Professionalism among public and nonprofit managers - A comparison

In recent years, considerable attention has focused on professional orienta tions of managers in public and nonprofit organizations, especially with re gard to ethics. This article reports on a comparative survey among top mana gers in local government, social service organizations, and museums. Knowle dge of comparative, professional orientations is also relevant to many publ ic administration programs that increasingly offer nonprofit management "tr acks" or electives to students. This study finds that whereas levels of pro fessionalism among public and nonprofit managers are similar public and non profit organizations experience different conditions that affect it. This a rticle also reports on the use of management of change strategies in public and nonprofit organizations. On balance, many similarities are found betwe en public and nonprofit organizations.