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Self‐Reflexivity: A Place for Religion and Spirituality in Public Administration
Author(s) -
Lowery Daniel
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
public administration review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.721
H-Index - 139
eISSN - 1540-6210
pISSN - 0033-3352
DOI - 10.1111/j.1540-6210.2005.00457.x
Subject(s) - reflexivity , spirituality , government (linguistics) , sociology , public administration , work (physics) , set (abstract data type) , public relations , political science , social science , philosophy , medicine , mechanical engineering , linguistics , alternative medicine , pathology , computer science , engineering , programming language
This article describes an empirical study of a select set of mid‐level managers in the federal government. The study examined the participant's capacity to engage in the kind of self‐reflexivity that Michael Harmon calls for in his 1995 book Responsibility as Paradox: A Critique of Rational Discourse on Government. Specifically, it focuses on the reflections of two participants, both of whom asserted a direct relationship between their religious beliefs and their work as public administrators. Three implications for the discipline and practice of public administration are developed.