Self-reflexivity: a place for religion and spirituality in public administration
- 2005
- p.324-334.
- May-Jun
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 discipline and practice of public administration are developed. - Reproduced.