Citizens’ motivations to coproduce: a Q methodological study on the City Governance Committee in Nanjing, China
运用Q方法研究中国南京城市治理委员会中公民参与共同生产的动机，识别出三种动机类型：乐观信仰者、积极表达者和委托影响者，发现表达价值、自我效能和规范价值是主要驱动力，且与西方研究结果不同。
This article applies Q methodology to examine citizens’ motivations to engage in Chinese city governance, more specifically to participate in the City Governance Committee in Nanjing. We identify three orientations underlying citizens’ motivations to engage in coproduction: the optimistic believer, the active expresser, and the commissioned influencer. Our data show that expressive values, self-efficacy, and normative values are important reasons underlying Chinese citizens’ engagement in coproduction. The orientations that we have found clearly differ from motivations that are reported in research conducted in a Western context. Our analysis suggests that governors should improve citizens’ self-efficacy for coproduction.