A Match Made in Heaven or a Square Peg in a Round Hole? How Public Service Educators Can Help Students Assess Person-Environment Fit

2004 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 265-277 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katherine A. Karl ◽  
Barbara Peat
Keyword(s):  
Public Service ◽  
Round Hole ◽  
Person Environment Fit ◽  
Made In

Comparable Worth: The Problematic Politicization of a Public Personnel Issue

1987 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 23-36 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brent S. Steel ◽  
Nicholas P. Lovrich
Keyword(s):  
State Government ◽  
Public Service ◽  
Washington State ◽  
Comparable Worth ◽  
Employee Behavior ◽  
Pay Equity ◽  
Equity Issue ◽  
The Public ◽  
Federal Workforce ◽  
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The issue of comparable worth arose as a result of the discovery of serious gender inequities in the operation of the compensation system of Washington State government. Subsequent developments elsewhere have further added to the salience of the pay equity issue. In the context of this highly charged political context, what attitudes toward pay and compensation do women in the public service tend to hold? On the basis of employee surveys conducted in both the State of Washington and among the U.S. federal workforce, findings are reported that suggest that women are less likely to be dissatisfied with their pay than men. The implications of these findings are discussed, both with respect to the future politicization of the comparable worth issue and the proper assumptions to be made in conceptualizing the motivational basis of public employee behavior.

scholarly journals Professionalization and Innovations in Nigerian Public Service: How far the Dream of Success?

2015 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 104
Author(s):  
Salami Issa Afegbua
Keyword(s):  
Public Service ◽  
Economic Activity ◽  
Civil Service ◽  
The State ◽  
First Century ◽  
The Public ◽  
Effectiveness And Efficiency ◽  
Twenty First Century ◽  
Made In

Public service accounts for a substantial share of a country’s economic activity. It is designed as an agent of fruitful change and development in the state. The transformation of any society or system depends on the effectiveness and efficiency of its civil service. The article examines the nature of professionalization and innovation in Nigerian public service. It argues that professionalization in the public service is an overarching value that determines how its activities will be carried out. The article note that various attempts have been made in Nigeria to professionalised and encourage innovation in the public service, but these have not bring about the expected changes in the public service. It therefore advocates for professionalization and innovations as panacea to the ills of public service in Nigeria. The article concludes that no public service can meet the challenges of the twenty first century without a stronger commitment to the professionalization of its workforce.

scholarly journals IMPROVING THE EFFICIENCY OF CANADA’S PUBLIC SERVICE

2017 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
pp. 67-73
Author(s):  
Наталья Касаткина ◽  
Natalya Kasatkina
Keyword(s):  
Public Service ◽  
Civil Service ◽  
Monitoring And Evaluation ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Public Servants ◽  
The Public ◽  
Level Of Training ◽  
Resources Planning ◽  
Made In

Improving the efficiency of public service is an important area for overcoming the crisis in relations between the state, society and a citizen. Modernization of civil service of Canada is carried out in a number of ways. Changes were made in a recruitment order for civil service by means of expansion of the powers of persons competent to solve these issues in ministries and government departments. One of the directions for improving the quality of the civil service was an increase in the level of training of public servants. Coordination of the educational process in various government departments is carried out by the Canadian School of Public Service. The system of human resources planning has been introduced. The quality of public services provided is improved with help of timely providing them in compliance with all requirements of a particular government department, and taking into account the rights of citizens by achieving a balance between the services provided and the money spent for this purpose and regular monitoring and evaluation of the dynamics of the providing process of services. One of the areas of modernization of the public service is the introduction of strict control over of public servants’ ethical standards. Actions that lead to a conflict of interest are legislatively prohibited. Strict bans in Canada are implied regarding the employment of persons who replace public office after the end of their career. As a result of the measures taken to fight corruption, including a sphere that is largely susceptible to corruption risks, Canada is among top ten countries with the least corruption. Achievement of positive results in the activities of civil servants became possible due to the state’s special attention to the issues of its modernization.

Rethinking Public Service Motivation From the Perspective of Person–Environment Fit: Complementary or Supplementary Relationship?

2014 ◽  
Vol 37 (3) ◽  
pp. 351-368 ◽  
Author(s):  
Geunpil Ryu
Keyword(s):  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
Organizational Commitment ◽  
Public Service ◽  
Individual Performance ◽  
Public Service Motivation ◽  
Theoretical Development ◽  
Theoretical Perspectives ◽  
Person Environment Fit ◽  
Underlying Mechanisms ◽  
The Relationship

Research on public service motivation (PSM) has paid attention to the concept of fit to identify underlying mechanisms of the relationship between PSM and beneficial outcomes such as higher job satisfaction and organizational commitment. Nonetheless, there have been rare studies aimed at theoretically comparing PSM with the person–environment (P–E) fit. In this article, PSM is reviewed from the perspective of P–E fit, not only because PSM and P–E fit share some theoretical perspectives, such as job attraction, employee rewards, and individual performance, but also because incorporating the concept of PSM into the fit framework may allow us to better understand PSM and enhance its theoretical development. This article concludes that PSM has a complementary relationship with P–E fit as the two provide more concrete and valid explanations for job applications, outcomes, and rewards when they are incorporated.

The Dynamics of Failing Service Delivery in Nigeria and Ghana

2016 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mary S Mangai
Keyword(s):  
Service Delivery ◽  
Public Service ◽  
Public Services ◽  
Strong Relationship ◽  
Government Performance ◽  
Public Service Delivery ◽  
Sub Saharan ◽  
Donor Agencies ◽  
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This article compares the quality of service delivery in Nigeria and Ghana in the areas of healthcare, food provision and access to clean water and sanitation. Its first finding is that public service delivery in the two countries has been perceived as inadequate and deteriorating for over a decade. Therefore, this paper concludes that Nigeria and Ghana are lagging behind in the provision of basic public services for their citizens and need to re-orient their service delivery. Governments in sub-Saharan countries are working with donor agencies at the forefront of combating poverty through a number of interventions to improve the delivery of public services. Notwithstanding these good intentions, few results have been achieved so far, especially considering the massive investment made in attempts to reduce poverty in this region. The outcomes of this research suggest a strong relationship between household satisfaction and problems experienced in service delivery in these areas. They also show that satisfaction with public service delivery involves more than government performance. Political, geographical and demographic factors are also important predictors.

scholarly journals INOVASI KUALITAS PELAYANAN PUBLIK PEMERINTAH DAERAH

FIAT JUSTISIA ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Robi Cahyadi Kurniawan
Keyword(s):  
Public Service ◽  
Public Services ◽  
Service Innovation ◽  
Administrative Reform ◽  
Reform Policy ◽  
Creative Idea ◽  
Bureaucratic Reform ◽  
Local Levels ◽  
Made In

AbstractPublic service is a measure of the performance of the government's most visible. Communities can directly assess the government's performance based on the service they received. For the quality of public services in all ministries / institutions is a fundamental thing that must be improved. Improved public services, the Ministry of Administrative Reform and Bureaucratic Reform policy that since 2014 was a year of public service innovation. All government agencies, both at central and local levels is expected to make a creative idea or an answer to how to work / public service method. Ministry of Administrative Reform and Bureaucratic Reform collect and assess the innovations that have been made in a number of agencies across Indonesia. Hopefully the quality and innovation of public services BPS can always be increased, so that it can continue to compete fairly with other agencies. Keywords: Innovation, Public Services, Local Government AbstrakPelayanan publik merupakan suatu tolok ukur kinerja pemerintah yang paling kasat mata. Masyarakat dapat menilai langsung kinerja pemerintah berdasarkan pelayanan yang diterimanya. Untuk itu kualitas pelayanan publik di semua kementerian/lembaga adalah suatu hal yang mendasar yang harus segera ditingkatkan. Peningkatan pelayanan publik, Kementerian Pendayagunaan Aparatur Negara dan Reformasi Birokrasi (KemenPAN RB) menerapkan kebijakan bahwa sejak tahun 2014 adalah tahun inovasi pelayanan publik. Seluruh instansi pemerintah, baik di pusat maupun daerah diharapkan dapat membuat suatu ide kreatif atau jawaban terhadap cara kerja/metode pelayanan publik. KemenPAN RB mengumpulkan dan menilai inovasi-inovasi yang telah dilakukan di sejumlah instansi di seluruh Indonesia. Semoga kualitas dan inovasi pelayanan publik BPS dapat selalu meningkat, sehingga bisa terus bersaing secara sehat dengan instansi lain. Kata Kunci: Inovasi, Pelayanan Publik, Pemerintah Daerah

scholarly journals REFORMASI BIROKRASI SUATU USAHA UNTUK MENINGKATKAN KUALITAS PELAYANAN PUBLIK

Humanus ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 49
Author(s):  
Achmad Namlis
Keyword(s):  
Public Service ◽  
Political Process ◽  
Mental Attitude ◽  
The Public ◽  
Implementing Change ◽  
The Reformation ◽  
Political Consensus ◽  
Public Bureaucracy ◽  
Conflicting Interests ◽  
Made In

The creation of bureaucratic rule through political process impacts the often conflicting interests. The difficulty of implementing change is probably because political consensus is not easily obtained. Regulations are often made in greater details expecting to regulate the behavior of organizations and bureaucracy. However, most regulations clash one another, so regulations are changed before it was even implemented, and the change is also in conflict with others. Changes are often difficult because the changing demand is not only for the rules, but also the bureaucracy that is closely related to mental attitude or the man behind the system. If the public bureaucracy in the public service is not qualified, bureaucracy will be abandoned by users (citizens), and it means it has failed the mission of providing services to the public. This is what happens in the Indonesia’s transition government entering the reformation era, therefore legislations need to be created in greater detail to regulate the behavior of organizations and government bureaucracy.Keywords: reformation, bureaucracy, public service

scholarly journals Epitomising Public Sector Management of Public Private Partnerships: A Trajectory of Good Governance

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 38
Author(s):  
Jude Thaddeo Mugarura ◽  
Zwelinzima Ndevu
Keyword(s):  
Public Service ◽  
Success Factors ◽  
Good Governance ◽  
Public Private Partnerships ◽  
Governance System ◽  
Policy Documents ◽  
Critical Success ◽  
Governance Practices ◽  
Research And Policy ◽  
Made In

While research and policy documents seem to equate public private partnerships (PPPs) to a “marriage made in heaven”, globally they have had flimsy impact on public service delivery. Such seem to be caused by myopic governance emanating from scattered PPP governance literature, lack of a clear PPP good governance overview, as well as overemphasis of PPP financing over the wider PPP governance aspects. Using scholarly documents through content analysis, this study therefore intended to identify and examine the elements of a PPP governance system, and thereafter provide strategies of enforcing good governance practices for PPPs to serve their intended purpose. Findings indicate that PPP principles, critical success factors, stakeholder and risk management, and management of PPP maturity trends, make up a PPP good governance system. Finally, for each of the findings established, the study proposes appropriate good governance practices for sustainable PPP interventions.

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