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2017

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Bridgewater State University

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The Effects Of New Public Management On Public Servant Job Satisfaction, Adam Ferreira May 2017

The Effects Of New Public Management On Public Servant Job Satisfaction, Adam Ferreira

Honors Program Theses and Projects

The public sector is often lauded for its egalitarian principles and penchant for mutual cooperation, but competition is increasingly becoming the norm which may affect communication, efficiency, goals, and objectives. The purpose of this study is to explore the effects that competition and private sector practices have on public servants. A survey was sent to 700 employees of municipal governments in Massachusetts; 45 respondents completed the survey over the course of two weeks. The principle lesson learned from this research was that while public servants view competitive practices negatively, and nearly half of respondents viewed their performance evaluations negatively, neither …