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THE IMAGE OF THE PUBLIC ADMINISTRATOR: AN MP's PERSPECTIVE*
Author(s) -
Jull David
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
australian journal of public administration
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.524
H-Index - 41
eISSN - 1467-8500
pISSN - 0313-6647
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-8500.1981.tb00512.x
Subject(s) - seniority , perspective (graphical) , subject (documents) , public service , public relations , public administration , service (business) , political science , sociology , business , law , marketing , library science , computer science , artificial intelligence
In Australia the only professional group less understood or more subject to abuse than the public service is politicians. Rightly or wrongly public servants as a group are pictured as being lazy, “never having worked a hard day in their lives”, totally inflexible, out of touch with the public, not really concerned about people's needs or wants, incompassionate, and concerned only about their seniority status and their superannuation fund.