Xiaozhen ZHAI

Contact information

E-mail：zhaixz@nju.edu.cn

Department of Public Administration

Areas of expertise

Cadre and Personnel System of China, Performance Management in Public Sector, Central-Local Relations

Education

Ph.D. Public Management 2016-2023

School of Public Policy & Management, Tsinghua University

Visiting Scholar 2019-2020

O'Neill School of Public & Environmental Affairs, Indiana University Bloomington

B.A. Economics 2012-2016

School of Economics, Jilin University

Research/work Experiences

Selected Publications

PUBLICATIONS

Mei, C. & Zhai, X. (2018). Is Performance-Based Promotion Sustainable? A New Perspective on Political Tournament Model, Journal of Public Administration, 11(03):7-27+209. (In Chinese)

Perry, J. L. & Zhai, X. (2020). Aligning the Design of Public-Sector Compensation Systems with Lessons from Public Service Motivation Research, 13(05): 65-80. (In Chinese)

CONFERENCE PAPERS AND INVITED PRESENTATIONS

Mei, C., Zhai, X. & Perry, J. L. (2020). The Paradox of Performance-Based Promotion in the Chinese System. Public Management Research Conference, Hawaii, USA.

Mei, C. & Zhai, X. (2018). A Specter of Weberian Bureaucracy: A Schumpeterian Challenge to the Performance-based Promotion in China, Public Management Research Conference, Singapore.

Mei, C. & Zhai, X. (2018). Complaints as Participation: Public Participation of Local Residents in Central Environmental Protection Inspection (CEPI) in China，Asia-Pacific Public Policy Network Conference , Hongkong, China.

Selected Awards