Why choose a public sector job?: A quantitative study into the motives of newcomers and job switchers

R.T. Borst; P.L.M. Leisink; E. Knies

Why choose a public sector job? A quantitative study into the motives of newcomers and job switchers

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Abstract

Public managers have to deal with major challenges that put pressure on the public sector as an employer, caused by declining budgets which lead to downsizing, organizational restructuring, and high expectations to perform better with fewer resources (Piatak, 2017; Borst, 2018). These pressures have affected the public image of the model employer and play out at a time when there are already radical changes in the world of work of public employees including a shift from detailed job descriptions to possibilities for job crafting, and from life-time employment to precarious employment (Schaufeli, 2013; Hesketh & Cooper, 2017; Bozeman & Ponomariov, 2009). These radical changes force public organizations to increasingly focus on the management of human capital (Schaufeli & Salanova, 2007).

Original language	English
Place of Publication	Den Haag
Publisher	Ministerie BZK
Commissioning body	Ministerie van Binnenlandse Zaken en Koninkrijksrelaties
Number of pages	25
Publication status	Published - 19 Mar 2020

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Name	WERKonderzoek: Alles over werken in en aan overheidsorganisaties

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