Fengxiu Zhang
Biographic Data
| ID | 4384864 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Fengxiu Zhang |
| GIVEN NAMES | Fengxiu |
| FAMILY NAME | Zhang |
| SIGNATURE | ZHANG F |
| AFFILIATIONS | George Mason University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5784-9708 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 94 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 14 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Spatial variabilities in factors affecting electric vehicle adoption across Virginia
Advancing Social Equity in Local Government Sustainability Actions
Despite its growing prominence in public administration scholarship, social equity remains insufficiently embedded in local sustainability actions. This study applies an institutional lens to investigate the mechanisms through which sustainability is institutionalized and to assess their impact on equity-oriented actions. Specifically, we investigate four mechanisms of institutionalization: embedding sustainability in formal plans, organizational…
From a Civic‐Tech to a Problem‐Centered Approach to Open Government Data
This research investigates the configurations of openness and policy conditions influencing the implementation of environmental justice (EJ) open government data (OGD) dashboards across U.S. states. EJ dashboards represent a shift from a civic‐tech approach to OGD, which emphasizes the public release of vast amounts of data, to a problem‐centered approach where government agencies release and curate selected data to address a policy‐specific issu…
Attending to the unattended
Intra-Organizational Communication in Public Agencies
This article develops and tests a set of hypotheses examining how contracting out of public services affects intra-organizational communication in public agencies (i.e., the principal organization). We draw from two competing perspectives: contracting scholarship argues that outsourcing reduces an organization's structural complexity and enhances intra-organizational communication, while organizational communication studies suggest that outsourci…
Explaining Public Organization Adaptation to Climate Change
Climate change can bring about large-scale irreversible physical impacts and systemic changes in the operating environment of public organizations. Research on preconditions for organizational adaptation to climate change has produced two parallel lines of inquiry, one focusing on macro-level norms, rules, and expectations and the other on meso-level culture, design, and structure within the organization. Drawing on the meta-theory of institution…
Covid-19 Morbidity, Vaccine Side Effects, and Vaccine Hesitancy among African Americans
COVID-19 research conducted in the pre-vaccine era indicates strong hesitancy toward vaccination among African Americans. Recent research has found growing acceptance of COVID-19 vaccination in the general US population. This study investigated vaccination intentions in Black communities and explored behavioral mechanisms involved in vaccination decisions. It focused on individuals’ risk perception in the face of a double hazard relating to the c…
Unveiling environmental justice through open government data
Open government data (OGD) are critical for environmental justice (EJ) policymaking, which is characterized by power and information asymmetries across government agencies, affected populations, and advocacy groups. We contend that not only should state governments provide OGD but also they should remove the burden associated with data access and use it to address the data divide and facilitate the participation of vulnerable populations in polic…
Language access in emergency and disaster preparedness
Experience is not enough
Towards more digital cities? Change in technology use and perceptions across small and medium-sized US cities
There is continuous pressure on public managers to adopt information and communication technologies (ICTs) to transform the way cities work. E-government research provides insights on the institutional, organisational, and individual factors that shape technology adoption and use. Yet most studies on small and medium sized cities use cross-sectional data or rely on small samples. We lack a systematic understanding of how technology use in smaller…
Tension in democratic administration
The tension between bureaucratic and democratic values has characterized significant debates in the field of public administration. In this article, we ask, does public managers' confidence in their organizational administrative capacity affect citizen participation? Using managerial confidence in organizational response capacity (ORC) during crises as a vehicle to investigate the tension between democratic and administrative values, we examine w…
Public Organization Adaptation to Extreme Events
The study responds to the growing call for a more systematic approach to research on organizational responses to extreme events. It develops and tests an integrated framework based on the organizational adaptation and learning theory to shed light on how public organizations manage exposure and vulnerability to extreme events. The analysis uses data from a 2016 national survey of top managers in the largest fixed-route public transit agencies in …
Managerial Ambivalence and Electronic Civic Engagement
This article addresses an important yet often neglected component of electronic civic engagement efforts : managerial ambivalence about public participation. We examine how managers’ beliefs about public participation and their perceived needs for participation in agency decision making work together to shape electronic engagement efforts. Based on observational data collected in 2010 and 2014 and data from a 2014 survey of managers in 500 U.S. m…
Public Organization Adaptation to Extreme Events
The study responds to the growing call for a more systematic approach to research on organizational responses to extreme events. It develops and tests an integrated framework based on the organizational adaptation and learning theory to shed light on how public organizations manage exposure and vulnerability to extreme events. The analysis uses data from a 2016 national survey of top managers in the largest fixed-route public transit agencies in …
Managerial Ambivalence and Electronic Civic Engagement
This article addresses an important yet often neglected component of electronic civic engagement efforts : managerial ambivalence about public participation. We examine how managers’ beliefs about public participation and their perceived needs for participation in agency decision making work together to shape electronic engagement efforts. Based on observational data collected in 2010 and 2014 and data from a 2014 survey of managers in 500 U.S. m…
Towards more digital cities? Change in technology use and perceptions across small and medium-sized US cities
There is continuous pressure on public managers to adopt information and communication technologies (ICTs) to transform the way cities work. E-government research provides insights on the institutional, organisational, and individual factors that shape technology adoption and use. Yet most studies on small and medium sized cities use cross-sectional data or rely on small samples. We lack a systematic understanding of how technology use in smaller…
Unveiling environmental justice through open government data
Open government data (OGD) are critical for environmental justice (EJ) policymaking, which is characterized by power and information asymmetries across government agencies, affected populations, and advocacy groups. We contend that not only should state governments provide OGD but also they should remove the burden associated with data access and use it to address the data divide and facilitate the participation of vulnerable populations in polic…
Tension in democratic administration
The tension between bureaucratic and democratic values has characterized significant debates in the field of public administration. In this article, we ask, does public managers' confidence in their organizational administrative capacity affect citizen participation? Using managerial confidence in organizational response capacity (ORC) during crises as a vehicle to investigate the tension between democratic and administrative values, we examine w…
Explaining Public Organization Adaptation to Climate Change
Climate change can bring about large-scale irreversible physical impacts and systemic changes in the operating environment of public organizations. Research on preconditions for organizational adaptation to climate change has produced two parallel lines of inquiry, one focusing on macro-level norms, rules, and expectations and the other on meso-level culture, design, and structure within the organization. Drawing on the meta-theory of institution…
Experience is not enough
Attending to the unattended
Intra-Organizational Communication in Public Agencies
This article develops and tests a set of hypotheses examining how contracting out of public services affects intra-organizational communication in public agencies (i.e., the principal organization). We draw from two competing perspectives: contracting scholarship argues that outsourcing reduces an organization's structural complexity and enhances intra-organizational communication, while organizational communication studies suggest that outsourci…
Managerial Ambivalence and Electronic Civic Engagement
This article addresses an important yet often neglected component of electronic civic engagement efforts : managerial ambivalence about public participation. We examine how managers’ beliefs about public participation and their perceived needs for participation in agency decision making work together to shape electronic engagement efforts. Based on observational data collected in 2010 and 2014 and data from a 2014 survey of managers in 500 U.S. m…
Public Organization Adaptation to Extreme Events
The study responds to the growing call for a more systematic approach to research on organizational responses to extreme events. It develops and tests an integrated framework based on the organizational adaptation and learning theory to shed light on how public organizations manage exposure and vulnerability to extreme events. The analysis uses data from a 2016 national survey of top managers in the largest fixed-route public transit agencies in …
Tension in democratic administration
The tension between bureaucratic and democratic values has characterized significant debates in the field of public administration. In this article, we ask, does public managers' confidence in their organizational administrative capacity affect citizen participation? Using managerial confidence in organizational response capacity (ORC) during crises as a vehicle to investigate the tension between democratic and administrative values, we examine w…
Towards more digital cities? Change in technology use and perceptions across small and medium-sized US cities
There is continuous pressure on public managers to adopt information and communication technologies (ICTs) to transform the way cities work. E-government research provides insights on the institutional, organisational, and individual factors that shape technology adoption and use. Yet most studies on small and medium sized cities use cross-sectional data or rely on small samples. We lack a systematic understanding of how technology use in smaller…
Language access in emergency and disaster preparedness
Experience is not enough
Covid-19 Morbidity, Vaccine Side Effects, and Vaccine Hesitancy among African Americans
COVID-19 research conducted in the pre-vaccine era indicates strong hesitancy toward vaccination among African Americans. Recent research has found growing acceptance of COVID-19 vaccination in the general US population. This study investigated vaccination intentions in Black communities and explored behavioral mechanisms involved in vaccination decisions. It focused on individuals’ risk perception in the face of a double hazard relating to the c…
Unveiling environmental justice through open government data
Open government data (OGD) are critical for environmental justice (EJ) policymaking, which is characterized by power and information asymmetries across government agencies, affected populations, and advocacy groups. We contend that not only should state governments provide OGD but also they should remove the burden associated with data access and use it to address the data divide and facilitate the participation of vulnerable populations in polic…
Intra-Organizational Communication in Public Agencies
This article develops and tests a set of hypotheses examining how contracting out of public services affects intra-organizational communication in public agencies (i.e., the principal organization). We draw from two competing perspectives: contracting scholarship argues that outsourcing reduces an organization's structural complexity and enhances intra-organizational communication, while organizational communication studies suggest that outsourci…
Explaining Public Organization Adaptation to Climate Change
Climate change can bring about large-scale irreversible physical impacts and systemic changes in the operating environment of public organizations. Research on preconditions for organizational adaptation to climate change has produced two parallel lines of inquiry, one focusing on macro-level norms, rules, and expectations and the other on meso-level culture, design, and structure within the organization. Drawing on the meta-theory of institution…
Attending to the unattended
Spatial variabilities in factors affecting electric vehicle adoption across Virginia
Advancing Social Equity in Local Government Sustainability Actions
Despite its growing prominence in public administration scholarship, social equity remains insufficiently embedded in local sustainability actions. This study applies an institutional lens to investigate the mechanisms through which sustainability is institutionalized and to assess their impact on equity-oriented actions. Specifically, we investigate four mechanisms of institutionalization: embedding sustainability in formal plans, organizational…
From a Civic‐Tech to a Problem‐Centered Approach to Open Government Data
This research investigates the configurations of openness and policy conditions influencing the implementation of environmental justice (EJ) open government data (OGD) dashboards across U.S. states. EJ dashboards represent a shift from a civic‐tech approach to OGD, which emphasizes the public release of vast amounts of data, to a problem‐centered approach where government agencies release and curate selected data to address a policy‐specific issu…
Business (9 works) · Political science (8 works) · Sociology (8 works) · Public Policy and Administration Research (7 works) · Psychology (6 works) · Public relations (6 works) · Computer Science (5 works) · Public Administration (5 works) · Disaster Management and Resilience (4 works) · Government (linguistics (4 works)