Research - miyeonsong

Research

Publications

Miyeon Song, Seung-Ho An, and Kenneth J. Meier. Forthcoming. Quality Standards, Implementation Autonomy, and Citizen Satisfaction with Public Services: Cross-National Evidence. Public Management Review, doi.org/10.1080/14719037.2020.1730939

Miyeon Song, Kenneth J. Meier, and Anna Amirkhanyan. Forthcoming. Goal Ambiguity, Management, and Performance in US Nursing Homes. Administration & Society, doi.org/10.1177/0095399720901343.

Ohbet Cheon, Miyeon Song, Austin M. McCrea, and Kenneth J. Meier. Forthcoming. Healthcare in America: The Relationship between Subjective and Objective Assessments of Hospitals. International Public Management Journal, doi.org/10.1080/10967494.2018.1553808.

Miyeon Song, Minjung Kim, and Nathan Favero. 2020. Social Class, Ingroup-Outgroup Comparison, and Citizen Evaluations: Is User Satisfaction Linked to Outcome Disparities? The American Review of Public Administration 50 (2): 205-218.

Kenneth J. Meier, Mallory Compton, John Polga-Hecimovich, Miyeon Song, and Cameron Wimpy. 2019. Bureaucracy and the Failure of Politics: Challenges to Democratic Governance. Administration & Society 51 (10): 1576-1605.

Young Han Chun, Sungjoo Choi, and Miyeon Song. 2019. Analyzing the Link between Job Satisfaction and Performance in Educational Institutions. International Journal of Public Administration 42 (9): 707–722.

Miyeon Song and Kenneth J. Meier. 2018. Citizen Satisfaction and the Kaleidoscope of Government Performance: How Multiple Stakeholders See Government Performance. Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory 28 (4): 489-505.

Miyeon Song. 2018. Gender Representation and Student Performance: Representative Bureaucracy Goes to Korea. The American Review of Public Administration 48 (4): 346-358.

Miyeon Song, Illoong Kwon, Seyoung Cha, and Naon Min. 2017. The Effect of Public Service Motivation and Job Level on Bureaucrats’ Preferences for Direct Policy Instruments. Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory 27 (1): 36-51.

Chun, Young Han and Miyeon Song. 2017. Performance Impacts of Management in Korean Schools: Testing the Meier and O’Toole Model. Public Management Review 19 (8): 1047-1065.

Miyeon Song and Young Han Chun. 2014. Organizational Management and Job Satisfaction: A Hierarchical Linear Model (HLM) Analysis of Educational Institutions in Korea. Korean Public Administration Review 48 (8): 109-132. (Korean)

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/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.

"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.

"Representative Bureaucracy and Decentralization: A Cross-National Examination" with Seung-Ho An and Kenneth J. Meier. Texas A&M Race and Public Administration Conference, 2017, College Station, TX, USA.

"Taking Context More Seriously: Management and Performance in US and Korean Hospitals." Texas A&M Public Management Conference, 2016, College Station, TX, USA.

"Management-Performance Nexus Revisited: Evidence from Korea" with Young Han Chun. Texas A&M Public Management Conference, 2014, College Station, TX, USA.

"The Effects of Job Satisfaction on Organizational Performance" with Young Han Chun. SNU-PITTSBURGH Research Workshop, 2011, Seoul, Korea.

Recent Conference Presentations

"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.

"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.