摘要：This paper aims to outline the contents of thespecial issue on Romanian civil servants, making a comparative analyze of theprinciples applicable: can we discuss about New Public Management (NPM)approaches or, taking into consideration the Romanian civil service reform, wehave a Neo Weberian model? The article provides reviews of the scientificliteratures in this special issue. The argument is that the work performance ofcivil servants are based on a set of goals determined by the citizens-clientsneeds and the market movements, but, in the mean time, it is about the qualityof work in terms of citizens satisfaction and the innovative solutions for theadministrative problems. The special issue, of which this article provides anoverview, make an incursion in the literature providing analyze on the Romanianscivil servants based on the steps of actual reform and putting on the questionsthe managerial and bureaucratic principles. Research limitations include thewidth of the phenomenon under discussion. We state that the work and performancemeans not only NPM principles, but have instead chosen to adopt the neoWeberian approach.
