Main principles of public administration in the social field: deconstructing nepotism myths in the post-soviet space: prevention of counterproductive social networking

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LTReikšminiai žodžiai: Nepotizmas, dichotomija, socialinė dimensija, etinė dimensija, diskriminacinis nepotizmas, organizacija, valdymas. Keywords: Nepotism, dichotomy, social dimension, ethical dimension, discriminatory nepotism, organization, management.Reikšminiai žodžiai: Nepotizmas; Organizacijos; Viešoji vadyba; Socialiniai tinklai; Nepotism; Organizations; Public administration; Social networking.

ENThe research problem is how to increase the productivity of the organizations in the social field and to evaluate the risk of nepotism networking in their management. The research aim is to analyze the main principles of transparent administration in public organizations of the social field and deconstruct the myths of nepotism in the post-soviet space. Research tasks: (1) to analyze nepotism evaluation dichotomy in social and ethical aspects, forming a model of nepotism ambiguity; (2) to analyze nepotism in discriminatory context, revealing the relationship of objective and subjective criteria leading to management decision making with the impact on organizational climate. Methods of the research. A theoretical study was carried out in order to analyze the problems of nepotism in the post-soviet space when deconstructing established myths. A comparison of social and ethical dimensions in regard to of nepotism evaluation dichotomy was made. A deeper look was taken at a discriminatory context of nepotism. The analysis of scientific sources covers the issues of the main principles of public administration in the social field. The focus is on prevention of counterproductive social networks, presenting the models formed by the author. The study is based on the analysis of sociology, history, philosophy and organizational management topics by Lithuanian and foreign authors carried out since the seventh decade of the last century until 2012, in order to define the main dimensions of the phenomenon. It has been based on theoretical and empirical studies carried out during different periods not only in the developing but also in the developed countries. Scientific literature content analysis, logical generalization, graphic imaging and modelling techniques have been used. [Extract, p. 421]

• Vadyba / Management
• Politikos mokslai / Political sciences