USV Annals of Economics and Public Administration (Jun 2021)
RELATION BETWEEN THE POLITICAL FACTOR AND THE PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION: SURVEY AT THE LEVEL OF THE DOROHOI MUNICIPALITY CITY HALL IN BOTOȘANI COUNTY
Abstract
Controversial subject and not obsolete in scientific research in the field, the relation of the political factor with public administration is indestructible, both sectors having shared roles in carrying out the activity at the level of the public institution. The purpose of this micro-research is to analyze the opinions of human resources in the public institution on the influence that politics can have on administrative activity, with particularization at the City Hall of Dorohoi Municipality in Botosani County. Asking both elected officials and civil servants and contract staff in the institution about the positive or negative role of the political factor in their activity, from the interpretation of the answers, we found: most respondents perceive a close link between the two spheres - politics and administration; human resources expertise serves politicians in the public policy process; approximately equal weights for respondents who state either that the actions taken in their position are the effect of the decisions of political actors or deny this influence; either claim that in the performance of their duties they feel pressured under the influence of the political factor or declare that they do not feel compelled to act in a certain way in the performance of their duties; the political factor contributes moderately to the non-respect of the rights of the staff in the public institution; in relation to the dissatisfaction that the political factor may generate among the staff of the public institution, the respondents either declare themselves dissatisfied or have a neutral position.
