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The Dilemma for the New Administrative Culture in Mexican Public Administration: Esprit de Corps or Individualist Bureaucracy?

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  • David Arellano-Gault

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Using empirical data from the first survey conducted with certified Civil Service Officials at the federal level in Mexico, this article discusses how a new administrative culture is already rising within this bureaucratic group. The Mexican civil service is a young institution; the law creating the sector was passed in 2003, after the dominant party that controlled the executive branch for more than 70 years (the PRI) lost the presidential elections for the first time in 2000. The general objective of the Civil Service Law of 2003 was to eliminate the spoils system, thus inaugurating a new era for Mexican public administration. However, this law seems to assume that a civil service is primarily a problem of “professionalization” of individuals, not recognizing any attempt to view the civil service as a group of persons developing a group morale and ethos. Still, this article argues that an esprit de corps is an inevitable outcome of the maturity of a civil service, and the Mexican case will not be the exception.

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  • David Arellano-Gault, 2013. "The Dilemma for the New Administrative Culture in Mexican Public Administration: Esprit de Corps or Individualist Bureaucracy?," International Journal of Public Administration, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 36(13), pages 940-952.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:lpadxx:v:36:y:2013:i:13:p:940-952
    DOI: 10.1080/01900692.2013.773029
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    1. Julia Stoffregen & Jan M. Pawlowski & Eric Ras & Snezana Scepanovic & Dragica Zugic, 2016. "Identifying Socio-Cultural Factors That Impact the Use of Open Educational Resources in Local Public Administrations," International Journal of Management, Knowledge and Learning, International School for Social and Business Studies, Celje, Slovenia, vol. 5(2), pages 167-187.

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