Motivation of Women in Entering Public Service in the Three Branches of the Government

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WOMEN IN PUBLIC SERVICE: A QUALITATIVE STUDY ON THE

FACTORS OF MOTIVATION OF WOMEN ON THE THREE

BRANCHES OF THE GOVERNMENT

Joseph Nikolai B. Chioco1

Gian Carlo E. Bumanlag2

1Undergraduate student of the Department of Social Sciences, College of Arts andSciences, Central Luzon State University, Science City of Munoz, Nueva Ecija,

Philippines

2Faculty of the Department of Social Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences,

Central Luzon State University, Science City of Munoz, Nueva Ecija, Philippines

Abstract

This study was conducted to identify and describe the profile of the top womenpublic servants in San Jose City, Nueva Ecija from executive, legislative, and

judiciary branch of the government and their motivations in their pursuant ofpublic office as well as its similarities and differences depending on their branch

of government

Mayor Marivic V. Belena, Councilor Glenda F. Macadangdang, and Executive

Judge Cynthia M. Florendo were the participants of this case study who sharedtheir experiences and their motivation. Elective public officials came from

prominent political families in the locality that had been their linkage of entry into

politics. It was found out that their personal ambition had been a factor of

motivation in their entry to public service which can be traced back to theirchildhood. All of them have ambition for the community but only those from the

executive and legislative can realize this ambition through their entry in public

service.

Their motivational factors are different from each other and so are their views onpolitics. However, their views on public service are just the same as they

unanimously cited that the emergence of women in public service is an indicator

of the development of gender equality. Moreover, they all agreed that the

Philippine Society does not entirely offer equality between men and women. This

finding had supported that a public servant does not necessarily be a politician buta politician is automatically a public servant. Moreover, it was found out that their

political linkage is significant for their entry in public service and so are theirpersonal ambitions.

Keywords: Women, Public Service, Motivational Factors


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INTRODUCTION

Philippines had been one ofthe top countries which have the

least gap on measurement of gender

equality between male and femaleand the most Gender equality based

on measurements which have

concrete criteria on the computationand considers several factors. Asian

cultures are notorious on their unfair

treatment between men and women.This stereotyping by more liberal

cultures from the west resulted on

Chinas one-child policy or abortion

of female fetus. Other traditions ofAsian cultures are the elongation of

the necks of their women or the

suppression of foot growth or lotus

feet among other cultures (Reuters,2007, par. 4). However, Philippines

is different on these other Eastern

cultures as the Filipino society giveshigh regards on the women as the

other half of population. In fact,

global rankings of gender equality

ranked the pearl of the orient first onSoutheast Asia and 8

thworldwide

(WEF, 2012).

Women emerge in politics

not only through elections butthrough their hard work, intelligence,

and education.

In San Jose City, a peaceful

second class city in the northern part

of Nueva Ecija, was governed

majorly by men. However, top

government posts are occupied bywomen on Executive, Legislative,

and Judicial Branch of the

Government.

METHODOLOGY

This research was conductedduring the second semester of

Academic Year 2012-2013. It used

the qualitative method of researchwith the structure of a case study

where the researcher investigated the

motivational factors of women in thethree branches of government

namely the executive, legislative,

and the judiciary through an in-depthinterview. The participants were the

top officials: City Mayor Marivic V.

Belena, City Councilor Glenda F.

Macadangdang, and Executive JudgeCynthia M. Florendo. They were

chosen purposively and represented

each branch of the government in

San Jose City.

RESULTS AND DISCUSSIONS

The in-depth interviews with

the three prominent women in thepublic service of San Jose City had

revealed their personal profile and

factors of motivation personally,

economically, and socio-politically.

Both of the elective publicservants namely that City Mayor and

the Councilor came from prominent

political families in the locale of thisstudy. On the other hand, the

executive judge came from a poor

family in Pangasinan. However, theywere all highly educated and can be

considered successful. Their ages

range from 35 to 52 years old butthey entered public service at

different stages of their lives.

All of them are mothers ofvery young children which mean that


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they tend the needs of their children

and that they take the role of a

mother of a family.

Their motivation in entering

public service can be traced backduring their childhood as it was

reflected on their ambition as a child.

Moreover, they also have ambitionfor their families which vary from

the continuance of the servitude to

the elevation from poverty. Theyalso have ambitions for the

community but not all of them can

realize this through public service.

They have differing views

towards politics and public servicebut they unanimously agreed that itis an indicator of the development of

gender equality in the Philippines,

though the society has not yetembraced total equality between

genders. They also said that women

are capable of all the capabilities of

men given the same resources andopportunities but they still

acknowledge that there are more

men who are better than women inpublic service.

Economically, their entry inpublic service gave them less

opportunity to earn as they receive a

fixed monthly salary from thegovernment and they took oath that

they should avoid any conflicts of

interest between their offices and

their private businesses. Their views

about the economic benefits of thegovernment vary dependent on the

social class of the family where they

belong.

The peers, the community,

and the political parties or the sense

of political independence are factorsof motivation for these women

public servants.

CONCLUSION AND

RECOMMENDATION

In the analysis of the data, the

researcher concludes that political

linkage is very significant on thefactors of motivation of women to

enter in politics.

Their motivations include the

satisfaction of their needs which can

be found on Abraham MaslowsHierarchy of Needs and Steven

Reiss 16 factors of motivation.

Meanwhile, their motivationalfactors can also be analyzed as both

intrinsic and extrinsic.

It is recommended that the

women in public service shall

continue public offices as it elevatestheir status on the Philippine society.

The researcher also recommends tothe government of the Philippines to

implement programs or conductseminars to motivate the women in

entering the public service.

Recommendations are also made forthe entirety of women in the

Philippines that they shall continue

their battle for gender equalitythrough entry to public service. The

researcher also specifically

recommends the future researchers tofurther study about women. Anotherrecommendation for them is to have

a more structured research to allocate

more time in the data gathering.


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