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Coggburn, Jerrel D. (2006):

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

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

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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:

5/7 2007

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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.

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Survey av offentlig ansatte i Texas, USA.