<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><metadata xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:dcterms="http://purl.org/dc/terms/" xmlns="http://dublincore.org/documents/dcmi-terms/"><dcterms:title>Replication Data for: Performative Collaboration of Bureaucrats</dcterms:title><dcterms:identifier>https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/OLJXV5</dcterms:identifier><dcterms:creator>Li, XinYu</dcterms:creator><dcterms:creator>Liu, Y</dcterms:creator><dcterms:publisher>Harvard Dataverse</dcterms:publisher><dcterms:issued>2026-03-31</dcterms:issued><dcterms:modified>2026-03-31T20:47:05Z</dcterms:modified><dcterms:description>This study conceptualizes performative collaboration among frontline bureaucrats as superficial collaborative rhetoric and gestures aimed at signaling action rather than achieving substantive outcomes. Using a survey experiment, it examines how top-down pressure and collaborative inertia shape bureaucrats’ engagement in performative collaboration in the Chinese governance context.</dcterms:description><dcterms:subject>Social Sciences</dcterms:subject><dcterms:date>2026-03-31</dcterms:date><dcterms:contributor>Li, XinYu</dcterms:contributor><dcterms:dateSubmitted>2026-03-16</dcterms:dateSubmitted><dcterms:license>CC0 1.0</dcterms:license></metadata>