Roles, Values, and Motivation

Abstract

The purpose of this chapter is to compare Nordic and other European senior executives’ understanding of their role as public sector executives, their value preferences related to public services, and their work values and motivation. In general, their “role understanding” does not differ to any greater extent, but the executives of Nordic and Germanic ministries tend to underscore politically intensive roles more than their colleagues in agencies, which is not as clear in other country groups. Nordic uniqueness can be found in value preferences emphasizing government’s role and stronger common-good motivation in welfare policy areas. Nordic countries are relatively robust in their articulation the principles of the Neo-Weberian State, but Nordic ministries tend to emphasize orientations of New Public Governance and New Public Management more than Nordic agencies. These keywords were added by machine and not by the authors. This process is experimental and the keywords may be updated as the learning algorithm improves.

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