An ongoing empirical study is being conducted of the professional socialization of Kentucky's state public administrators. The study proposes two measurable attitudinal latent traits: orientation to public service professionalism and political acuity. Relationships among independent, intervening, and dependent variables include education/training, agency culture, demographic attributes, and public service values. A sample of 3,000 Kentucky public managers (1,500 with and 1,500 without management training) received a six-page questionnaire; 1,497 usable responses were returned (a 49 percent response). Empirical findings suggest some positive associations between the professional socialization indicators and public service values. Training and age were found to affect reported levels of political acuity but not professionalism. Reported levels of political acuity affected attitudes toward the merit system and services to clients, whereas professionalism level influenced all four service value attitudes. The data suggest that, as political acuity increases, it tends to cause increases in professionalism, even though these traits were found to be statistically independent. (The report includes 49 tables, the questionnaire, an agenda of a management awareness workshop, a sample management newsletter, and a 331-item bibliography.) (KC)