Public Administration and Policy: An Asia-Pacific Journal: Volume 25 Issue 3 , Open Access

Editorial Preface

Introduction to the special issue

A study of work-integrated learning experience of hospitality and tourism management students in Guangdong under the COVID-19 pandemic

Jing Bill Xu, Pimtong Tavitiyaman, Xinyan Zhang, Mingfang Zhu

This paper aims to explore students’ work-integrated learning experience. Particularly, students’ application of knowledge and improvement of multiple skills in work-integrated…

The differences between students’ fixed and growth mindsets: a case of study tour between Hong Kong and Canada

Carmen Sum, Yui-yip Lau, Ivy Chan

The paper aims to address the gap in the literature related to students’ mindsets and learning activities through investigation of the differences in students’ expectations of…

Effects of self-efficacy and learning environment on Hong Kong undergraduate students’ academic performance in online learning

Francis C.Y. Kuan, Stephanie Wing Lee

This paper aims to illustrate the importance of the quality of Online Learning Physical Environment (OLPE) and Online Learning Self-efficacy (OLSE) in predicting academic…

Mediation as an Alternative Dispute Resolution to resolve interpersonal conflicts in Hong Kong universities

Aaron C.K. Lau

This paper aims to provide insight into mediation as an Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) to resolve interpersonal conflicts for undergraduate students in Hong Kong.

Learning to teach: cross-cultural internship teaching of a mainland Chinese Master's student in a Macao university

Lin Luo, Yanju Shao

This paper examines the cross-cultural internship teaching experience of a mainland Chinese student of a Master's program on adult education in a Macao university.

An analysis of students’ satisfaction with distance learning in Moroccan universities during the COVID-19 pandemic

Lahboub Zouiri, Fatima Ezzahra Kinani

In Morocco, universities have opted for online courses as a national effort to contain the coronavirus since the early stage. This article aims to analyze university students’…

A behavioral approach to administrative reform: a case study of promoting proactive administration in South Korea

Pan Suk Kim

The South Korean government launched the proactive administration initiative in mid-2017, which has been widely implemented throughout the public sector. Accordingly, the purpose…

Equality in contention: exploring the debates of gender-equal inheritance rights in Bangladesh

Jinat Hossain, Ishtiaq Jamil

The purpose of the paper is to evaluate what caused the debates and confusion in articulating a gender-equal inheritance policy in Bangladesh, and to identify the socio-political…

An evaluation of community care services for the elderly in Hong Kong

Gigi Lam

This article analyses community care services (CCS) in terms of availability, awareness, accessibility, and acceptance (the Four A’s approach), untangles the deep-seated factors…