Wenna Chen

Biographic Data

ID4385350
NAMEWenna Chen
GIVEN NAMESWenna
FAMILY NAMEChen
SIGNATURECHEN W
AFFILIATIONSCity University of Hong Kong
ORCID0000-0003-2543-8271
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS10
TOTAL CITATIONS60
AUTHOR COUNT10
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2012
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2025
H-INDEX3

  • Multilevel policy textual learning in Chinese local environmental policies

    Open AccessWenna Chen, Li Liao et al.ARTICLEJournal of Public Policy2025Cited by: 2References: 91

    While existing research on policy diffusion has provided substantial evidence regarding the drivers of policy adoption across jurisdictions, limited attention has been given to the dynamics of policy textual learning across different levels of government. We fill this gap by using regression analysis to examine the patterns of policy textual learning evident in the clause similarity of seven environmental statutory policies in China. Within China…

  • Managers’ career paths and interlocal collaboration: An agent network collaboration model

    Open AccessWenna Chen, Hongtao YiARTICLEPublic Management Review2024

    This study examines the role of change agents, city leaders, and their networks in facilitating interlocal collaboration in environmental governance. We propose an Agent Network Collaboration (ANC) model that brings individual managers, as change agents, back into the study of the interlocal agreement (ILA). We argue that the leadership transfer networks, the collection of city managers’ career paths that connect cities, serve as an important cha…

  • A replication of “unconscious bias in citizens' evaluations of public sector performance”

    Open AccessGuoliang Chen, Shuwei Zhang et al.ARTICLEPublic Administration2024Cited by: 4References: 19

    In recent years, the phenomenon of anti‐public sector bias (APSB) has garnered significant attention among public administration scholars. It is of especial interest given its possible effects on how citizens evaluate public sector performance. Despite the prominence of APSB in academic discourse, conclusive evidence requires further empirical testing. Our study addresses this gap by conducting a replication of Marvel (2016) using a different stu…

  • Leadership Transfer Networks and Regional Environmental Governance Performance

    Open AccessCan Cui, Wenna Chen et al.ARTICLEUrban Affairs Review2024Cited by: 1References: 53

    In response to the increasing attention paid to environmental governance and leadership mobility, this study explores the interactions between leadership mobility and environmental governance performance. From the perspective of networks, this study aims to determine whether leadership mobility networks shape environmental governance outcomes. We argue that leadership transfer networks affect local water governance performance, which is particula…

  • A replication of “an experimental test of the expectancy‐disconfirmation theory of citizen satisfaction”

    Open AccessWenna Chen, Binzizi Dong et al.ARTICLEPublic Administration2022Cited by: 7References: 10

    To better understand citizen satisfaction with public services, public administration research has adopted the expectancy‐disconfirmation model in recent years. This model proposes that satisfaction is a function of perceived performance and expectations. Recent quantitative and experimental studies of the expectancy‐disconfirmation model have supported the framework. However, few replications have been conducted and none outside western contexts…

  • Collaborative networks and environmental governance performance: A social influence model

    Chen Huang, Wenna Chen et al.ARTICLEPublic Management Review2021

    This study aims to answer the following research question: how do collaborative networks affect the performance of individual policy actors embedded in the network? We examine this question with a unique dataset on water governance in Dongguan city, China. We hypothesize that collaborative network affects the environmental performance of policy actors through a social influence mechanism, and that the performance of an ego actor will emulate that…

  • The Expectancy‐Disconfirmation Model and Citizen Satisfaction with Public Services: A Meta‐analysis and an Agenda for Best Practice

    Open AccessJiasheng Zhang, Wenna Chen et al.ARTICLEPublic Administration Review2021References: 53

    The expectancy‐disconfirmation model has become the predominant approach in explaining citizen satisfaction with public services. It posits that citizens compare the performance of a service against their expectations of that service. Satisfaction occurs if the perceived performance meets or exceeds the expectations. We provide the first meta‐analysis of the empirical evidence on this relationship, and find that the model is supported across stud…

  • Portable Innovation, Policy Wormholes, and Innovation Diffusion

    Open AccessHongtao Yi, Wenna ChenARTICLEPublic Administration Review2019References: 63

    This article explores the effects of city managers' career paths on the diffusion of climate policy innovation among municipal governments in the United States. Using the agent network diffusion (AND) model, the authors hypothesize that local climate policy innovations are portable and that cities may learn from distant jurisdictions to which they are connected through the career paths of managers, a phenomenon termed the “policy wormhole” effect…

  • Management Innovation and Policy Diffusion through Leadership Transfer Networks: An Agent Network Diffusion Model

    Open AccessHongtao Yi, Frances Stokes Berry et al.ARTICLEJournal of Public Administration…2018Cited by: 46References: 61

  • Tanshinone IIA reduces apoptosis induced by hydrogen peroxide in the human endothelium-derived EA.hy926 cells

    Open AccessLian-qun Jia, Lianqun Jia et al.ARTICLEJournal of Ethnopharmacology2012