No, I cannot just walk away’
Government career entrenchment in China
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9963533 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Chung‐an Chen (0000-0003-0702-813X, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore), Chengwei Xu (0000-0002-7845-7989, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 87 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 944-961 |
| Publication date | 2020-01-24 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Review of Administrative Sciences (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0020-8523 • E-ISSN: 1461-7226 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0020852319884624 |
| OpenAlex | W3000806712 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 37 |
Despite compromised work morale, Chinese public employees generally feel reluctant to quit a public service job. The present study looks deeply into government career entrenchment, defined here as “public employees’ perceived career immobility due to the concern for alternative career availability and substantial losses upon career shifting.” By using mixed methods, the authors identify and measure four distinctive types of government career entrenchment, namely, emotional cost, career investment, limited alternatives, and extrinsic rewards. Evidence further shows that emotional cost and extrinsic rewards are more associated with positive work attitudes, while career investment and limited alternatives are more related to negative work attitudes. At the end of the article, we discuss how the developed government career entrenchment scale can be used for future research
Business · China · Economics · Emotional labor · Government (linguistics · Investment (military · Job satisfaction · Labour economics · Political science · Politics · Public economics · Public relations · Public sector · Public service · Public Service Motivation · Scale (ratio · Work (physics · Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior · Psychology · Social Psychology · Taxation and Compliance Studies · Work-Family Balance Challenges
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| Unique citing works | 4 |
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| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2022 - 2025 (4) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |