A Study of Role Conflicts on Government Ethics Officials at the Level of Township Offices
Date Issued
2014
Date
2014
Author(s)
Hsu, Sheng-Hsien
Abstract
The establishment of the Government Ethics units in our country aim to combat corruption in the public sector so that the government ethics can be upheld, officialdom purified, and an incorrupt and competent government can be further founded.
However, based on the collective ordinance under Local Government Act regarding the personnel of government ethics, the government ethics officials shall obey and be accountable to superior government ethics agency or department of the Ministry of Justice. A specific phenomenon arises from such dual-track-command contradictory system.
Take the example of the officials of township (city) government ethics hall. Their appointment, relocation, performance appraisal, reward and discipline were implemented by Department of Justice through county and city government ethics agency. While by design the government ethics officials in the hall should be able to exercise of their duties independently and unbiasedly, they in reality face a dilemma inevitably due to the role conflict when confronted with different even contradictory commands from the heads of local government and direct superior government ethics authority.
This research is based on 36 officials from township (city) government political ethics units. Adopting Q Methodology, it develops 56 statements to explore the causes and situations when role conflict occurs and how they handle it. This research processes the data analysis by means of PQMethod program and concludes four types of role conflict: first, the conflict between the ideal and the reality. Second, the conflict of social role expectations. Third, the conflict of multi-role play. Fourth, the conflict of the role overload. Also, the ways of adaptation of the mentioned role conflict are sorted out into another four types according to the comprehensive views of the entire respondents. First, reverse the role and integrate the organ. Second, timely relieve pressure and start over. Third, actively seek consultations for a consensus. Fourth, experience sharing and mutual support.
Subjects
政風人員
角色衝突
Q方法
貪腐
SDGs
Type
thesis
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