000			01049pab a2200169 454500
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100			_aMatheson, Craig
245			_aIs the higher public service a profession?
260			_c1998
300			_ap.15-27
362			_aSep
520			_aProfessionalisation in the public services is regarded as essential but the concept is ambiguous and organisationally weak. Moreover, if not jeopardised by managerialism, public service professionalisation today faces some major barriers or limitations. Nonetheless, the public service may be able to maintain greater professional status with increased emphasis on job security, occupational closure and horizontal organisation. The prospects for such conditions may now seem remote, but with this criteria in mind Australia will neglect the professionalism of its public service very much to its cost. - Reproduced
650			_aCivil service - Australia
650			_aCivil service
773			_aAustralian Journal of Public Administration
909			_a39643
999			_c39643 _d39643