Dr. Huishan Yang

Dr. Yang received her doctoral degree from the Center for Public Administration and Policy at Virginia Tech. Her research focuses on understanding managerial dilemmas across different organizational levels by utilizing quantitative and qualitative methods, as well as network analysis and Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA). She received the Sam Overman Best Paper Award from the American Society for Public Administration (ASPA) in 2023. She also served as the managing editor for Administration & Society journal from 2019 to 2021.

AREAS OF CONCENTRATION

· Interorganizational networks

· Organizational behavior and theory

· Public and nonprofit management

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

· Yang, Huishan and Lemaire, Robin (2023), Linking Organizational Collaborative Motivations with Purpose-oriented Network Characteristics: A Qualitative Comparative Analysis. Academy of Management Proceedings, 2023(1), 18012.

· Yang, Huishan and Lemaire, Robin (2022). Are Collaborative Challenges Barriers to Working Together? – A Multi-level Multi-case Network Analysis. International Public Management Journal, 27(3), 363–382.

· Yang, Kaifeng and Yang, Huishan. (2021). Public Service Motivation in China – An Inductive Research and An Empirical Test. Governance Studies, 37(6), 62-76, (In Chinese).

· Jordan, S. R., Rudeen, S., Hu, D., Diotalevi, J. L., Brown, F. I., Miskovic, P., Yang, H, Meredith, C & Draper, D. (2019). The Difference a Smile Makes: Effective Use of Imagery by Children’s Nonprofit Organizations. Journal of Nonprofit & Public Sector Marketing, 31(3), 227-248.