scholarly journals PUBLIC SERVICE MOTIVATION OF STUDENTS: A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS FROM UNIVERSITIES OF RUSSIA AND SOUTH AFRICA

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ivan Pivovarov ◽  
Hendri Kroukamp ◽  
Victoria Nekrasova
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Public Sector ◽  
Public Service ◽  
Public Servants ◽  
Employment Opportunities ◽  
Tertiary Institutions ◽  
The Public ◽  
New Knowledge ◽  
Similarities And Differences ◽  
The Republic

: A career choice in the public sector might seem strange as more financially lucrative careers beckon in the private sector.  Similarities and differences in the motivation of choosing and staying in the public sector between students currently enrolled in undergraduate studies towards a career in the public sector (referring to all spheres of government) in Russia and the Republic of South Africa are analyzed in this article. Through this process new knowledge is generated for public personnel managers in recruitment drives, promoting current and new employment opportunities possibilities are enhanced and ideas are generated for tertiary institutions for the development of curriculum to ensure that public servants will be able to address, through the attainment of the necessary skills, the changing circumstances within which public servants operate in the public sector. Recommendations in respect of further research possibilities are also explored

scholarly journals Fostering public accountability in South Africa: A reflection on challenges and successes

2016 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Pandelani H. Munzhedzi
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Public Service ◽  
Service Provision ◽  
Public Services ◽  
Public Accountability ◽  
The Public ◽  
Current State ◽  
Public Service Provision ◽  
The Republic ◽  
The Government

Accountability and oversight are constitutional requirements in all the spheres of government in the Republic of South Africa and their foundation is in the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa of 1996. All spheres of government are charged with the constitutional mandate of providing public services. The level of responsibility and public services provision also goes with the level of capacity of a particular sphere. However, most of the direct and visible services that the public receives are at the local sphere of government. As such, enormous resources are channelled towards this sphere of government so that the said public services could be provided. It is imperative that the three spheres of government account for the huge expenditures during the public service provision processes. The parliaments of national and provincial governments exercise oversight and accountability over their executives and administrations through the Public Accounts Committees, while the local sphere of government relies on the Municipal Public Accounts Committees. This article is theoretical in nature, and it seeks to explore the current state of public accountability in South Africa and to evaluate possible measures so as to enhance public accountability. The article argues that the current public accountability mechanisms are not efficient and effective. It is recommended that these mechanisms ought to be enhanced by inter alia capacitating the legislative bodies at national, provincial and local spheres of the government.

scholarly journals The Dilemma of Accountability and Good Governance for Improved Public Service Delivery in Nigeria

2012 ◽  
Vol 1 (3) ◽  
pp. 25 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kehinde David Adejuwon
Keyword(s):  
Public Sector ◽  
Service Delivery ◽  
Public Service ◽  
Good Governance ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Public Servants ◽  
The Public ◽  
The People ◽  
The Government ◽  
Effective Service

The public sector in Nigeria is irrefutably beset with gross  incompetence and ineffective management. Perplexing difficulties endure in the Nigerian public sector in spite of a number of reform programmes that have been designed to enhance efficient and effective service delivery for almost two decades. The fact that public service has failed dismally to achieve its laudable objectives is the reason for the vote of no confidence passed on its administrators by majority of the Nigerian populace. The article examines the dilemma of accountability and good governance in Nigeria and demonstrates that the critical point in achieving meaningful developments in the country intrinsically lay with improved service delivery in the public sector. The basic reason why the public service has become the scorn of the people is because for too long, both the government and public servants have paid lip service to the crucial issue of effective and efficient service delivery. The article argues that improved service delivery will improve both the performance and the image of public service and re-awaken the citizens’ interest and trust in them to do business with public servants. It suggests that  in order to bring sanity back to the Nigerian Public Service,  all unprofessional tendencies such as ethnicity bias and nepotism in appointments and promotions, lack of security of tenure of office, and appointment of non-career public servants into key positions in the public service must stop. Also,  effective service delivery must be tailored to the circumstances of Nigeria. The study made use of secondary data obtained from various sources. It therefore concludes that without a reawakening of the culture of accountability and transparency lost over the years, the trusting relationship needed to forge between the government and the governed for the actualization of good governance will not materialize.

Employee Perceptions of Leadership and Performance Management in the Botswana Public Service

2003 ◽  
Vol 32 (2) ◽  
pp. 301-313 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kempe Ronald Hope
Keyword(s):  
Public Sector ◽  
Performance Management ◽  
Public Service ◽  
Good Governance ◽  
Employee Perceptions ◽  
Public Servants ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Past ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Perceptions Of Leadership

Public servants in Botswana play an important role as partners in the management of the public sector and national affairs; and, during the past three decades, the country has acquired a reputation for sound development management and good governance. That reputation has been derived primarily from the behavior and performance of the country's public servants who have been motivated to fulfill their duties honestly and effectively. However, in recent years, a culture of indifference and outright laziness has crept into the public service leading to serious bottlenecks in service delivery. This article discusses and analyzes employee perceptions of leadership and performance management in the Botswana public service in light of the country's reputation with respect to the nature and functioning of its public servants.

scholarly journals Work Ethics and Job Performance of Government Employees in a Component City

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 151-152
Author(s):  
Helen R. Benedicto ◽  
Merlita V. Caelian
Keyword(s):  
Public Sector ◽  
Job Performance ◽  
Code Of Conduct ◽  
The Philippines ◽  
Government Employees ◽  
Public Officials ◽  
Public Servants ◽  
Work Ethics ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Republic

The public sector plays a significant role in the state of society. Public servants are expected to meet challenges and perform and improve public sector performance and tackle corruption allegedly due to the lack of ethics in governance. The highest standards of ethics in the country are embodied in the Constitution of the Republic of the Philippines enunciated in RA 6713 (Code of Conduct and Ethical Standards for Public Officials and Employees). The paper assessed the extent of the practice of work ethics of government employees in the areas of commitment to the public interest, professionalism, justness and sincerity, political neutrality, responsiveness to the public, nationalism, patriotism, commitment to democracy, and simple living. Likewise, the study investigated the level of job performance of government employees in terms of quality, efficiency, and timeliness. Also, it correlated the relationship between work ethics and job performance. Moreover, the study explored the challenges encountered by local government employees in the practice of work ethics and job performance.

scholarly journals Appraisal of Human Resource Management in Georgian Public Service: Quantitative Research

2021 ◽  
Vol 17 (28) ◽  
pp. 56
Author(s):  
Nino Sardlishvili
Keyword(s):  
Public Sector ◽  
Human Resource Management ◽  
Human Resource ◽  
Public Service ◽  
Future Development ◽  
Quantitative Research ◽  
Public Servants ◽  
The Public ◽  
Public Sector Employees ◽  
Electronic Questionnaires

The ongoing reforms in the Georgian public sector are crucial for the future development of this field, as waves of reforms systematically increase the efficiency of the sector. The attitude of people employed in the public sector is decisive towards the ongoing reforms and is considered to be essential and interesting at the same time. Quantitative research was conducted using electronic questionnaires to examine the position of public sector employees. The research has shown that working in the public sector is very popular and the main reason for this popularity is for stability. Another interesting thing is the fact that public servants are actively involved in activities planned and implemented by their employer. Although despite their readiness, a large number of public servants are skeptical about the ongoing processes.

scholarly journals Discrimination Against Roma Employees in the Public Administration in the Republic of North Macedonia

SEEU Review ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 169-184
Author(s):  
David Berat ◽  
Agush Demirovski
Keyword(s):  
Secondary Education ◽  
Public Sector ◽  
Public Administration ◽  
The State ◽  
University Education ◽  
Public Servants ◽  
The Public ◽  
Indirect Discrimination ◽  
The Republic ◽  
Masters Degree

AbstractThis article is about the rights of the Roma in North Macedonia and the level of discrimination that Roma are facing while employed in the public sector in the Republic of North Macedonia. The aims and objectives of the article are theoretical and practical understanding of the situation of Roma and the violation of their rights through direct and indirect discrimination at work. The data was collected during the period from May-July 2019 via 52 collected questionaries from a total of 70 public servants who were asked to be a part of the research.The article shows new data we have collected from employed Roma as public servants in different institutions in the state. The surveyed public servants were 52 in total, from which 34 are employees with secondary education, 17 are with university education and only 1 has a masters degree.The questionnaire is composed out of 17 questions about the forms of discrimination, feeling or witnesing discrimination at their workplace, who caused the discrimination, witnessing the spread of prejudices and stereotypes about the Roma, rejection of colleagues to share an office with Roma, and who caused the discrimination. One of the results shows that 55% of the surveyed Roma did not have a single training from their employer in the last 12 months and that 69% of those surveyed stated that they felt discrimination in the last 12 months on everyday basis.

Cadre Deployment Policy and its Effects on Performance Management in South African Local Government: A Critical Review

Politeia ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 37 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Elvin Shava ◽  
Shingirayi Florence Chamisa
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Public Sector ◽  
Local Government ◽  
Performance Management ◽  
Current Knowledge ◽  
Relevant Literature ◽  
Annual Reports ◽  
The Public ◽  
Political Patronage ◽  
The Republic

The change from a politically-sanctioned racial segregation opened support of another popularity based administration which was an overwhelming procedure at all levels. In South Africa, the positive policies to turnaround the economy of the country came along with cadre deployment policy which advocates for ANC party loyalists to occupy a prominent position in the public sector. This political patronage via state jobs leads to poor institutional quality or performance of the nation as a whole. Focusing on the significant association between the demands of economic growth and expansion, this paper assesses the effects of the cadre deployment policy against performance management in the public sector. It presents a proposed framework based on the control theories illustrating how cadre deployment and performance management can contribute to the current knowledge of the African academic and administrative environment. The article adopted an extensive review of literature which was premised on various document sources that inform cadre deployment, Auditor General Reports, Annual Reports and relevant literature on the subject. Results of this study showed that cadre deployment exacerbated corruption, poor procurement systems and wasteful expenditure and the deteriorating State of Local Government.  The article calls for the review and the changes of the authoritative structure governing local municipalities in order to supplement Section (152) of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa. The article further directs the ANC led government to revise the cadre deployment policy to combat the challenges of severe skills shortage and poor service delivery in various municipalities across the country as a result of nepotism, politicization and hiring unqualified labour.

Analysis of Public Servants' Working in Municipality Administration Motivation Research

1970 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 127-140
Author(s):  
Jolanta Palidauskaitė ◽  
Aušra Vaisvalavičiutė
Keyword(s):  
Public Sector ◽  
Private Sector ◽  
Public Service ◽  
Public Interest ◽  
Work Experience ◽  
Public Life ◽  
Public Servants ◽  
The Public ◽  
New Methods ◽  
Great Responsibility

The aim of the article is to reveal the results of research of Lithuanian public servants motivation, which was conducted in early 2010 as an integral part of public servants motivation research conducted in 12 countries. The results of the research revealed, that a larger part of respondents were minded to participate in public life, sympathized to others and were prepared to sacrifice for them and welfare of the society. Not all respondents were certain, that the main purpose of their activity was serving for the good of the society. Goodwill, sympathy, a wish to help needy people, aspiration for justice were not strange to respondents, but they were not ready to suffer individual losses for this. Younger respondents and those whose work experience in public service was short, were less ready to compassionate others or to sacrifice for them. Although new methods and means (absorbed form the private sector) are applied in the public sector, the great responsibility, the duty to care for welfare of all society and public interest cannot be forgotten. These factors must be taken into account in the processes of public servants training and their socialization at work place.http://dx.doi.org/10.5755/j01.ppaa.10.1.234

Enhancing leadership capacity in the public sector: branding as an employer of choice

2019 ◽  
Vol 15 (3) ◽  
pp. 155-169 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tim A. Mau
Keyword(s):  
Public Sector ◽  
Public Service ◽  
Leadership Capacity ◽  
Public Servants ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Case Study Analysis ◽  
The Public ◽  
Private Sector Organizations ◽  
Employer Of Choice ◽  
Federal Public Service

Purpose Public services around the world are grappling to enhance their leadership capacity. One approach is to provide leadership training and development to public servants, while another would be to target and hire individuals with proven leadership ability. The purpose of this paper is to focus on that latter strategy by critically examining the concept of branding the public service as an employer of choice as a means of recruiting and retaining sufficient leadership capacity. Design/methodology/approach The paper begins by outlining the challenge faced by governments to recruit the best and brightest employees into the public service. It then reviews the literature on the concept of branding as an employer of choice, including its perceived advantages and limitations, before undertaking a case study analysis of the 2007 public sector branding initiative of the Canadian federal government. Findings It is very difficult to develop a single, master brand given the diversity and complexity of the hundreds of organizations that comprise the public sector. While it may be a popular concept for private sector organizations, the concept of branding the public sector as an employer of choice has yet to demonstrate its merit. Canada, which was ostensibly the vanguard in terms of public sector branding, has been unable to position the federal public service as an employer of choice. Originality/value There is very little research on the use of branding as an employer of choice in the public sector. This paper contributes to the knowledge about the limitations of such strategies for ensuring that the public sector has the requisite leadership capacity.

Employee Perceptions of Leadership and Performance Management in the Botswana Public Service

2002 ◽  
Vol 31 (4) ◽  
pp. 531-542 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kempe Ronald Hope
Keyword(s):  
Public Sector ◽  
Performance Management ◽  
Public Service ◽  
Good Governance ◽  
Employee Perceptions ◽  
Public Servants ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Past ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Perceptions Of Leadership

Public servants in Botswana play an important role as partners in the management of the public sector and national affairs. During the past three decades, the country has acquired a reputation for sound development management and good governance. That reputation has been derived primarily from the behavior and performance of the country's public servants, who have been motivated to fulfill their duties honestly and effectively. In recent years, however, a culture of indifference and outright laziness has crept into the public service, leading to serious bottlenecks in service delivery. This article discusses and analyzes employee perceptions of leadership and performance management in the Botswana public service.

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