El burócrata elusor del deber :
¿una teoría sin sustento empírico?
Resumen
El artículo aborda la cuestión de la motivación hacia el trabajo dentro del sector público y, en particular, la noción del incumplimiento del deber por parte de los burócratas (bureaucratic shirking). Si bien numerosos partidarios de la teoría de la elección pública en la administración del Estado respaldan el modelo teórico del incumplimiento o elusión del deber, este no cuenta aún con sustento empírico. El artículo compara dos modelos organizacionales para garantizar el cumplimiento del trabajo de los empleados públicos: por un lado, un régimen contractual comúnmente usado en los países angloamericanos con base en el interés público; y, por el otro, un régimen con base en la confianza, empleado en los sistemas administrativos de la Europa continental, Escandinavia y Asia.
Abstract
The paper addresses the issue of public sector work motivation, particularly the notion of bureaucratic ‘shirking’. Although a popular theoretical model among public choice scholars of public administration, the ‘shirking’ argument has not been empirically supported. The paper compares two organizational models of ensuring public servants’ compliance; a contract regime which is common in public-interestbased, Anglo American countries, and a trust-based regime found in Continental European, Scandinavian and Asian administrative systems.
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