Page 2 Acronyms CSDES Survey designed and executed by the Centre for the Study of Democracy, Queen's University MPA Queen’s Masters of Public Administration Alumni respondents to CSDES OPSES 2009 Ontario Public Service Employment Survey PEP Queen’s Public Executive Program participants respondents to CSDES PSES 2008 Federal Public Service Employment Survey . [...] Closing the Implementation Gap: Comparison of Employee Satisfaction Surveys sense of personal leadership and how it contributes to the mission of the organization where they work. PSES Q10. I know how my work contributes to the achievement of my department’s or agency’s 81.0% 19.0% goals CSDES17.
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achievi [...] Q60) The CSDES results clearly indicate that the employees surveyed want well deQined responsibilities, however, they feel vulnerable to political pressures that seem to be undermining management. This is reQlected in the fact that 51% of all CSDES respondents indicate that their organization is NOT free from undue partisan political interference (CSDES. [...] Closing the Implementation Gap: Comparison of Employee Satisfaction Surveys actions of one organization, everyone else who had being obeying the rules was punished, resulting in more "administrative" work (process)—less effectiveness. Sometimes the senior executives should say "no" to those political responses— recognize the workload that the political response will require and sup [...] Does today’s civil servant enjoy a healthy life/work balance? Few wholeheartedly agree and tenured Ontario civil servants mostly disagree (51%). Anecdotes shared by the Queen’s Executive Program participants, and the responses noted below, lead us to surmise that that life/work balance is sacriQiced with each promotion. Strongly Mostly Mostly Strongly Don’t know/ agree