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Administration & Society, Vol. 23, No. 2, 155-185 (1991)
DOI: 10.1177/009539979102300201

The Public Administrator as Hero

Christopher Bella Vita

University of Southern California

This article uses the framework of "the hero's journey" to analyze the experiences of administrators who have helped to revitalize the public sector. The administrators discussed are not famous people. They are professionals who have gone beyond the boundary of routine public sector experience and achievement. The stages of their journeys —the call to adventure, the ordeal, and the return can be used to interpret and guide behavior of other public administrators.


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