Research

Publications

  • Miyeon Song and Kenneth J. Meier. Forthcoming. "Walking the Walk: Does Perceptual Congruence between Managers and Employees Promote Employee Job Satisfaction?" Review of Public Personnel Administration.
  • Young Han Chun and Miyeon Song. 2014. Outsourcing Management in Public Enterprises: Case for Incheon International Airport. In S. Park (Ed.), Reform of Public Enterprises. Seoul: Pakyoungsa. (Korean) 

Invited Talks/Recent Presentations
  • "Citizen Participation in the Public Service Delivery: The Role of Citizen Participation in Promoting Social Equity" with Kenneth J. Meier and Seung-Ho An. American University Conference on Equity and Public Management, 2019, Washington DC, USA.
  • "Sector Bias and the Credibility of Performance Information." Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action, 2019, San Diego, CA, with Kenneth J. Meier, Anna Amirkhanyan, and Jourdan Davis.
  • "Regulatory Compliance across Public, Nonprofit, and For-profit Organizations: The Context of US Nursing Homes." Health Policy Workshop, School of Public and Environmental Affairs, Indiana University, 2018, Bloomington, IN, USA.
  • "Gender Differences in Performance-driven Managerial Innovation: The Evidence from US Nursing Homes." The Future of Behavioral Public Administration, University of Copenhagen, 2018, Copenhagen, Denmark."
  • Walking the Walk: Does Perceptual Congruence between Managers and Employees Promote Employee Well-being?" with Kenneth J. Meier. Seminar on People Management in the Educational Sector, Tilburg University, 2018, Tilburg, the Netherlands.
  • "Goal Ambiguity, Management, and Performance in US Nursing Homes." Association for Public Policy and Management, 2018, Washington DC, with Kenneth J. Meier, Anna Amirkhanyan, and Jourdan Davis.
  • "Public Management, Performance, and Context: A Cross-National Examination." Association for Public Policy and Management, 2018, Washington DC, with Seung-Ho An and Kenneth J. Meier.
  • "Politics, Bureaucracy, and Successful Governance: The Problem of Political Failure." American Political Science Association, 2018, Boston, MA, with Kenneth J. Meier, Mallory Compton, John Polga-Hecimovich, and Cameron Wimpy. 
  • "Race to the Top or Race to the Bottom: Market Competition, Regulatory Compliance, and Sector Differences." Public Management Research Conference, 2018, Singapore.
  • "Who Reacts to Performance Information? Heterogeneous Citizen Response to Performance Metrics." Public Management Research Conference, 2018, Singapore, with Minjung Kim and Nathan Favero. 
  • "Parents, Teachers, and Schools: Test Scores and Perceived Performance of Schools in 72 Countries." Midwest Political Science Association, 2018, Chicago, IL, with Seung-Ho An and Kenneth J. Meier.
  • "Healthcare in America: The Relationship between Subjective and Objective Assessments of Hospitals." Southern Political Science Association, 2018, New Orleans, LA, with Ohbet Cheon, Austin M. McCrea, and Kenneth J. Meier.