Abstract:

In recent years, the burden of grass-roots civil servants has been affecting their personal ambitions. It has also stymied many attempts to improve governance capacity among the grassroots. The central government attaches great importance to “burden reduction”. Previous researches focused on the theory of a pressure-type system. But its unidirectionality and irreversibility concealed the contributions of the multiple causes at work. Unique conclusions could not be formed because they were limited by the pressure-type system. This research is based on the random sampling of villages, towns, and streets in three provinces using the “Grounded theory” to carry out qualitative research. The burdens of grassroots officials go far beyond the explanatory framework of the stress-type system theory. Under the influence of multiple variables such as “superior power, subordinate power, responsibility norm and supervision and examination mechanism”, it is necessary to adopt multiple governance measures to reduce these burdens. The contribution of this study lies in the development and construction of a research framework model, the improvement and supplement of the theory of pressure-type system, and the indicator value of grass-roots burdens in organizational management.

Key words: grassroots civil servants, grass-roots burden, grassroots "Burden Reduction", formalism, pressure-type system