The Cultural Values of Public managers of Bahia: a comparative analysis between Bahia and Developed and Developing Countries

Abstract

This article evaluates the perception of the public managers of the State of Bahia with regard to the cultural values and it compares these perceptions with managers of Canada, France, Marroco, Mexico, Chile, Guinea and Cameroon. It is assumed that the cultural values influence the behavior of individuals and the way they perceive their roles. It is important to determine how they perform their activities (Schein, 2004; Thevenet, 1993; Hofstede, 2003). It is also assumed that the comprehension of culture is made easier by the process of comparison (Proulx, 2003; Dupuis & Davel, 2005, Dupuis, 2008). The methodology used is constituted by the use of a closed questionnaire to the public managers of the State of Bahia. As to the compared analysis, this work uses the data published by Proulx ( 2008). The handling of the data was through descriptive statistics. The results indicate that the managers of Bahia give priority to the administrative rules and the relation between the public position and the world of politics. The results also indicate that in some aspects, the public administration of Bahia has evolved towards the profile described by the new managerial public administration. There exist similarities in some aspects between the managers of Bahia and the managers of countries such as Canada, France and developing countries.

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