Personality Development of Civil Servants and Public Service
Ming-Hua Tsai *
Abstract
“Service” rather than “steering” is the catchword for government role in public service nowadays. From what we know about human nature, a civil servant’s personality and its development are critical to government service. The ability and behavior of civil servants would also be improved by developing their personality and that, in return, would better serve public interests.
In view of the importance of personality development of civil servants, this article is devoted to analyzing the relationship between personality development and public service from several standpoints before coming to several important conclusions.
Normally the personality of civil servants will positively interact with public service. That is to say, the better civil servants develop their personality, the better they will serve the public. On the other way round, the better public service is, the better public servants will develop their personality, and vice versa. Therefore, in order to maximize public interests, improving public service and developing the personality of civil servants are two key issues on which the government should focus.
Keywords:public service, the personality development of civil servants, organizational culture, citizen guidance, public interests
*PhD. Candidate, National Sun Yat-sen University Institute of China and Asia-Pacific Studies (Formerly Institute of Interdisciplinary Studies for Political Science).