lacked concrete plans and failed to think strategically about the Y2K problem at the beginning of 1999. A logistic analysis shows that the decision to form a concrete Y2K strategy depended on management attitudes and the technological sensitivity of local decision mak…
The Role of Science and Technology in Creating Korea's Electronics Industry
n this article we will analyze the process of industrial from the system-institutional perspective, using a case study of South Korea's (hereafter called Korea) electronics industry to illustrate how government and industry can interact to overcome the common problems faced by many developing countries in industrial transformation. Industrial transformation is the process through which an industry changes its production technology, market distrib…
Reinventing Local Governments and the E‐Government Initiative
The Internet provides a powerful tool for reinventing local governments. It encourages transformation from the traditional bureaucratic paradigm, which emphasizes standardization, departmentalization, and operational cost‐efficiency, to the “e‐government” paradigm, which emphasizes coordinated network building, external collaboration, and customer services. Based on a content analysis of city Web sites and a survey of Web development officials, t…
Accounting for the Value of Performance Measurement from the Perspective of Midwestern Mayors
This article studies the decades-long question, “Does performance measurement matter?” by examining how and why Midwest mayors perceive value in performance measurement. The results show that the tool is perceived positively, but its impact on decision making depends on whether performance measurement is integrated into strategic planning, goal setting, and internal communication between city council members and departmental staff and on whether …
Explaining the Adoption of E-Government Features
Recently, many studies have emerged to document how the public sector uses the Internet to provide information and services, but very few have analyzed the factors that influence the adoption decision of e-government features. This study proposes a model of innovation adoption that integrates internal organizational factors and external peer influence and empirically tests how these factors influence Iowa county treasurers’ decisions to launch a …
Government Communication Effectiveness and Satisfaction with Police Performance
For the last two decades, performance management theories and practices have focused on outcome‐oriented management but have paid little attention to the role of public communication. Using multiple large data sets from Kansas City, Missouri, for 2009–14, this research suggests that the perceived effectiveness of public communication has a more substantial impact on public satisfaction with police protection and crime prevention than neighborhood…
Challenges in Building Effective and Competitive Government in Developing Countries
For the past two decades, many developing countries have begun to experiment with results-oriented reforms to make their governments more competitive. However, very few studies explore the question of the applicability and appropriateness of Western-oriented reforms in non-Western contexts. Based on theories of new institutionalism and institutional logics, this article examines some of the organizational, cultural, and political assumptions that…
A path-dependence perspective on the adoption of Internet of Things
Challenges in e-government development
Unpacking the black box
Responding to the Coronavirus Pandemic
This study compares the experiences of Shanghai in China and Los Angeles in the United States to illustrate four tension points in pandemic responses: immediacy versus thoroughness, transparency versus secrecy and security, centralization versus decentralization, and state-driven solutions versus coproduction. Based on the case analysis, strategic management and planning practices in six stages of pandemic response are recommended. The study also…
Information Technology Planning and the Y2K Problem in Local Governments
This article examines local responses to the Year 2000 (Y2K) problem in Iowa to analyze how local governments plan for information technology (IT) operations. Many local governments lacked concrete plans and failed to think strategically about the Y2K problem at the beginning of 1999. A logistic analysis shows that the decision to form a concrete Y2K strategy depended on management attitudes and the technological sensitivity of local decision mak…
Does neighborhood crime matter? A multi-year survey study on perceptions of race, victimization, and public safety
Using multiple large datasets over time from Kansas City, Missouri, hypotheses drawn from theories of racial stereotype amplification, violence desensitization, and dissimilar group threat are tested. The results show that White Americans that live in Black or Hispanic neighborhoods tend to feel less satisfied with public safety, even after controlling for actual crime rates, physical signs of disorder, and a neighborhood's socioeconomic context.…
Analyzing Social Safety Net and Employment Assistance Spending in Chinese Cities (对中国城市中社会保障和就业援助支出的分析)
As social harmony and stability become increasingly important to the Chinese policymakers, how to use government spending to help the unemployed and needy population becomes a key task. Unlike many western countries, China pursues a highly decentralized policy in social safety net and employment assistance spending. This paper explores the advantages and challenges of this fiscal arrangement, and uses data of about 330 Chinese cities between 2007…
The Role of Science and Technology in Creating Korea's Electronics Industry
n this article we will analyze the process of industrial from the system-institutional perspective, using a case study of South Korea's (hereafter called Korea) electronics industry to illustrate how government and industry can interact to overcome the common problems faced by many developing countries in industrial transformation. Industrial transformation is the process through which an industry changes its production technology, market distrib…
Information Technology Planning and the Y2K Problem in Local Governments
This article examines local responses to the Year 2000 (Y2K) problem in Iowa to analyze how local governments plan for information technology (IT) operations. Many local governments lacked concrete plans and failed to think strategically about the Y2K problem at the beginning of 1999. A logistic analysis shows that the decision to form a concrete Y2K strategy depended on management attitudes and the technological sensitivity of local decision mak…
Reinventing Local Governments and the E‐Government Initiative
The Internet provides a powerful tool for reinventing local governments. It encourages transformation from the traditional bureaucratic paradigm, which emphasizes standardization, departmentalization, and operational cost‐efficiency, to the “e‐government” paradigm, which emphasizes coordinated network building, external collaboration, and customer services. Based on a content analysis of city Web sites and a survey of Web development officials, t…
Challenges in e-government development
Explaining the Adoption of E-Government Features
Recently, many studies have emerged to document how the public sector uses the Internet to provide information and services, but very few have analyzed the factors that influence the adoption decision of e-government features. This study proposes a model of innovation adoption that integrates internal organizational factors and external peer influence and empirically tests how these factors influence Iowa county treasurers’ decisions to launch a …
Accounting for the Value of Performance Measurement from the Perspective of Midwestern Mayors
This article studies the decades-long question, “Does performance measurement matter?” by examining how and why Midwest mayors perceive value in performance measurement. The results show that the tool is perceived positively, but its impact on decision making depends on whether performance measurement is integrated into strategic planning, goal setting, and internal communication between city council members and departmental staff and on whether …
A Quiet Revolution or a Flashy Blip? The Real ID Act and U.S. National Identification System Reform
In 2005, Congress passed the Real ID Act despite decades of stalemate in reforming the U.S. national ID system. Using John Kingdon’s policy streams framework, the authors examine the development of reform ideas, the opening of a policy window and the shift in the national mood after the 9/11 attacks, and the legislative tactics by the George W. Bush administration that led to the passage of the act. The analysis illustrates the significance of po…
PBB in American Local Governments
Despite academic findings that performance information seldom is used in appropriations decisions, many professional organizations and governments continue to press for integrating performance information into local public management, planning, and budgeting processes. Is it possible to reconcile such inconsistencies? Looking beyond the executive–legislative relationship and departmental appropriations, the author examines the budget implications…
Analyzing Social Safety Net and Employment Assistance Spending in Chinese Cities (对中国城市中社会保障和就业援助支出的分析)
As social harmony and stability become increasingly important to the Chinese policymakers, how to use government spending to help the unemployed and needy population becomes a key task. Unlike many western countries, China pursues a highly decentralized policy in social safety net and employment assistance spending. This paper explores the advantages and challenges of this fiscal arrangement, and uses data of about 330 Chinese cities between 2007…
Challenges in Building Effective and Competitive Government in Developing Countries
For the past two decades, many developing countries have begun to experiment with results-oriented reforms to make their governments more competitive. However, very few studies explore the question of the applicability and appropriateness of Western-oriented reforms in non-Western contexts. Based on theories of new institutionalism and institutional logics, this article examines some of the organizational, cultural, and political assumptions that…
Government Communication Effectiveness and Satisfaction with Police Performance
For the last two decades, performance management theories and practices have focused on outcome‐oriented management but have paid little attention to the role of public communication. Using multiple large data sets from Kansas City, Missouri, for 2009–14, this research suggests that the perceived effectiveness of public communication has a more substantial impact on public satisfaction with police protection and crime prevention than neighborhood…
Does neighborhood crime matter? A multi-year survey study on perceptions of race, victimization, and public safety
Using multiple large datasets over time from Kansas City, Missouri, hypotheses drawn from theories of racial stereotype amplification, violence desensitization, and dissimilar group threat are tested. The results show that White Americans that live in Black or Hispanic neighborhoods tend to feel less satisfied with public safety, even after controlling for actual crime rates, physical signs of disorder, and a neighborhood's socioeconomic context.…
A path-dependence perspective on the adoption of Internet of Things
From Performance Budgeting to Performance Budget Management
This article examines the decades‐long practices of performance budgeting in different countries and their associated challenges from a multilayered institutional framework. Based on theory and lessons learned, the article recommends an array of strategies to address institutional and organizational barriers. It also proposes to reconceptualize performance budgeting as a performance budget management system and suggests how multiyear budget plann…
Budgetary responses to a global pandemic
Besides the public health concerns and the tragic loss of life, this global pandemic has also generated severe political, social and financial challenges in many countries Besides in-depth case studies, the SI also contains cross-country comparative analyses and conceptual discussion about the revised role of public budgeting Because of these measures, many countries, including those that had strong fiscal discipline and sound budgetary balances …
Responding to the Coronavirus Pandemic
This study compares the experiences of Shanghai in China and Los Angeles in the United States to illustrate four tension points in pandemic responses: immediacy versus thoroughness, transparency versus secrecy and security, centralization versus decentralization, and state-driven solutions versus coproduction. Based on the case analysis, strategic management and planning practices in six stages of pandemic response are recommended. The study also…
Emerging fiscal health and governance concerns resulting from Covid-19 challenges
Purpose This study analyzes the scope and magnitude of the budgetary responses of 17 developed countries to the COVID-19 pandemic and examines whether policy responses in March–June, 2020 are correlated with economic and fiscal conditions in these countries. It also suggests a few foreseeable economic, budgetary and social challenges and a future research agenda for assessing the pandemic's impact on finance and governance. Design/methodology/app…
Unpacking the black box
In search of public values in performance budgeting studies
Performance budgeting is inevitably linked to policy priorities, and priorities are fundamentally the expression of public values. Through a bibliometric analysis of past studies, this study shows that over time, the performance budgeting literature is linked to more diverse values beyond efficiency and effectiveness concerns. Transparency, democracy, participation, inclusiveness, and other political, legal, social, and sustainability values have…
Eastern and western philosophies
This is the editorial introduction to the special issue ‘Eastern and Western Philosophies: Rethinking the Foundations of Public Administration’. This special issue pursues an important direction of inquiry in the relationship between philosophy and public administration by mobilising in a combined way both eastern and western philosophies to revisit foundational issues in public administration. The papers published in this special issue show that…
Academics’ mobility revisited
The mobility of academics plays a central role in global knowledge circulation, yet existing classifications often lack theoretical grounding and empirical validation. To address this gap, this study proposes and validates a multidimensional framework that categorizes mobility across three dimensions: geographic scope (immigration, visiting, joint appointment), institutional prestige (upward vs. downward), and career stage (early vs. late). Groun…
Political science (17 works) · Business (11 works) · Public Policy and Administration Research (11 works) · Public Administration (9 works) · Economics (8 works) · Public relations (8 works) · Marketing (7 works) · Politics (7 works) · Public Administration (7 works) · Computer Science (6 works)