Getting engaged
Public-service merit and motivation revisited
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9784397 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Kenneth Kernaghan (Brock University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2011 |
| Volume | 54 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 1-21 |
| Publication date | 2011-03-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Canadian Public Administration (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0008-4840 • E-ISSN: 1754-7121 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1754-7121.2011.00158.x |
| OpenAlex | W1928232089 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 11 |
| References cited | 34 |
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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Encouraging civil servants to be frank and fearless
How does government feel? Toward a theory of institutional pathos in public administration
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Person-Environment Fit and Public Service Motivation
The Meaning of Employee Engagement
Organizational Commitment
Working for America
Antecedents and consequences of employee engagement
Organizational Influences, Public Service Motivation and Work Outcomes
Psychological Conditions of Personal Engagement and Disengagement at Work.
Defending a Contested Ideal
Public Service Motivation and Job Performance
Does Public Service Motivation Really Make a Difference on the Job Satisfaction and Turnover Intentions of Public Employees
Integrating Values into Public Service
Individual Conceptions of Public Service Motivation
Egpa symposium on public service motivation and performance
The mediating effect of job satisfaction and organizational commitment on self-reported performance
People, service and trust
Public‐service values and ethics
Merit and motivation
An honour to be coveted
Public-Service Motivation
The Motivational Bases of Public Service
Measuring Public Service Motivation
Principled Agents
Walking the Walk” of Public Service Motivation
Antecedents of Public Service Motivation
Bringing Society In
Public-Service Motivation
Whistle Blowers in the Federal Civil Service
| Citations per year | 0.92 |
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| Citation span | 2014 - 2024 (11) |
| Highly cited | No |