Vacancies among appointees in U.S. federal agencies
Implications for employee attitudes and intentions
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| ID | 12216631 |
|---|---|
| Autores | Amanda Rutherford (0000-0001-8328-6515, O'Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs Indiana University‐Bloomington Bloomington Indianapolis USA, autor de correspondencia), Taha Hameduddin (0000-0001-5649-4757, Martin School of Public Policy and Administration University of Kentucky Lexington Kentucky USA) |
| Año | 2022 |
| Volumen | 36 |
| Número | 4 |
| Páginas | 1247-1269 |
| Fecha de publicación | 2022-10-17 |
| Peer Reviewed | Sí |
| Open Access | Sí |
| Tipo | ARTICLE |
| Revista | Governance (JOURNAL) |
| Identificadores de la revista | ISSN: 0952-1895 • E-ISSN: 1468-0491 |
| Editorial | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/gove.12737 |
| OpenAlex | W4306412481 |
| Idioma | EN |
| Citas recibidas | 1 |
| Referencias citadas | 82 |
Attention to vacancies in appointee positions subject to U.S. Senate confirmation has grown dramatically. Research regarding appointee vacancies commonly assumes negative consequences—loss of political control, promotion of second‐rate subordinates, undermined teamwork—for public agencies though little empirical work exists to confirm such expectations. This study tests whether vacancies at the top of U.S. federal agencies influence job satisfaction and turnover intention among upper‐level employees. Using vacancy data and multiple waves of the Federal Human Capital Survey/Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey, we find that upper‐level employees report marginally higher levels of satisfaction when vacancies occur. Further, these vacancies have a negative association with individual‐level intent to leave an agency for another job in the federal government, signaling a higher likelihood that institutional knowledge is maintained
Agency (philosophy · Demographic economics · Economics · Government (linguistics · Job satisfaction · Political science · Politics · Promotion (chess · Public relations · Sociology · Survey data collection · Work (physics · Electoral Systems and Political Participation · Law · Political and Economic history of UK and US · Psychology · Public Policy and Administration Research · Social Psychology
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| Intervalo de citas | 2025 - 2025 (1) |
| Velocidad de citación | recent |
| Altamente citado | No |
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