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100	1		_aDUAN Zhezhe
700			_aSO Bennis Wai Yip
245			_aResponsiveness of grassroots level civil servants in China: _ba comparison between civil servants recruited from regular entrance examinations and specially selected graduates/ _cZhezhe Duan and Bennis Wai Yip So
260			_c2022
520			_aThis paper compares and contrasts the behavioral tendencies between civil servants recruited from regular entrance examinations (REEs) and specially selected graduates (SSGs) in grassroots-level governments in China as they face a conflict between vertical (hierarchical) and horizontal (public) responsiveness. This study draws on a survey from 13 cities to explore behavioral variations in the two categories of civil servants. Two test methods (the OLS and mediation model) are adopted to verify the findings. This study finds that both the vertical and horizontal responsiveness of civil servants who are SSGs tend to be higher than those recruited from the REEs in facing the above-mentioned conflict. Four personnel mechanisms are tested to explain this variation: (1) the politicized recruitment and selection of SSGs, (2) job arrangements for SSGs, (3) triple leadership over SSGs, and (4) a fast-track stream for SSGs. Our analysis reveals that only the first two can account for this variation. This account can shed new light on the impact of the development of a separate corps of elites in China.
650			_aCIVIL SERVANTS AT THE GRASSROOTS LEVEL _xSPECIALLY SELECTED GRADUATES _xRESPON-SIVENESS _xPOLITICIZATION
773			_aIssues and Studies: _gVol 58, No 1, March 2022, pp.2150020-(1) 2150020-(31) (34)
598			_aCHINA, POLITICS
856			_uhttps://www.worldscientific.com/doi/epdf/10.1142/S101325112150020X _zClick here for full text
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