An honour to be coveted : pride, recognition and public service
By: KERNAGHAN, Kenneth
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ArticlePublisher: 2001Canadian Public Administration 44, 1, p. 67-83Abstract: Efforts to enhance public-sevice pride and regnition are based in large part on three related propositions: that an increase in public servant`s pride will lead to improved performane; improved performance will lead to greater public recognition of the public service; and greater public recognition will increase public servants` pride. These proposition can be examined by relatin the concepts of pride and recoginition to those of organization commitement, job satisfaction, motivation and morable. Intrisic incentives and less tangible extrinsic rewards in the public sector, governments are well-advised to ensure adequate provision of less tangible rewards like appreciation and approval. Among the major future-oriented government initiative affecting pride and recognition are measures to foster a learning organization, to promote citizen-centered service through effective use of information and communications echnology, and to move the public service from a rules-based towards a values-based institution
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Efforts to enhance public-sevice pride and regnition are based in large part on three related propositions: that an increase in public servant`s pride will lead to improved performane; improved performance will lead to greater public recognition of the public service; and greater public recognition will increase public servants` pride. These proposition can be examined by relatin the concepts of pride and recoginition to those of organization commitement, job satisfaction, motivation and morable. Intrisic incentives and less tangible extrinsic rewards in the public sector, governments are well-advised to ensure adequate provision of less tangible rewards like appreciation and approval. Among the major future-oriented government initiative affecting pride and recognition are measures to foster a learning organization, to promote citizen-centered service through effective use of information and communications echnology, and to move the public service from a rules-based towards a values-based institution
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