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A 5 page research paper that discusses the relationship between public service and professionalism. In today's world, the reputations of many traditional professions are under attack. There is widespread skepticism that public interests are being served (Sullivan 19). Lawyers are routinely denigrated and physicians are regarded as caught under the thumb of the dehumanizing aspects of managed care (Sullivan 19). Within the field of local government, many managers are retiring, but there are a low number of young professionals aspiring to take their place (Friend 22). This situation brings up several pertinent questions, which this overview endeavors to address. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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and physicians are regarded as caught under the thumb of the dehumanizing aspects of managed care (Sullivan 19). Within the field of local government, many managers are retiring, but there
are a low number of young professionals aspiring to take their place (Friend 22). This situation brings up several pertinent questions, which the following overview endeavors to address. 1.
How should public service be defined? : Public service is understood as being deeply related to the desire in professionals to "make a difference" and a "sense of responsibility and
integrity" that relies on "intrinsic rewards" in regards to motivation towards a particular profession, rather than primarily being motivated by such factors as "salary or job security" (Mann 33). The
concept of public service is associated with the perception by professionals that their work affords them the "ability to have...(a beneficial) impact on public affairs" (Mann 33). However, in
a stud on what motivates public service among professionals, commentators, such as Rainey, have observed that the complex nature of this construct makes public service motivation inherently problematic to measure
or define (Mann 33). The concept remains nebulous in that there is no consensus on definition and contradictory findings in studies are not uncommon (Mann 33). However, in one of
the earliest theoretical frameworks devised for discussing motivation and public service, Perry and Wise differentiated motivation for public service into three categories, which are "rational, norm-based and effective" (Mann 33).
Rational motives are originate from a perception of "enlightened self-interest" and this applies to persons who consider that own interests to coincide with those of a larger community (Mann
33). Norm-based motives refer to the desire to serve the public, such as feeling of duty and loyalty to government (Mann 33). Affective motives refer to altruism, which is characterized
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