The Value of Public Service in Representations of Russian Civil Servants
https://doi.org/10.24412/2070-1381-2023-96-88-103
Abstract
The article discusses the results of a study devoted to Russian civil servants’ ideas about the public service value and its place in the structure of values among this professional group. The relevance of the research is determined by the role of the value of public service as a motivator and regulator that ensures the social orientation of the professional activities of civil servants. The material for the analysis was the results of a survey on the most significant values for Russian civil servants and the place of the value of public service in the structure of responsibility, needs and goals of this professional group. The study involved heads of regional and municipal government bodies in the field of education, health and culture (n = 219). Content analysis was used as a data processing tool. As a result of the analysis, it was shown that in the structure of modern Russian civil servants’ ideas about the most significant values of this professional group, ideas about the public service value, along with other values of public benefit, occupy a peripheral position, indirectly expressed in the content of ideas about the values of responsible and high-quality performance of professional duties. At the same time, it is established that in the structure of the participants’ ideas about the responsibility, needs and goals of modern Russian civil servants, the ideas about the value of public service are shifting to the core.
Keywords
social consciousness,
social representations,
personal values,
value of public service,
civil servants
Supporting agencies: The article has been prepared as a part of scientific and research work of RANEPA state assignment.
About the Author
E. V. Selezneva
Higher School of Public Administration, Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Elena V. Selezneva - DSc (Psychology), Professor, expert of the scientific and educational Center of Modern Personnel Technologies, Faculty of Assessment and Development of Managerial Personnel
Moscow
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Selezneva E.V. The Value of Public Service in Representations of Russian Civil Servants. Public Administration. E-journal (Russia). 2023;(96):88-103. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.24412/2070-1381-2023-96-88-103
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