Research handbook on HRM in the public sector / edited by Bram Steijn, Eva Knies.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Knies, Eva, editor.

Steijn, Abraham Jan, 1959- editor.

Series:

Elgar Handbooks in Public Administration and Management

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Civil service--Personnel management--Research.

Civil service.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (422 pages)

Place of Publication:

London, England : Edward Elgar Publishing, [2021]

Summary:

Bringing together over fifty leading global experts, this Research Handbook provides a state-of-the-art overview of research findings regarding Human Resource Management (HRM) in the public sector. Original chapters provide useful insights from two different disciplines: public administration and HRM. They illustrate that the public context of organisations matters and discuss research findings detailing how this plays out in practice.

Contents:

Front Matter

Copyright

Contents

Contributors

Acknowledgements

1. Introduction to the Research Handbook on HRM in the Public Sector

PART I STRATEGIC HRM

2. Picking up the HRM pieces: why fit doesn't fit in the public sector

3. Leadership in the public sector: concepts, context and outlooks

4. People management in public organisations

5. Transitions in the organisational design of the HR function in the public sector

PART II HRM CYCLE

6. Recruitment and selection: still a model employer?

7. Performance management

8. Compensation and benefits

9. Learning and development in the public sector

10. Workforce planning: shifting assumptions in a precarious reality

11. Voluntary turnover in public organisations

PART III HRM AND OUTCOMES

12. HRM and organisational effectiveness in the public sector

13. HRM and well-being in the public sector

14. HRM and social legitimacy in the public sector

PART IV HRM VALUE CHAIN: LINKING MECHANISMS

15. How does the alphabet soup of person-environment fit taste in the public sector? A typology of linking mechanisms

16. Job demands-resources model: toward an institutional reading

17. Self-determination theory

18. Public service motivation and human resource management

19. The psychological process view of bureaucratic red tape

PART V HRM AND CONTEXT

20. The public sector as a distinctive employer: resilience and renewal?

21. Different systems, different civil service, different HRM: a comparison of HRM approaches in Anglo-Saxon and Rechtsstaat systems

22. HRM in different countries

PART VI FUTURE CHALLENGES

23. Future challenges related to work pressure

24. Future challenges related to retaining an employable workforce

25. Future challenges related to a diverse workforce.

26. Future challenges related to technological developments

27. Future challenges related to changing public service provision: HRM implications of balancing old and new public servant characteristics

28. HRM in the public sector: taking stock and looking ahead

Index.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Print version: Steijn, Bram Research Handbook on HRM in the Public Sector

ISBN:

1-78990-662-8

OCLC:

1289369183