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Job Satisfaction of Public Managers in Special Districts

University of Miami

Evan M. Berman

National Chengchi University

Little is known about special districts and their personnel. This study examines the job satisfaction and professional backgrounds of senior managers in large special districts. Senior managers in these districts report very high levels of job satisfaction, possibly among the highest of all such managers in public administration. Senior managers are satisfied or very satisfied with four of the most important determinants of job satisfaction: pay, the opportunity to use one’s talents at work, job security, and the ability to make a meaningful impact on one’s region or community. About one fourth of administrators on management teams in large special districts have their highest degree in public affairs, and among those with an MPA degree, three fourths have experience in business. This study concludes that it is time to take special districts more seriously both in research and as a locus of activity and career development for public managers.

Key Words: job satisfaction • special districts • public managers • local government

This version was published on December 1, 2009

Review of Public Personnel Administration, Vol. 29, No. 4, 327-353 (2009)
DOI: 10.1177/0734371X09337710


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