What's the Problem in Public Sector Workforce Recruitment? A Multi-Sector Comparative Analysis of Managerial Perceptions

Collins, Brian K.

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“…One of the most cited is the loss of specific features usually regarded as attractive to qualified human resources, such as the guarantee of job security and more predictable promotion opportunities [17]. Within this context, public sector workforce recruitment has been systematically addressed in the literature as a problematic issue that needs to be tackled, albeit there is no consensus on the measures and practices to promote towards a positive change [18].…”

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Profiling Public Sector Choice: Perceptions and Motivational Determinants at the Pre-Entry Level

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The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development now guides public administrations in conveying all their functions. The 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDG), directly or indirectly, need effective public services and officials for successful implementation. Although working in public entities has been related to ‘a sense of duty and morality’, literature reports that motivation and sense of self-worth among public officials have been declining for many years, which in turn can endanger their performance, diminish their willingness to attend to civic affairs, and become committed to their organisation. Public officials’ motivation has been widely addressed through the lens of public service motivation and public sector motivation. Fewer studies, however, have focused on the factors of choice at a pre-level entry. This paper intends to address this gap by pondering on what influences student’s intention to work in the public sector. Understanding what drives potential future public officials’ motivation is crucial for public service sector effectiveness. Following a case study approach with a sample of 2251 undergraduate and post-graduate students of a Portuguese university, findings show an attribution of similar strengths and shortcomings to public and nonprofit sectors, a more positive perception of the private sector and job stability as the strongest motivation.

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Profiling Public Sector Choice: Perceptions and Motivational Determinants at the Pre-Entry Level

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“…Although many nonprofits exist to serve individuals in their local community, they are also shaped by their local community's market, regulative, social, and cultural forces (Marquis & Battilana, 2009) and depend upon locally available resources (Berrone et al, 2016). Regarding organizational composition, though nonprofits can hire individuals from elsewhere, the local community serves as the primary labor pool when filling available positions (Collins, 2008). Furthermore, research in workplace composition by Reskin et al (1999) suggests that "all else being equal, the larger a group's share of the qualified labor supply, the more of its members firms will employ" (p. 338).…”

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Predictors of Nonprofit Ethno-Racial Diversity: Examining Local Community Demographics and Political Ideology

Rolf

Tuggle

Schlachter

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Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly

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Although the practitioner and the academic literatures both note the importance of ethno-racial diversity in the nonprofit sector, we pursue a better understanding of this sector’s ethno-racial diversity dynamics by exploring the drivers of ethno-racial diversity at multiple organizational hierarchy levels—boards of directors, executive staff teams, and full-time staff. Using data from nonprofit organizations participating in Candid’s Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion initiative, we find evidence that upward mobility for ethno-racial minority group members remains limited. Our findings also indicate a positive relationship between ethno-racial diversity in a nonprofit’s local community and ethno-racial diversity at each organizational hierarchy level. This relationship is partially mediated by the political liberalness of the local community, with the strongest mediating effects at the board of directors and executive staff organizational levels. This partial mediation suggests that the local environment’s tolerance of societal hierarchies and unequal outcomes may be related to nonprofit organizational diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts.

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“…In the management literature, recruitment in public institutions is the subject of Brian Collins' 2008 paper, while Robert John Araujo discusses hiring practices in religiously affiliated universities from a legal perspective. 29 The effect of unionized settings on hiring practices has also been briefly addressed outside of the LIS field. Most pertinent are Marianne Koch and Greg Hundley's findings that unionization is associated with the selection of fewer recruitment sources and the increased use of formal candidate selection methods.…”

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Employment Opportunities for New Academic Librarians: Assessing the Availability of Entry Level Jobs

Tewell¹

2012

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This study examines the availability of entry level positions in academic libraries to better illuminate the status of the job market for current students and recent graduates of Library & Information Science programs. Over a twelve month period from 2010-2011, 1385 job advertisements were collected, with content analysis methods used to evaluate each advertisement by level of position, institution type, location, department, and job type. Findings revealed one-fifth of jobs advertised to be entry level, with seventy percent of all positions offered by universities, and public services accounting for more than sixty percent of entry level employment opportunities. Further research was conducted by contacting Human Resources departments at 33 institutions to ascertain the experience backgrounds of successful hires.

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What's the Problem in Public Sector Workforce Recruitment? A Multi-Sector Comparative Analysis of Managerial Perceptions

Cited by 9 publications

References 33 publications

Profiling Public Sector Choice: Perceptions and Motivational Determinants at the Pre-Entry Level

Profiling Public Sector Choice: Perceptions and Motivational Determinants at the Pre-Entry Level

Predictors of Nonprofit Ethno-Racial Diversity: Examining Local Community Demographics and Political Ideology

Employment Opportunities for New Academic Librarians: Assessing the Availability of Entry Level Jobs

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