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Research Seminar
Reforming Civil Service When Employees are Unhappy

A Longitudinal Study of Job Satisfaction of Local Environmental Enforcement Officials in China

Prof. TANG Shui Yan, University of Southern California

Prof. LO Wing Hung Carlos, The Chinese University of Hong Kong


Abstract：Based on interviews and multiple surveys, the paper traces the changes in job satisfaction levels of local environmental enforcement officials in Guangzhou over the past 15 years (2000-2014). It also examines the contextual changes that have accompanied the variation in job satisfaction over this period. The analysis highlights some of the unintended and negative consequences of recent form efforts for professionalizing the environmental bureaucracy and holding enforcement officials rigidly accountable for job performance.

Speakers:

Prof. TANG Shui Yan, Frances R. and John J. Duggan Professor in Public Administration; Interim Chair, Department of Governance, Sol Price School of Public Policy, University of Southern California.

Prof. LO Wing Hung Carlos, Professor and Department Head, Department of Government and Public Administration, The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Co-organized by: Department of Government and Public Administration, CUHK


Time: 11:00 – 12:30, Friday, 1 December 2017

Fee: Free Admission

Venue: USC, 8/F, Tin Ka Ping Building, CUHK

Language: English

Registration: https://goo.gl/forms/pW2r6WnC6QN4lV4w2

Enquiries: 3943-5431 / gpadept@cuhk.edu.hk