Bo WEN (文博)

Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles
Asterisk (*) indicates the corresponding author; Hashtag (#) denotes student contributors

1. Li, J.#, Tang, S. Y., & Wen, B.* (2026). “Unpacking Resilience in Public Administration: Insights from a Meta-Narrative Review.” Public Administration Review 1–20. https://doi.org/10.1111/puar.70083 (Online First).
   ✔ All three authors contributed equally to this work. Authorship is listed alphabetically.
2. Cheng, G.#, & Wen, B.* (2025). On the Performance‐Based Legitimacy of Financial Action Task Force: A Quantitative Exploration. Regulation & Governance. 1-32. https://doi.org/10.1111/rego.70088 (Online First).
   ✔ Both authors contributed equally to this work. Authorship is listed alphabetically.
3. Tao, L., Wan, J.#, & Wen, B.* (2024). The Effects of Artificial Intelligence and Victims’ Deservingness Information on Citizens’ Blame Attribution Towards Administrative Errors. Public Management Review. Online first (DOI:10.1080/14719037.2024.2411632). [SSCI-listed #: Public Administration, 6/91]
   ✔ All three authors contributed equally to this paper.
   Names are listed in alphabetical order to reflect this equal contribution
4. Yang, Y.#, Wen, B.*, & Song, Y. (2024). A Moderated Mediation Model on the Relationship Among Public Service Motivation (PSM), Self-Efficacy, Job Satisfaction, and Readiness for Change. Review of Public Personnel Administration. Online first (DOI: 10.1177/0734371X241281750). [SSCI-listed #: Public Administration, 11/91]
5. Yang, Y.#, Wen, B., & Tao, L. (2024). Unequal Gender‐Based Attraction Toward Public Sector Employment in China: The Role of Perceived Discrimination and Public Service Motivation. Public Administration and Development. Online first (DOI:10.1002/pad.2070). [SSCI-listed #: Development Studies, 18/63]
6. Tao, L., Tang, S. Y., & Wen, B.* (2023). Advancing the Frontiers of Genomic Public Administration: From Genetics to Administrative Attitudes, Behaviors, And Practices. Public Administration Review, 83(6), 1447-1461. [SSCI-listed #: Public Administration, 1/91]
   ✔ All three authors contributed equally to this paper
   ✔ Recipient of the William E. Mosher and Frederick C. Mosher Award
7. Tu, W., Hsieh, C. W., Chen, C. A., & Wen, B.* (2023). Public Service Motivation, Performance-Contingent Pay, And Job Satisfaction of Street-Level Bureaucrats. Public Personnel Management. Online first (DOI: 10.1177/00910260231201628). [SSCI-listed #: Public Administration, 19/91]
8. Ding, F.#, Wen, B.*, & Shon, J. (2023). Frontline Bureaucratic Attitude toward Administrative Integration: Does Organizational Configuration Matter? Administration & Society. Online first (DOI: 10.1177/00953997231165995). [SSCI-listed #: Public Administration, 18/49]
9. Tao, L.#, Liang, H., Wen, B., & Huang, T. (2022). Between Nature and Nurture: The Genetic Overlap between Psychological Attributes and Selection into Public Service Employment. Public Administration Review. Online first (DOI: 10.1111/puar.13582). [SSCI-listed #: Public Administration, 2/49]
10. Li, M., Wen, B.*, & Hsieh, C. W. (2022). Understanding the Role Reward Types Play in Linking Public Service Motivation to Task Satisfaction: Evidence from An Experiment in China. International Public Management Journal, 25(2), 300-319. [SSCI-listed #: Public Administration, 20/49]
11. Chen, W., Dong, B.#, Hsieh, C. W., Lee, M. J., Liu, N., Walker, R. M., Wang, Y.#, Wen, B., Wen, W.#, Wu, P., Wu, X.#, & Zhang, J. (2022). A Replication of “An Experimental Test of the Expectancy‐Disconfirmation Theory of Citizen Satisfaction”. Public Administration. Online first (DOI: 10.1111/padm.12860). [SSCI-listed #: Public Administration, 11/49]
12. Wen, B.*, & Tao, L.# (2022). Public Service Motivation in the Chinese Context: Theory Construction and Workplace Consequences [中国情境下公共服务动机的理论构建与绩效转换机制]. Advances in Psychological Science [心理科学进展], 30(2), 239-254. [CSSCI-listed #: Psychology, 2/7]
13. Zhu, J., & Wen, B.* (2022). Trace the Money, Seize the Fugitives: China’s Other Anticorruption Battle. Journal of Contemporary China. Online first (DOI: 10.1080/10670564.2022.2031006). [SSCI-listed #: Area Studies, 2/80]
14. Wang, B., & Wen, B. (2021). The Spatial Distribution of Businesses and Neighborhoods: What Industries Match or Mismatch What Neighborhoods? Habitat International, 117, 102440. [SSCI-listed #: Development Studies, 5/42]
15. Wen, B.* (2020). Old Problems and New Dilemmas: The Conundrum of Environmental Management Reform in China. Journal of Environmental Policy & Planning, 22(2), 281-299. [SSCI-listed #: Development Studies, 8/41]
16. Wen, B.*, Tang, S. Y., & Lo, C. W. H. (2020). Changing Levels of Job Satisfaction among Local Environmental Enforcement Officials in China. The China Quarterly, 241, 112-143. [SSCI-listed #: Area Studies, 3/77]
17. Li, H., Wen, B., & Cooper, T. L. (2019). What Makes Neighbourhood Associations Effective in Urban Governance? Evidence from Neighbourhood Council Boards in Los Angeles. The American Review of Public Administration, 49(8), 931-943. [SSCI-listed #: Public Administration, 18/48]
18. Resh, W. G., Marvel, J. D., & Wen, B. (2019). Implicit and Explicit Motivation Crowding in Prosocial Work. Public Performance & Management Review, 42(4), 889-919. [SSCI-listed #: Public Administration, 32/48]
19. Resh, W. G., Marvel, J. D., & Wen, B. (2018). The Persistence of Prosocial Work Effort as a Function of Mission Match. Public Administration Review, 78(1), 116-125. [SSCI-listed #: Public Administration, 2/47]

Refereed Commentaries and Review Essays

1. Tao, L.#, & Wen, B.* (2022). Behavioral Genetics: A Novel Perspective and Approach for Behavioral Public Administration Research [行为遗传学：行为公共管理研究的新视角与新路径]. Journal of Public Administration [公共行政评论], 5, 182-195. [CSSCI-listed #: Politics, 8/39]
2. Guo, S., Wen, B.*, & Wong, N. W. M. (2022). Handling in the Frontline: A Case Study of “Whistle Gathering” in Beijing. Public Administration and Development. Online first (DOI: 10.1002/pad.1975). [SSCI-listed #: Development Studies, 31/42]
3. Wen, B.*, Tang, S. Y., & Tao, L.# (2020). How Governance Shapes Emergency Management: China’s Mixed Records in Responding to COVID-19. Chinese Public Administration Review, 11(2), 122-131. [ESCI-listed #: Public Administration, 19/36]

Refereed Conference Proceedings and Book Chapters

1. Wang, P.#, Hu, S.#, Wen, B.*, & Lu, Z. (2024). There is a Job Prepared for Me Here: Understanding How Short Video and Live-streaming Platforms Empower Ageing Job Seekers in China. In CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, May 11-16, 2024, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA. Online first (DOI: 10.1145/3613904.3642959).
2. Zhou, M. M.#, Qu, Z.#, Wan, J.#, Wen, B., Yao, Y., & Lu, Z. (2024). Understanding Chinese Internet Users’ Perceptions of, and Online Platforms’ Compliance with, the Personal Information Protection Law (PIPL). Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction, 8(CSCW1), Article No.: 138, pp. 1–26.
3. Wan, Q.#, Hu, S.#, Zhang, Y.#, Wang, P.#, Wen, B., & Lu, Z. (2024). It Felt Like Having a Second Mind: Investigating Human-AI Co-creativity in Prewriting with Large Language Models. Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction, 8(CSCW1), Article No.: 84, pp. 1–26.
4. LC, R., Man, S.#, Bao, X.#, Wan, J.#, Wen, B., & Song, Z.# (2023). Contradiction Pushes Me to Improvise: Performer Expressivity and Engagement in Distanced Movement Performance Paradigms. Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction, 7(CSCW2), Article No.: 333, pp. 1–26.
5. Tang, N.#, Tao, L.#, Wen, B.*, & Lu, Z. (2022, April). Dare to Dream, Dare to Livestream: How E-Commerce Livestreaming Empowers Chinese Rural Women. In CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, April 29–May 05, 2022, New Orleans, LA, USA. Online first (DOI: 10.1145/3491102.3517634).
6. Tang, S. Y., & Wen, B. 2020. Beyond Governance for Economic Growth: Understanding Incentive Distortions in the Chinese Bureaucracy. Chapter 6 (pp. 96-121), Handbook of Public Policy and Public Administration in China. Zang, X. & Chan, H. S. (eds.). Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar.