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ISSN (Online) 2029-0454 ; This article analyses the contextual factors and their impact on the planned creation of senior civil service (henceforth, SCS) within the Lithuanian civil service system since 2008. Based on a survey of Lithuanian senior executives' conducted in 2014 and qualitative semi-structured interviews, the aim of this article is to reveal and explain incentives and obstacles of SCS reform in Lithuania. Empirical research data clarifies attitudes of senior civil servants and their role perceptions. Senior executives' attitudes towards the establishment of the SCS system were clearly positive. However, the research data reveals that supportive attitudes depend on the perception of the roles of senior executives. Senior civil servants who perceived themselves firstly as actors in policy formation and policy implementers were much more favourable towards the creation of SCS than senior civil servants with other role identities ; Viešojo administravimo katedra ; Vytauto Didžiojo universitetas

AbstractThis article analyses the contextual factors and their impact on the planned creation of senior civil service (henceforth, SCS) within the Lithuanian civil service system since 2008. Based on a survey of Lithuanian senior executives' conducted in 2014 and qualitative semi-structured interviews, the aim of this article is to reveal and explain incentives and obstacles of SCS reform in Lithuania. Empirical research data clarifies attitudes of senior civil servants and their role perceptions. Senior executives' attitudes towards the establishment of the SCS system were clearly positive. However, the research data reveals that supportive attitudes depend on the perception of the roles of senior executives. Senior civil servants who perceived themselves firstly as actors in policy formation and policy implementers were much more favourable towards the creation of SCS than senior civil servants with other role identities.

Examines women's contributions to policymaking in the executive branch of the federal government; based on a survey of 563 SES employees, Nov. 1996-Jan. 1997; US.

Examines the attitudes of Malaysian managers and executives towards social responsibility and also the extent of socially responsible activities involved, corporate disclosure, and the factors determining the attitudes towards social responsibility. A structured questionnaire was developed based on studies by Ford and McLaughin, Teoh and Gregory Thong, Gill and Leinbach and Jones. A total of 198 responses were used for analysis in this study. The results showed that only five statements (of the 14 statements) have scores of more than 50 per cent agreement or endorsement of socially responsible activities. About 69 per cent of the respondents believed that involvement by a business in improving its community's quality of life will also improve long run profitability. Nearly 65 per cent agreed that socially responsible activities provide a favourable public image. The analysis of variance showed that there were significant differences in the attitudes of managers working in banking, telecommunication, manufacturing and construction towards social responsibility. Nearly all of the respondents agreed that their companies were involved in socially responsible activities, that they were responsive to consumers' complaints (83 per cent), and that they were maintaining product/service quality (77 per cent). Of the respondents nearly 54 per cent mentioned that their companies informed the general public of their socially responsible activities. The results also showed that the most influential factor determining the attitude towards social responsibility was family upbringing. The other important factors were traditional beliefs and customs, and common practices in the industry. Discusses the implications of the findings.

A comparison of the perspectives of high-level bureaucrats in the US & the Federal Republic of Germany on one element of role understanding: the extent to which technocratic values appear to override political ones. Between 1986 & 1988, stratified sample groups from the career civil service hierarchy were surveyed in the US (N = 199) & Bonn, Germany (N = 147). Cross-national, structural, & situational aspects/differences of technocratism were examined via respondents' attitudes as measured by agreement/disagreement with statements relating to technical vs political considerations; the data were then combined into an index of technocratism. Results are analyzed according to cross-national differences, rank, department, party affiliation, & training. Overall results show that US executives were more technocratic than German executives; Democrats in the US & Social Democrats in Germany were less technocratic than followers of the governing, conservative parties; social service departments in both countries were staffed with less technocratic officials; training in natural science & agriculture was predisposed toward more technocratic attitudes in both countries; & the distribution of technocratic executives was particularly determined by party, department, & training. Implications for cross-national differences are discussed, & further research is suggested. 8 Tables, 3 Illustrations. S. Dilts

THE AUTHORS COMPARE TWO SETS OF NATIONAL ADMINISTRATIVE ELITES, AMERICAN AND GERMAN, FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF ONE CRITICAL ELEMENT OF THEIR ROLE UNDERSTANDINGS: THE EXTENT TO WHICH TECHNOCRATIC VALUES APPEAR TO OVERRIDE POLITICAL ONES. BROADLY SIMILAR SURVEYS CONDUCTED IN BONN AND WASHINGTON BETWEEN 1986 AND 1988 ARE THE BASIS FOR COMPARING THE STRENGTH OF TECHNOCRATIC ATTITUDES AMONG THE ELITES.