Public Sector Employees in a Challenging Work Environment

Public sector employees are expected to perform well in a work environment that is characterized by a variety of challenges. This symposium aims to shed light on how environmental changes impact the shared identity, attitudes and behaviour of public sector employees; how public sector employees take charge of continuous change and deal with challenges in their work environment; and how organizations can help employees to tackle such work‐related challenges. We identify four specific gaps in literature – some methodological and some more substantive in nature –, and explain how this symposium helps to address these gaps. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.