Martin Sievert
Biographic Data
| ID | 4379177 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Martin Sievert |
| GIVEN NAMES | Martin |
| FAMILY NAME | Sievert |
| SIGNATURE | SIEVERT M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Leiden University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1331-2439 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 32 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 10 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Development of a Scale to Measure Perceived Administrative Burden, With Broad Applicability Beyond Direct Policy Clients
Individuals form perceptions about the degree of administrative burdens associated with public agencies and programs, even without being (potential) policy clients themselves (e.g., a wealthy person's view of administrative burdens experienced by welfare program applicants) or without referring to a specific instance (e.g., perceptions of bureaucratic hurdles in the federal government overall). This study develops and validates a scale of perceiv…
From Wording to Workforce
Gender imbalance in public sector hiring remains a persistent concern, yet research often overlooks how job advertisement features influence applicant self‐selection. Thus, we focus on gender sorting in the public labor market, a mechanism potentially causing structural self‐selection among job seekers. The study investigates how gender sorting affects applicant pools by examining gendered language and the gender of the contact person in job adve…
Motivational signals in public sector job advertisements and how they relate to attracting and hiring candidates
This study examines how motivational signals in job advertisements relate to public employers' recruitment success, testing hypotheses derived from signalling theory and person -environment fit theory.We combine job advertisements collected via web crawling with matched survey data on the recruitment process (1,863 recruiters), capturing Germany's public sector job market.Using quantitative text analysis, we identify motivational signals in the j…
Alleviating administrative burden through digitalization and redesign
Individuals encounter and experience different costs, conceptualized as administrative burdens, when seeking access to social welfare programs. Scholars and practitioners suggest that digitalizing and redesigning application processes could alleviate and shift some of these negative experiences. However, empirical research testing whether real interventions achieve this remains scarce. In a laboratory experiment, we randomly assigned participants…
The incongruity of misfit
For decades, research on person–environment (P-E) fit has been a prevalent topic, emphasizing alignment between employees and the work environment and the accompanying positive consequences that flow from good fit. However, given the frequency of change and volatility experienced in organizations, it is far more likely that individuals, work groups, and organizations will sporadically experience misfit with various aspects of the environment. Thi…
Unpacking the effects of burdensome state actions on citizens' policy perceptions
Administrative burdens appear to influence citizens' perceptions of welfare policies and attitudes toward beneficiaries. However, empirical evidence that has disentangled different state actions' effects on policy perceptions is scarce. We applied a 2 × 2 × 2 factorial survey experiment and manipulated the conceptually distinct state actions implemented in German unemployment benefits. We investigated whether and how exposure to learning demands,…
The limited impact of reference groups' symbolic gender representation on willingness to coproduce
Previous literature presents a strong rationale for the positive impact of symbolic representation in coproduction contexts. However, empirical studies yield inconclusive findings indicating that meaningful effects are limited if citizens face high levels of uncertainty. This article combines symbolic representation with signaling theory, suggesting that the representativeness of central reference groups might reduce uncertainty. The theoretical …
Increasing Covid-19 vaccination intentions
With the increasing availability of life-saving vaccines against the SARS-CoV-2 virus, government agencies face the challenge of promoting vaccine uptake. Thus, encouraging vaccine uptake marks an urgent policy challenge in fighting the COVID-19 pandemic. This study builds on the theory of psychological ownership to design a behaviorally inspired local government vaccination campaign. We conducted a large-scale, cluster-randomized field experimen…
A replication of “Representative bureaucracy and the willingness to coproduce”
Research on symbolic representation suggests that citizen–state interactions might benefit from public organizations' representativeness. Recent experiments on symbolic gender representation provide contradictory findings regarding the influence on citizens' co‐production intentions. This study conducts a wide replication based on new data to reexamine the positive impact of symbolic gender representation identified by Riccucci et al. (2016, Publ…
The Power of Conformity in Citizens’ Blame
The authors examine whether conformity towards prevailing public opinions and preexisting blame influences citizens' attribution of blame for public service failure, by using a between-group experimental design with five groups. Two groups received information cues mentioning different public opinions. Two additional groups received information on preexisting blame or the absence of such blame. One control group did not receive any information. T…
A replication of “Representative bureaucracy and the willingness to coproduce”
Research on symbolic representation suggests that citizen–state interactions might benefit from public organizations' representativeness. Recent experiments on symbolic gender representation provide contradictory findings regarding the influence on citizens' co‐production intentions. This study conducts a wide replication based on new data to reexamine the positive impact of symbolic gender representation identified by Riccucci et al. (2016, Publ…
Unpacking the effects of burdensome state actions on citizens' policy perceptions
Administrative burdens appear to influence citizens' perceptions of welfare policies and attitudes toward beneficiaries. However, empirical evidence that has disentangled different state actions' effects on policy perceptions is scarce. We applied a 2 × 2 × 2 factorial survey experiment and manipulated the conceptually distinct state actions implemented in German unemployment benefits. We investigated whether and how exposure to learning demands,…
Increasing Covid-19 vaccination intentions
With the increasing availability of life-saving vaccines against the SARS-CoV-2 virus, government agencies face the challenge of promoting vaccine uptake. Thus, encouraging vaccine uptake marks an urgent policy challenge in fighting the COVID-19 pandemic. This study builds on the theory of psychological ownership to design a behaviorally inspired local government vaccination campaign. We conducted a large-scale, cluster-randomized field experimen…
Alleviating administrative burden through digitalization and redesign
Individuals encounter and experience different costs, conceptualized as administrative burdens, when seeking access to social welfare programs. Scholars and practitioners suggest that digitalizing and redesigning application processes could alleviate and shift some of these negative experiences. However, empirical research testing whether real interventions achieve this remains scarce. In a laboratory experiment, we randomly assigned participants…
The incongruity of misfit
For decades, research on person–environment (P-E) fit has been a prevalent topic, emphasizing alignment between employees and the work environment and the accompanying positive consequences that flow from good fit. However, given the frequency of change and volatility experienced in organizations, it is far more likely that individuals, work groups, and organizations will sporadically experience misfit with various aspects of the environment. Thi…
The Power of Conformity in Citizens’ Blame
The authors examine whether conformity towards prevailing public opinions and preexisting blame influences citizens' attribution of blame for public service failure, by using a between-group experimental design with five groups. Two groups received information cues mentioning different public opinions. Two additional groups received information on preexisting blame or the absence of such blame. One control group did not receive any information. T…
A replication of “Representative bureaucracy and the willingness to coproduce”
Research on symbolic representation suggests that citizen–state interactions might benefit from public organizations' representativeness. Recent experiments on symbolic gender representation provide contradictory findings regarding the influence on citizens' co‐production intentions. This study conducts a wide replication based on new data to reexamine the positive impact of symbolic gender representation identified by Riccucci et al. (2016, Publ…
Increasing Covid-19 vaccination intentions
With the increasing availability of life-saving vaccines against the SARS-CoV-2 virus, government agencies face the challenge of promoting vaccine uptake. Thus, encouraging vaccine uptake marks an urgent policy challenge in fighting the COVID-19 pandemic. This study builds on the theory of psychological ownership to design a behaviorally inspired local government vaccination campaign. We conducted a large-scale, cluster-randomized field experimen…
The incongruity of misfit
For decades, research on person–environment (P-E) fit has been a prevalent topic, emphasizing alignment between employees and the work environment and the accompanying positive consequences that flow from good fit. However, given the frequency of change and volatility experienced in organizations, it is far more likely that individuals, work groups, and organizations will sporadically experience misfit with various aspects of the environment. Thi…
Unpacking the effects of burdensome state actions on citizens' policy perceptions
Administrative burdens appear to influence citizens' perceptions of welfare policies and attitudes toward beneficiaries. However, empirical evidence that has disentangled different state actions' effects on policy perceptions is scarce. We applied a 2 × 2 × 2 factorial survey experiment and manipulated the conceptually distinct state actions implemented in German unemployment benefits. We investigated whether and how exposure to learning demands,…
The limited impact of reference groups' symbolic gender representation on willingness to coproduce
Previous literature presents a strong rationale for the positive impact of symbolic representation in coproduction contexts. However, empirical studies yield inconclusive findings indicating that meaningful effects are limited if citizens face high levels of uncertainty. This article combines symbolic representation with signaling theory, suggesting that the representativeness of central reference groups might reduce uncertainty. The theoretical …
Motivational signals in public sector job advertisements and how they relate to attracting and hiring candidates
This study examines how motivational signals in job advertisements relate to public employers' recruitment success, testing hypotheses derived from signalling theory and person -environment fit theory.We combine job advertisements collected via web crawling with matched survey data on the recruitment process (1,863 recruiters), capturing Germany's public sector job market.Using quantitative text analysis, we identify motivational signals in the j…
Alleviating administrative burden through digitalization and redesign
Individuals encounter and experience different costs, conceptualized as administrative burdens, when seeking access to social welfare programs. Scholars and practitioners suggest that digitalizing and redesigning application processes could alleviate and shift some of these negative experiences. However, empirical research testing whether real interventions achieve this remains scarce. In a laboratory experiment, we randomly assigned participants…
Development of a Scale to Measure Perceived Administrative Burden, With Broad Applicability Beyond Direct Policy Clients
Individuals form perceptions about the degree of administrative burdens associated with public agencies and programs, even without being (potential) policy clients themselves (e.g., a wealthy person's view of administrative burdens experienced by welfare program applicants) or without referring to a specific instance (e.g., perceptions of bureaucratic hurdles in the federal government overall). This study develops and validates a scale of perceiv…
From Wording to Workforce
Gender imbalance in public sector hiring remains a persistent concern, yet research often overlooks how job advertisement features influence applicant self‐selection. Thus, we focus on gender sorting in the public labor market, a mechanism potentially causing structural self‐selection among job seekers. The study investigates how gender sorting affects applicant pools by examining gendered language and the gender of the contact person in job adve…
Psychology (10 works) · Political science (9 works) · Computer Science (6 works) · Social Psychology (6 works) · Law (5 works) · Politics (5 works) · Public Policy and Administration Research (5 works) · Public relations (5 works) · Bureaucracy (4 works) · Business (4 works)