In:
Review of Public Personnel Administration, SAGE Publications, Vol. 32, No. 2 ( 2012-06), p. 169-191
Abstract:
Despite disappointment at China’s slow progress in democratization, most observers acknowledge that China has developed a competent public service workforce to the degree that it ensured fast economic growth and social stability. How does China train the workforce? What challenges does it face? What can we learn from it? This article describes China’s civil servant training system and identifies its benefits and challenges with a case study of the Nanning municipal government. The article argues that although China’s centralized training system has great benefits, it encounters similar problems as in Western countries, such as inadequate training needs assessment, low motivation on the part of employees, and difficulty in measuring training outcomes. Although some interviewees propose training decentralization and marketization as a solution, the government is unlikely to rush to it.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
0734-371X
,
1552-759X
DOI:
10.1177/0734371X12438245
Language:
English
Publisher:
SAGE Publications
Publication Date:
2012
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2058374-6
detail.hit.zdb_id:
291760-9
SSG:
2
