“Invalid busyness” behaviors of a few grassroots cadres: Evidence from normative explanation

Effective grassroots governance is the foundation for the stability of state power, but the “invalid busyness” behavior of a few grassroots cadres has seriously deteriorated the local political ecology. In order to gain a deeper understanding of the mechanism of “invalid busyness” behavior of grassr...

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Main Authors: Cheche Duan, Yan Zeng, Yicheng Zhou, Yingying Li
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-11-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychology
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.1027427/full
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description Effective grassroots governance is the foundation for the stability of state power, but the “invalid busyness” behavior of a few grassroots cadres has seriously deteriorated the local political ecology. In order to gain a deeper understanding of the mechanism of “invalid busyness” behavior of grassroots cadres, this paper, following the analysis of typological research and combined with publicly available data, classifies the “invalid busyness” behavior of grassroots cadres into eight types, including hedging and self-preservation, drifting with the stream, patchwork response, conforming old rulers, replacing targets, blame avoidance, trace doctrine, and self-waiver. It is found that the “invalid busyness” behavior of grassroots cadres is shaped by the risk society paradox, local management paradox, incentive intensity paradox and technical governance paradox, and the “invalid busyness” behavior of grassroots cadres needs to be corrected from the four-dimensional logic of incentive, restraint, deep care, and strict control. This study systematically describes the manifestation, causes and correction mechanism of the “invalid busyness” behavior of grassroots cadres, which enriches and expands the theoretical research on the performance behavior of grassroots cadres.Systematic review registrationhttps://osf.io/h5wgj.
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spelling doaj.art-2e281e20ae4a4acaa3ffd3343f60c4732022-12-22T03:42:38ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychology1664-10782022-11-011310.3389/fpsyg.2022.10274271027427“Invalid busyness” behaviors of a few grassroots cadres: Evidence from normative explanationCheche Duan0Yan Zeng1Yicheng Zhou2Yingying Li3Yingying Li4School of Government, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, ChinaSchool of Government, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, ChinaExcellent Innovation Team of Local Government and Social Governance, Soochow University, Suzhou, ChinaSchool of Government, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, ChinaShenzhen Airport, Shenzhen, ChinaEffective grassroots governance is the foundation for the stability of state power, but the “invalid busyness” behavior of a few grassroots cadres has seriously deteriorated the local political ecology. In order to gain a deeper understanding of the mechanism of “invalid busyness” behavior of grassroots cadres, this paper, following the analysis of typological research and combined with publicly available data, classifies the “invalid busyness” behavior of grassroots cadres into eight types, including hedging and self-preservation, drifting with the stream, patchwork response, conforming old rulers, replacing targets, blame avoidance, trace doctrine, and self-waiver. It is found that the “invalid busyness” behavior of grassroots cadres is shaped by the risk society paradox, local management paradox, incentive intensity paradox and technical governance paradox, and the “invalid busyness” behavior of grassroots cadres needs to be corrected from the four-dimensional logic of incentive, restraint, deep care, and strict control. This study systematically describes the manifestation, causes and correction mechanism of the “invalid busyness” behavior of grassroots cadres, which enriches and expands the theoretical research on the performance behavior of grassroots cadres.Systematic review registrationhttps://osf.io/h5wgj.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.1027427/fullgrassroots cadresInvalid Busynesscadre incentivegrassroots governancetaking-charge behaviors
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“Invalid busyness” behaviors of a few grassroots cadres: Evidence from normative explanation
Frontiers in Psychology
grassroots cadres
Invalid Busyness
cadre incentive
grassroots governance
taking-charge behaviors
title “Invalid busyness” behaviors of a few grassroots cadres: Evidence from normative explanation
title_full “Invalid busyness” behaviors of a few grassroots cadres: Evidence from normative explanation
title_fullStr “Invalid busyness” behaviors of a few grassroots cadres: Evidence from normative explanation
title_full_unstemmed “Invalid busyness” behaviors of a few grassroots cadres: Evidence from normative explanation
title_short “Invalid busyness” behaviors of a few grassroots cadres: Evidence from normative explanation
title_sort invalid busyness behaviors of a few grassroots cadres evidence from normative explanation
topic grassroots cadres
Invalid Busyness
cadre incentive
grassroots governance
taking-charge behaviors
url https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.1027427/full
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