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作者：Robinson, Chester A.; Hoyer, Thomas; Blackford, Carol
作者单位：East Tennessee State University
摘要：This case study traces the creation and evolution Of Medicare hospice policy. The Medicare hospice benefit, created in 1982, emphasizes palliative rather than curative care. It focuses on quality of life for the dying patient and family and encompasses medical, psychological, and spiritual care. Because no standard hospice care practices existed before this benefit was implemented. Medicare rules almost exclusively dictated the structure and delivery of services. Despite initial concerns about...
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作者：Rosenbloom, David H.
作者单位：American University
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作者：White, Joseph
作者单位：University System of Ohio; Case Western Reserve University; University System of Ohio; Case Western Reserve University
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作者：Wadsworth, Lori L.; Owens, Bradley P.
作者单位：Brigham Young University
摘要：This study examines the impact of social support on work-family conflict and work-family enhancement. Data from 341 employees of public organizations showed that social support, especially from work sources, reduced the level of work interference with family, one direction of work-family conflict. In addition, all nonfamily sources of social support related positively to work enhancement of family, and all sources of social support, except that received from a supervisor positively correlated ...
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作者：Moynihan, Donald P.; Pandey, Sanjay K.
作者单位：University of Wisconsin System; University of Wisconsin Madison; University of Kansas
摘要：In seeking to explain the antecedents of public service motivation, James Perry focuses on the formative role of sociohistorical context. This study tests Perry theory and examines the role that organizational factors play in shaping public service motivation, based on responses from a national survey of state government health and human service managers. The findings support the role of sociohistorical context, showing that public service motivation is strongly and positively related to level...
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作者：White, Joseph
作者单位：University System of Ohio; Case Western Reserve University; University System of Ohio; Case Western Reserve University
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作者：Houston, David J.; Cartwright, Katherine E.
作者单位：University of Tennessee System; University of Tennessee Knoxville
摘要：The common pronouncement of a career in public service as a calling echoes with a decidedly spiritual chord. However the spiritual roots of public service have been ignored in much of the public administration scholarship. This essay examines the empirical connection between individual spirituality and participation in public service occupations. Data from the 1998 General Social Survey are analyzed to determine whether those in public service occupations are more spiritual than persons in non...
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作者：Sanchez, Thomas W.; Wolf, James
作者单位：Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University
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作者：Buelens, Marc; Van den Broeck, Herman
作者单位：Ghent University; Flanders Institute for Biotechnology (VIB); Vlerick Business School
摘要：This study contributes to our understanding of the diffierences in work motivation between the public and private sectors. Data from a survey of 3,314 private hector and 409 public sector employees in Belgium strongly confirm previous research showing that public sector employees are less extrinsically motivated. Differences in hierarchical level are more important determinants Of work motivation than sectoral differences. In addition, most observed differences can be wholly or partially expla...
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作者：Van Wart, Montgomery
作者单位：California State University System; California State University San Bernardino
