– The purpose of the paper is to explore the values in the public sector in Italy using the tri-axial model and explore the reasons why these values are important for the Italian public sector.
– An online questionnaire was prepared in Italian and sent to the public sector employees all over Italy.
– The findings demonstrate that Italian public sector is 100 percent economic-pragmatic according to the tri-axial model. One of the reasons of this result is the reforms made in the public sector which have stressed the importance of values like efficiency and professionalism.
– The main limitation of the study is the sample size. Further research should focus on increasing the number of the sample as well as compare the regions in Italy.
– The conclusions derived from this research suggest that Italian public sector employees perceive themselves as economic-pragmatic.
– This study is the first study that maps the values in the public sector in Italy using tri-axial model.
