College Administrators as Public Servants
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6361900 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Daniel James Palmer (South Dakota Board of Regents, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2013 |
| Volume | 73 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 441-451 |
| Publication date | 2013-02-21 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Public Administration Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0033-3352 • E-ISSN: 1540-6210 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/puar.12037 |
| OpenAlex | W2118510961 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 46 |
This article deploys Q methodology in an exploration of the public service orientation in the context of American postsecondary leadership. Thirty‐seven senior college administrators were asked to rank a series of statements regarding the administrative values, motives, and attitudes that underlie their own subjective views on administrative conduct. Analysis proceeded in two stages: (1) factor analysis of the administrative perspectives offered by participants and (2) qualitative comparison of these perspectives to extant scholarly portrayals of the public service orientation. Results indicate the existence of two dominant perspectives among participants. Factor 1, Societal Trusteeship, is fundamentally oriented toward the needs of external society and expresses a willingness to leverage institutional resources to improve the human condition. Factor 2, Organizational Stewardship, by contrast, is an internally oriented perspective that emphasizes institutional performance. Importantly, the factors are not dichotomous and suggest considerable cognitive complexity in the professional orientations of college executives
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| Citations per year | 0.71 |
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| Citation span | 2019 - 2026 (8) |
| Highly cited | No |