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Introduction: Why Emotional Labor Matters in Public Service

In: The Palgrave Handbook of Global Perspectives on Emotional Labor in Public Service

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  • Mary E. Guy

    (University of Colorado Denver)

  • Sharon H. Mastracci

    (University of Utah)

  • Seung-Bum Yang

    (Konkuk University)

Abstract

A paradigmatic shift needs to happen in public administration theory and inquiry. The field will be more accurately served by expanding its focus to embrace relationship. While benchmarks and outcome measures have their place, glorification of data dashboards overlooks the human dimension in public service. Using as the starting point the current emphases on governance, collaboration, coproduction, citizen engagement, and relational contracting, we argue that all these concepts assume, but fail to comprehend and explicate, the foundation upon which they are built: It is the relationship between citizens and between citizen and state. For governing to be effective, citizens must feel good about those who govern. The feeling that citizens have for their government is both the beginning point and end point of the citizen–state relationship. Emotional labor is the “comes with” in this new paradigm but the affective component has yet to be inserted into the canon of public administration. This book attempts to open the dialogue that will shift the paradigm to a broader embrace.

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  • Mary E. Guy & Sharon H. Mastracci & Seung-Bum Yang, 2019. "Introduction: Why Emotional Labor Matters in Public Service," Springer Books, in: Mary E. Guy & Sharon H. Mastracci & Seung-Bum Yang (ed.), The Palgrave Handbook of Global Perspectives on Emotional Labor in Public Service, chapter 0, pages 1-21, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:sprchp:978-3-030-24823-9_1
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-24823-9_1
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