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Getting engaged

Public-service merit and motivation revisited

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ID9784397
AuthorsKenneth Kernaghan (Brock University, corresponding author)
Year2011
Volume54
Issue1
Pages1-21
Publication date2011-03-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueCanadian Public Administration (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0008-4840 • E-ISSN: 1754-7121
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.1754-7121.2011.00158.x
OpenAlexW1928232089
LanguageEN
Citations received11
References cited34

The concepts of merit and motivation are central to recruiting and retaining high-quality public servants. The meaning of merit has evolved to the more flexible interpretation contained in the 2003 federal Public Service Employment Act (PSEA), and the concept of motivation has become much more central to public management. The PSEA enshrines merit and non-partisanship as the main values to be protected in public-service appointments. It also provides a new definition of merit. Employees with a high level of public-service motivation (PSM) are predisposed to having greater job satisfaction and organizational commitment and, therefore, to performing at a higher level. The challenge is to recruit and retain employees with a high PSM level and to maintain this level while fostering high performance by other employees. This challenge is being pursued in part by fostering employee engagement in the sense of job/organization satisfaction and organizational commitment. Among the major drivers of employee engagement is fair staffing practices, including merit-based hiring. The successful pursuit of a high level of employee engagement can improve public-sector management in general and human resource management in particular. Sommaire: Les concepts de mérite et de motivation sont essentiels au recrutement et au maintien d'excellents fonctionnaires. La signification du mérite a évolué pour aboutir à une interprétation plus souple contenue dans la Loi de 2003 sur l'emploi dans la fonction publique (LEFP) du gouvernement fédéral, et le concept de motivation est devenu beaucoup plus essentiel à la gestion publique. La LEFP inscrit le mérite et l'impartialité politique comme les principales valeurs à protéger dans les nominations de fonctionnaires. Elle prévoit également une nouvelle définition du mérite. Les employés qui ont un niveau élevé de motivation pour la fonction publique (MFP) sont prédisposés à tirer une plus grande satisfaction professionnelle, à faire preuve d'un plus fort engagement envers l'organisation et, par conséquent, àêtre plus performants. Le défi consiste à recruter et retenir des employés ayant un niveau élevé de MFP et à faire en sorte qu'ils maintiennent ce niveau tout en encourageant une forte performance de la part des autres employés. Ce défi peut être en partie relevé en encourageant l'engagement des employés sur le plan de la satisfaction professionnelle et du degré d'attachement à l'organisation. Parmi les principaux catalyseurs de l'engagement des employés, on note les méthodes de dotation équitables, y compris l'embauche fondée sur le mérite. L'obtention d'un haut niveau d'engagement de la part des employés améliore la gestion du secteur public en général, et la gestion des ressources humaines en particulier

Business · Business administration · Human resource management · Job satisfaction · Management · Political science · Public relations · Public sector · Public service · Public Service Motivation · Sociology · Staffing · Accounting and Organizational Management · Psychology · Public Policy and Administration Research · Regulation and Compliance Studies · Social Psychology

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