Fields of Activity of the Higher Government Service

Topics: Detailed information on occupational training and career course; current professional position and length of affiliation with this government office; criteria for occupational success in public administration; characterization of subject area and occupation characteristics; extent of side jobs and overtime; requirements of current activity; supposed higher payment for the activity conducted in the private economy; judgement on one´s state of health and work satisfaction (scale); ideal image of a superior and a colleague; reference group in occupational orientation; participation in further education events; preferred further education topics; reading technical literature; importance of knowledge in personnel leadership and personnel organization; description of extent and origin of circle of friends.

Scales: achievement orientation; sociability. Beyond this records were made by the respondents based on self-observations. In these records individual job tasks were described in detail and their time duration recorded.