Public Administration

* NCA is the main method; ** NCA in combination with a regression-based method; *** NCA in combination with QCA

Publications using NCA:

  • Cezar, A. (2024). Pathways to e-participation diffusion: A societal and governance perspective. Telematics and Informatics, 94, 102177. ***
  • Dong, Z., Jiang, P., Dai, Z., & Chi, R. (2024). What kind of urban brand ecology attracts talent best? Grey configuration analysis of 98 Chinese cities. Grey Systems: Theory and Application, 14(4), 770–788. ***
  • Dou, Y., Hou, W., Yan, X., Jin, X., & Li, P. (in press). Optimizing policy mixes for promoting prefabricated construction in developing countries: An fsQCA approach. Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management. (published online in 2024). **
  • Gong, Z., Wang, Y., & Li, M. (2024). Determining the drivers of global innovation under COVID-19: An FSQCA approach. PLOS ONE, 19(2), e0295403. ***
  • He, Z., Chen, M., & Gu, D. (2025). How digital village construction affects to the effectiveness of rural governance? — Research on the NCA and QCA methods. Cities, 156, 105514. ***
  • Jie, Y., Hu, S., Zhu, S., & Weng, L. (2024). How Digitalization and Its Context Affect the Urban–Rural Income Gap: A Configurational Analysis Based on 274 Prefecture-Level Administrative Regions in China. Land, 13(12), 2118. ***
  • Liang, C., Wang, S.-J., Foley, M., & Ma, G.-H. (2023). The path selection on improving the quality of environmental information disclosure – configuration analysis based on fsQCA. Applied Economics, 55(19), 2207–2222. ***
  • Roxas, B. (in press). E-governance and sustainable human development in Asia: A dynamic institutional path perspective. Journal of Asian Business and Economic Studies. (published online in 2024). **
  • Saraf, P. K., Saha, S., & Anand, A. (2022). Supportive culture and job involvement in public sector: The mediating role of participation in decision making and organizational learning. International Journal of Public Sector Management, 35(5), 549–567. **
  • Sharma, S., Kar, A. K., & Gupta, M. P. (2024). Untangling the web between digital citizen empowerment, accountability and quality of participation experience for e-government: Lessons from India. Government Information Quarterly, 41(3), 101964. **
  • Sun, H., Fu, L., & Yang, S. (2023). What contributes to the government-citizen knowledge sharing: Analysis of 293 cities in China. Journal of Innovation & Knowledge, 8(2), 100362. ***
  • Sun, Y., Wang, L., & Zhang, T. (2022). The Conditional Configuration Path for Private Enterprises Participating in PPP: A Fuzzy-Set Qualitative Comparative Analysis. Buildings​​​​​​​, 12(4), 440. ***
  • Talib, S., Papastathopoulo, A., & Ahmad, S. Z. (2024). Sufficiency and necessity of big data capabilities for decision performance in the public sector. Digital Policy, Regulation and Governance, 26(1), 18–37. **
  • Tuesta-Tapia, A. C., Vázquez-Sánchez, A., & Amador-Hidalgo, L. (in press). Excellence in the management of local action groups: An empirical investigation of critical success factors. International Journal of Quality & Reliability Management.. (published online in 2024). **
  • Wang, L., Sun, Y., & Tiong, R. L. K. (2024). Institutional quality configuration for encouraging private capital participation in PPP projects: Evidence from 36 belt and road countries. International Journal of Managing Projects in Business, 17(6/7), 898–922. ***
  • Wan, S., Ke, S., & Liang, C. (2025). How the talent ecosystem of key state-owned forest areas in China empowers forestry scientific and technological talents aggregation. Forest Policy and Economics, 170, 103400. ***
  • Yan, B., Liu, Y., Chen, B., Zhang, X., & Wu, L. (2023). What Matters the Most in Curbing Early COVID‐19 Mortality? A Cross‐Country Necessary Condition Analysis. Public Administration, 101(1), 71-89. *
  • Zhang, J., Yang, Z., Zhang, X., Sun, J., & He, B. (2025). Institutional Configuration Study of UrbanGreen Economic Efficiency – AnalysisBased on fsQCA and NCA. Polish Journal of Environmental Studies​​​​​​​, 34(2), 1457–1467. ***

  • Zhang, X., Chen, B., Yan, B., Liu, Y., & Wu, L. (2024). Critical constraints on high performance of provincial E-governments in China: A necessary condition analysis. Government Information Quarterly, 41(3), 101959. *

Publications suggesting NCA for future research: 

  • Armenia, S., Barnabé, F., Franco, E., Iandolo, F., Pompei, A., & Tsaples, G. (2023). Identifying policy options and responses to water management issues through System Dynamics and fsQCA. Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 194, 122737.