An updated look at the values and expectations of federal government executives.

How do federal executives view their jobs and their futures in the 1990s? What are the values that guide their actions? Would they recommend a federal career to talented young people? In a replication of a study conducted in 1982, Barry Posner and Warren Schmidt find areas of both consistency and change. Their 1992 survey of 1,006 alumni of the federal Executive Institute raises a number of issues about the future of agency management, especially in light of efforts to adapt to changing social political, and economic environments.