This article examines the effect of specific new public management (NPM)-related characteristics to explain innovation-oriented culture within sector organizations. According NPM doctrines, an enhanced managerial autonomy combined with result control will stimulate a more in such Using multi-country survey data over 200 agencies, we test for influence organizational autonomy, and their interactions, on culture. High levels have independent positive effects. However, interaction between high...

Governments worldwide are relying on the COVID-19 vaccines as solution for ending coronavirus pandemic and resulting crisis. Although scientific progress in development of a vaccine has been astonishing, policymakers facing an extra hurdle increasingly more people appear to be hesitant their intention take such vaccine. Based large Corona survey Belgium, this study aims explain vaccination by linking it trust government experts, while accounting individuals’ risk perceptions prosocialness.

Despite substantial evidence for the negative effect of turnover on performance, several studies also note offsetting positive effects hereby recognizing an optimal rate turnover. These mixed results stress need to examine under which conditions is more harmful or beneficial organization. Using panel data from 30 divisions same agency, this study examines impact process conformance – extent there are prescribed standards and rules related task. Results support a non-linear, inverted U-shaped...

Public organizations were once seen as the epitome of stability and implacability. More recently, however, public have been subject to fast-paced environmental change. One common response challenges posed by these volatile environments has adoption various organizational changes make more adaptable. However, following threat-rigidity theory, this study argues that employees perceive multiple changes, managerial support for innovative work behavior (IWB) decreases. Analyses on Australian...

Abstract Trust is expected to play a vital role in regulatory regimes. However, how trust affects the performance and legitimacy of these regimes poorly understood. Our study examines interplay distrust relationships among toward political, administrative, actors shapes perceptions legitimacy. Drawing on cross‐country survey data measuring various within regimes, our analysis reveals that watchful terms “trust but verify” attitude are conducive higher performance. Conversely, combination...

Previous studies already established the idea of a partnership in which HR professionals and line managers share an organisation's HRM responsibility. Yet, this relationship is often plagued by conflicts other obstacles. As such, perceptual discrepancy likely to exist between both parties on degree devolution, may eventually lead bad performance. Using survey data, we empirically analyse factors explain latter group's role HRM. Results show that HR-line devolution rooted differences...

Using data from the U.S. Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey, this article seeks to provide an insight into effect of financial and economic crisis on turnover intention within federal government. By constructing panel applying a first difference estimator, is examined, while dealing with possible issue endogeneity. Not only does approach allow us examine crisis, but it also enables analyze whether specific independent variables identified by literature has changed due crisis. Results...

The environments of public organizations have become substantially volatile due to economic and societal changes, requiring continuously adapt develop an innovation-oriented culture. In response the multitude challenges posed by this environment, politicians in inter alia executive parliament impose structural reforms upon organizations, implying that these might be confronted with a series over their lifetime. This paper advances history repeated frequent reforms, irrespective underlying...

In the last decade, reforms in public sector have been implemented at an ever‐increasing pace. Hereby, organizations are repetitively subject to mergers, splits, absorptions, or secessions of units; adoption new tasks; changes legal status; and other structural reforms. Although evidence is largely missing literature, there a growing belief that such intense reform sequences may be damaging organizations. This article aims fill this gap literature by empirically examining existence...

Why do public sector organisations target different stakeholder audiences in their reputation management? Despite the recognition that management is an audience-based exercise, field lacks studies systematically analyse which matter for by service organisations. This article examines organisation a multi-audience framework. The relevance of surveyed at differ formal-legal distance from government, task, size and environmental turbulence. strongest broadest effects are found more autonomous...

Employees frequently have ideas and opinions on the execution of tasks or organization itself. Yet, sometimes employees remain silent withhold this valuable input from their organizations because they fear experiencing conflict controversy, causing both performance employee morale to suffer. This article tests what extent such speaking up, referred as 'defensive silence,' is affected by successive structural reforms an endures. Analyses Norwegian Staff Surveys a reform database show that...

Agencification and granting public sector organizations managerial autonomy in particular is believed to change organizational cultures, away from traditional compliance- detail-oriented bureaucratic cultures towards which are more oriented external customers. There however very little empirical information on the relationship between culture. Using a unique data set agencies Flanders, we not only test how affects strength of customer-oriented culture within sectors but also examine whether...

Interorganizational mobility can make a positive contribution both organizationally and government‐wide. Using data from the U.S. Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey, this article seeks to provide better empirical understanding of determinants interorganizational within federal government. A specific analytical framework is used, as intention take another job government nested in leave current organization. The results highlight that gender, minority status, length service, promotion are .

The use of performance management techniques by public sector organizations is believed to lead a more efficient and better-performing sector. Using multicountry survey data, this article provides an understanding the effect organizational autonomy external result control on internal performance-based steering toward lower hierarchical levels in organizations. Results show that matters, as does financial autonomy, but no effects can be observed for personnel autonomy.

Abstract The extent to which public organizations contribute crosscutting policy programs is a question of organizational commitment, resource allocation, and monitoring. In this paper, we triangulate survey interview data study the explanatory power factors understand adaptation programs. line with hypotheses, task, culture, portfolio minister’s level control seem explain adaptation. Policy development as task has positive effect on However, disappears if add cultural variables. second...

This paper aims to examine the effect of having experienced diverse changes over a short period time on turnover intent and presenteeism behavior public sector employees. Identifying such has been difficult since extant research often defined studied organizational as single, isolated events. Consequently, they may have failed capture how different interact with one another, what cumulative impact We introduce nonparametric matching, using data from Australian Public Service, allowing us...

Global political and economic instability have highlighted the importance of resilient governments capable managing rapid change. However, continuous changes can overwhelm civil servants, leading to change fatigue. While prior studies explored impact perceived frequent on servants’ stress levels, little attention has been given reverse causality in public management research. Psychological neuroscience suggest that influence individuals’ perceptions workplace changes. To address this gap, we...

This study explores the influence of age diversity within teams on civil servants’ perceptions organizational change. Age is examined through two dimensions: variety, which refers to range different ages a team, and polarization, denotes extent groups are segregated or clustered team. Individual change based how servants evaluated recent merger. While polarization shows significant effect—with less polarized exhibiting more positive merger—age variety does not demonstrate notable impact....

In this article, we explore one of the key underlying mechanisms that mediates human resource management (HRM)–performance link, namely, (effective) HRM implementation by line managers. particular, purpose our study is to compare middle and first-line managers’ experiences their (HR) role factors explaining effective at each managerial level. By employing survey data two Belgian federal government organizations, examine effect a number organizational, individual interpersonal on...

Over the past few decades, social, economic, and political developments have forced public organizations to continuously adapt changing circumstances, casting them in ongoing cycles of organizational change. The continuous introduction various types change an employee’s work environment may generate substantial levels role ambiguity, which turn could hamper performance satisfaction. Given increasing degree complexity sector, it is surprising that no research has investigated whether more...

Although the horizontal representation of women in U.S. workforce has significantly increased, numerous studies have found that there is still a substantial underrepresentation at high-level positions. In light this fact, article examines differences perceived career opportunities between men and federal as well evolution these 2006 2013. To do this, heterogeneous choice model used to examine representative samples two waves employee viewpoint survey. We come finding difference exists and,...

We explore one of the key underlying mechanisms that mediate HRM–performance link, namely HRM implementation by line managers. The purpose our study is to examine role various sources support in explaining effective Results indicate HR, supervisor, and coworker are relevant managers' HR performance. In addition, younger managers those with greater supervisory experience found perform better their role. Hence, organizations should consider developing a broad network ensure