Showing papers in "Review of Public Personnel Administration in 2020"
TL;DR: In this article, practitioners in (semi) public organizations across the world have recently turned their eyes to the concept of work engagement to improve employee perform-a-thon.
Abstract: Eager to learn from private sector trends, practitioners in (semi)public organizations across the world have recently turned their eyes to the concept of work engagement to improve employee perform...
77 citations
TL;DR: For a long time, public and semipublic organizations have borrowed Human Resource Management (HRM) practices from the private sector to enhance employee performance as mentioned in this paper, and many scholars argue, howeve...
Abstract: For a long time, public and semipublic organizations have borrowed Human Resource Management (HRM) practices from the private sector to enhance employee performance. Numerous scholars argue, howeve...
66 citations
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors draw on self-concept-based theory and substitutes-for-leadership theory to understand how and why ethical leadership is related to employee outcomes, and find that it is correlated with employee outcomes.
Abstract: This study responds to recent calls for research on how and why ethical leadership is related to employee outcomes. Drawing on self-concept–based theory and substitutes-for-leadership theory, the s...
48 citations
TL;DR: As a field, we often relate merit and neutrality to the technical skills needed to be the best candidate for a job, but that was not necessarily what civil service reformers had in mind as mentioned in this paper.
Abstract: As a field, we often relate merit and neutrality to the technical skills needed to be the “best” candidate for a job, but that was not necessarily what civil service reformers had in mind. The civi...
39 citations
TL;DR: In this article, the authors draw on behavioral science to investigate a set of decisions that may have an impact on public human resource management, thus affecting public service provision, and present a survey-in-the-field-experiment.
Abstract: We draw on behavioral science to investigate a set of decisions that may have an impact on public human resource management, thus affecting public service provision. Our survey-in-the-field-experim...
33 citations
TL;DR: A substantial number of federal employees have been teleworking due to its perceived benefits, such as time and location flexibility and better balance between family and work as mentioned in this paper. Yet, managing teleworkers in...
Abstract: A substantial number of federal employees have been teleworking due to its perceived benefits—time and location flexibility and better balance between family and work. Yet, managing teleworkers in ...
30 citations
TL;DR: The authors assesses the impact of different job security rules on federal employees' organizational commitment by looking at the effects of changes in the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) prec....
Abstract: This study assesses the impact of different job security rules on federal employees’ organizational commitment by looking at the effects of changes in the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) prec...
29 citations
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors compare knowledge of organizational citizenship behavior (OCB) in the private and public sectors and conclude that "the comparisons between sectors have not been advanced. This art...
Abstract: Scholarly knowledge of organizational citizenship behavior (OCB) has developed significantly in the private and public sectors. However, comparisons between sectors have not been advanced. This art...
28 citations
TL;DR: Public organizations were once seen as the epitome of stability and implacability as mentioned in this paper. But more recently, public organizations have been subject to fast-paced environmental change and are subject to a variety of challenges.
Abstract: Public organizations were once seen as the epitome of stability and implacability. More recently, however, public organizations have been subject to fast-paced environmental change. One common resp...
27 citations
TL;DR: Public sector organizations are competing with the private sector for highly qualified staff. But the public sector lost attraction as an employer of choice as mentioned in this paper, due to the public service motivation (PSM) and differential pay.
Abstract: Public sector organizations are competing with the private sector for highly qualified staff. But the public sector lost attraction as an employer of choice. Public service motivation (PSM) and dif...
25 citations
TL;DR: The representative bureaucracy theoretical framework explores the link between bureaucrats' social and demographic characteristics and their likelihood to take actions that benefit citizens with respect to their social and economic characteristics as discussed by the authors, which is similar to our approach.
Abstract: The representative bureaucracy theoretical framework explores the link between bureaucrats’ social and demographic characteristics and their likelihood to take actions that benefit citizens with wh...
TL;DR: In this article, a conceptual framework for better understanding of civil servants' emotional intelligence and engagement in their work has been proposed, which is based on the idea that excellent public services build on excellent civil servants who are both emotionally intelligent and engaged in their jobs.
Abstract: Excellent public services build on excellent civil servants who are both emotionally intelligent and engaged in their work. This article proposes a conceptual framework for a better understanding o...
TL;DR: In recent years, there has been limited focus on representative bureaucracy at the upper levels of government organizations as mentioned in this paper, and scholarship on the glass ceiling has emphasized systematic and sociopsyc...
Abstract: In recent years, there has been limited focus on representative bureaucracy at the upper levels of government organizations. Scholarship on the glass ceiling has emphasized systematic and sociopsyc...
TL;DR: The changing nature of public service has blurred the lines between economic sectors by intermingling public, private, and nonprofit missions, and made it easier for employees to balance extrinsic objectives as discussed by the authors.
Abstract: The changing nature of public service has blurred the lines between economic sectors by intermingling public, private, and nonprofit missions, and made it easier for employees to balance extrinsic ...
TL;DR: While the presence and degree of workplace stress poses a significant problem for organizations in all sectors, scholarship frequently acknowledges that responses to workplace stress vary significa... as discussed by the authors,...
Abstract: While the presence and degree of workplace stress poses a significant problem for organizations in all sectors, scholarship frequently acknowledges that responses to workplace stress vary significa...
TL;DR: The authors assesses the degree to which family responsibilities discrimination (FRD) can diminish work sati cation in the public sector workplace and find that FRD can diminish the performance of caregivers.
Abstract: Discrimination against caregivers is a topic of interest for the public sector workplace. This study assesses the degree to which family responsibilities discrimination (FRD) can diminish work sati...
TL;DR: The first step in the recruitment process, job advertisements are a crucial first step and public sector organizations overwhelmingly rely on passive recruitment tactics such as written notices, listing formal rules.
Abstract: Job advertisements are a crucial first step in the recruitment process. Public sector organizations overwhelmingly rely on passive recruitment tactics such as written notices, listing formal rules ...
TL;DR: In this article, the authors provide theoretical explanations about why and how transformational and transactional leadership behaviors would enhance employee job satisfaction, and test the relationship between leadership behaviors and employee's job satisfaction using panel data from a year-long randomized field experiment.
Abstract: The interaction between leaders and employees plays a key role in determining organizational outcomes and performance. Although the human resources management literature posits positive effects of leadership behaviors on employee job satisfaction, the causal path between the two is unclear due to potential endogeneity issues inherent in this relationship. To address the issue, we first provide theoretical explanations about why and how transformational and transactional leadership behaviors would enhance employee job satisfaction. Second, we test the relationship between leadership behaviors and employee job satisfaction using panel data from a year-long randomized field experiment that engaged leaders and employees from hundreds of public and private organizations in Denmark. Primary findings suggest that although leadership training does not have direct effects on changes in employee job satisfaction, leadership-training-induced changes in leadership behaviors (transformational leadership and verbal rewards) are positively related to changes in job satisfaction.
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examine how organizational structure, political control, and internal system responsiveness to employee complaints or grievances influence U.S. federal employees' internal and external complaints and grievances.
Abstract: This study examines how organizational structure, political control, and internal system responsiveness to employee complaints or grievances influence U.S. federal employees’ internal and external ...
TL;DR: The rise of professionalism within the nonprofit sector has transformed the sector's reliance on well-meaning volunteers to paid professionals as discussed by the authors. But, the professionalization of the nonprofit workfo...
Abstract: The rise of professionalism within the nonprofit sector has transformed the sector’s reliance on well-meaning volunteers to paid professionals. While the professionalization of the nonprofit workfo...
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors have encouraged the study of psychological empowerment in public organizations owing to its benefits for optimum service delivery and performance improvement in the public context, and they have shown that psychological empowerment can benefit public organizations.
Abstract: Recent research has encouraged the study of psychological empowerment in public organizations owing to its benefits for optimum service delivery and performance improvement in the public context. T...
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors describe negative attitudes and stigmas continue to act as barriers to employment and career success of individu...People with disabilities have experienced a long history of prejudice and disenfranchisement.
Abstract: People with disabilities have experienced a long history of prejudice and disenfranchisement. Negative attitudes and stigmas continue to act as barriers to employment and career success of individu...
TL;DR: There is growing agreement on the importance of well-being in general and among employees more specifically as mentioned in this paper, but one area that has attracted significantly less attention is the well being of public sec
Abstract: There is growing agreement on the importance of well-being in general and among employees more specifically One area that has attracted significantly less attention is the well-being of public sec
TL;DR: In this article, the determinants of job satisfaction and turnover intention are different across employee's career stages, using a large-scale data set from U.S. federal agencies.
Abstract: This study examines how the determinants of job satisfaction and turnover intention are different across employee’s career stages, using a large-scale data set from U.S. federal agencies. A compreh...
TL;DR: The authors theorize that people with high public service motivation are especially prone to engage in prosocial rule-breaking (PSRB) behavior, which ultimately leads to discriminatory practices, part...
Abstract: We theorize that people with high Public Service Motivation (PSM) are especially prone to engage in prosocial rule-breaking (PSRB) behavior, which ultimately leads to discriminatory practices, part...
TL;DR: In this paper, the effect of disciplinary codes and codes of ethics on containing corruption in the civil service is assessed and they assess whether both tools are effective and whether they interact to reinforce each other.
Abstract: What is the effect of disciplinary codes and codes of ethics on containing corruption in the civil service? We assess whether both tools are effective and whether they interact to reinforce each ot...
TL;DR: Work-life programs (WLPs) have been widely adopted and implemented by public organizations as a means of providing employees with greater choices and flexibility in coordinating their work and personal time as discussed by the authors.
Abstract: Work–life programs (WLPs) have been widely adopted and implemented by public organizations as a means of providing employees with greater choices and flexibility in coordinating their work and pers...
TL;DR: The translation of passive into active representation assumes that bureaucrats are willing to serve the interest of their social group when developing and implementing policies as discussed by the authors, but this assumption assumes that the agents of the system are passive.
Abstract: The translation of passive into active representation assumes that bureaucrats are willing to serve the interest of their social group when developing and implementing policies. However, the assump...
TL;DR: Public administration literature has been building more evidence about whistleblowing and gender, and whistleblows and public service motivation as discussed by the authors. Yet, despite the well-developed theoretical argum-...
Abstract: Public administration literature has been building more evidence about whistleblowing and gender, and whistleblowing and public service motivation. Yet, despite the well-developed theoretical argum...
TL;DR: The authors assesses how bureaucratic representation affects public access to administrative remedies and concludes that it is one of the mechanisms used to achieve representative democracy, and proposes an alternative approach to the problem.
Abstract: Representative bureaucracy is one of the mechanisms used to achieve representative democracy. This article assesses how bureaucratic representation affects public access to administrative remedies,...