From Crisis to Opportunity
Human Resource Challenges for the Public Sector in the Twenty-First Century
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4074866 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Vidu Soni (Central Michigan University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2004 |
| Volume | 21 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 157-178 |
| Publication date | 2004-03-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Review of Policy Research (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1541-132X • E-ISSN: 1541-1338 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1541-1338.2004.00067.x |
| OpenAlex | W2135407880 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
| References cited | 4 |
A great deal of attention has been focused on the human capital crisis in the public sector since the mid-1990s. Experts and practitioners give many reasons why the current crisis emerged. This article examines the important factors that led to the crisis, what is being done about them through presidential agendas, legislators, oversight agencies, professional societies, and public policy think tanks. Concerns are many in terms of a large number of upcoming retirements, early retirements, unplanned downsizing, difficulty in attracting new generations to public service, and the changing nature of public service. However, the human resource crisis also presents an opportunity to fundamentally change those features of public sector human resource management practices that have become outdated for contemporary organizations and position government agencies for the twenty-first century by meaningfully reforming the civil service. This transformation would require public sector organizations to take a more strategic view of human resource management and to give greater policy attention to human capital issues
Business · Civil society · Economic growth · Economics · Economy · Human capital · Human resource management · Human resource policies · Human resources · Management · Political science · Politics · Presidential system · Public policy · Public relations · Public sector · Public service · Accounting and Organizational Management · Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior · Law · Public Administration · Public Policy and Administration Research · Finance · Marketing
Public Servants as Partners for Growth
Local Government Human Resource Management Past, Present, and Future
Evaluating human resource management capacity for effective implementation of advanced metering infrastructure by electricity distribution companies in Pakistan
Work Values, Job Characteristics, and Career Choice Decisions
Determinants of Local Government Workforce Planning
Understanding Employee Turnover in the Public Sector
In the Eye of the Storm
| Citations per year | 0.33 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2005 - 2016 (12) |
| Highly cited | No |