000			01634pab a2200193 454500
008			180718b1995 xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d
100			_aSaint-Germain, Michelle A.
245			_aSimilarities and differences in perceptions of public service among public administrators on the U.S. - Mexico border
260			_c1995
300			_ap.507-16
362			_aNov-Dec
520			_a"To what extent are U.S. and Mexican mid-level public managers alike or different in their perceptions of public service? The passage of NAFTA has focused increased attention on the U.S.-Mexico border region, but little research has been carried out there. This study compares how differences in the backgrounds and recruitment patterns of U.S. (Anglo and Mexican-American) and Mexican public managers combine with different motivations for working in the public sector to influence the managers' orientations to public service, the years they will serve, what they like and dislike about their jobs, and whom they will recruit to succeed them. Mexican public managers are recruited based on extrinsic qualifications and have a more outer-oriented motivation. U.S. public managers are recruited based on intrinsic qualifications and have a more inner-oriented motivation. Problems caused by these differences are discussed along with other implications for the future of binational public projects along the U.S.-Mexico border"
650			_aAdministrative ethics
650			_aPublic administration - Mexico
650			_aPublic administration - United States
650			_aCivil service
773			_aPublic Administration Review
909			_a30198
999			_c30198 _d30198