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At-Will Employment in Government: Insights From the State of Texas.

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Author
Coggburn, Jerrel D.

Year
2006

Publisher
Review of Public Personnel Administration, 26(2), 158-177.

Type of publication:
Tidsskriftsartikkel

Link to review:
http://rop.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/26/2/158

Number of pages:
20

Language of publication:
Engelsk

Country of publication:
USA, Texas

NSD-reference:
2279

This page was last updated:
2007-07-05 12:53:17.2

Publikasjonens datagrunnlag
  • Primærdata
  • Kvantitativ
  • Spørreskjema
Land som er gjenstand for studien
  • USA
Verkemiddel i den konstituerande styringa
  • 1.7 Personaladministrative/demografiske verkemiddel
Studieoppdrag
  • Forskning
Studietype
  • Effektstudie/implikasjoner/resultater
Type effekt
  • Effekter i arbeidslivet
Sektor (cofog)
  • Generelle personaltenester K
  • Staten generelt

Summary
Supplanting civil service systems’ procedural protections with at-will employment policies is a recent and important phenomenon in public service. This article examines the state of Texas, an at-will employer. It reports a 2005 survey of the state's human resource directors focusing on the at-will doctrine and its use and effects. Respondents agreed that at-will employment enhances employee responsiveness to agency administrators but held mixed opinion of its effects on other employee behaviors (e.g., risk taking, whistle-blowing, decision making, sensitivity to issues of fairness) and agency performance. The article calls for governments to take a more holistic view of at-will employment when considering its adoption.

Note
Survey av offentlig ansatte i Texas, USA.