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  • Street-level Bureaucrats: Can they deliver?

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    Brunetto, Yvonne
    Farr-Wharton, Rod
    Shacklock, Kate
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    Shacklock, Kate H.
    Year published
    2009
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    This paper used Social Exchange Theory as a lens for examining the impact of the supervisor-subordinate relationship on different types of street-level bureaucrats' (SLB) perceptions of autonomy and in turn, role clarity. The findings challenge Lipsky's (1980) theory about the autonomy of Australian SLBs because nurse and police SLBs felt only somewhat autonomous in the workplace. Moreover, they are at best only slightly satisfied with their supervision but their supervision practices significantly affect their perceptions of autonomy as well as their levels of role clarity. The findings therefore indicate that present ...
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    This paper used Social Exchange Theory as a lens for examining the impact of the supervisor-subordinate relationship on different types of street-level bureaucrats' (SLB) perceptions of autonomy and in turn, role clarity. The findings challenge Lipsky's (1980) theory about the autonomy of Australian SLBs because nurse and police SLBs felt only somewhat autonomous in the workplace. Moreover, they are at best only slightly satisfied with their supervision but their supervision practices significantly affect their perceptions of autonomy as well as their levels of role clarity. The findings therefore indicate that present management practices are not ideal for promoting effective workplace relationships or for addressing the current skills shortage. By contrast, private sector nurses were found to have comparatively higher levels of satisfaction with supervisor-subordinate relationships and therefore of autonomy and consequently, of role clarity. The implications for public sector managers responsible for ensuring SLBs do have the conditions in place to deliver appropriate services to the Australian public are discussed.
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    Conference Title
    BAM Conference Proceedings
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    http://www.bam.ac.uk/
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    © 2009 BAM. The attached file is posted here in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher, for your personal use only. No further distribution permitted. Use hypertext link for access to publisher's website.
    Subject
    Human Resources Management
    Publication URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10072/29802
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