Why Men and Women Want to Leave? Turnover Intent Among Public Procurement Officers

2018 ◽  
Vol 48 (7) ◽  
pp. 668-684 ◽  
Author(s):  
Susannah Bruns Ali ◽  
Sebawit Bishu ◽  
Mohamad Alkadry
Keyword(s):  
Human Capital ◽  
Public Sector ◽  
Public Procurement ◽  
Theoretical Framework ◽  
Turnover Intent ◽  
Retention Strategies ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
Community Factors ◽  
Federal Level ◽  
Public Sector Organizations

This study examines differences in turnover intent between men and women with the aim of building a better understanding of factors that contribute to disparities between the sexes and creating more useful recruitment and retention strategies. The study proposes a theoretical framework where personal, human capital, organizational, and structural/community factors contribute to the desire to change jobs. The focus here is on procurement officers as their role is critical in public sector organizations from the local to the federal level. They also are unique in that their skill set is transferable from one organization to another and procurement officers have relatively high opportunities to move both within and between organizations. The study finds that there are important differences in the drivers of turnover intent between men and women and that most differences lie in the personal, human capital, and organizational categories.

scholarly journals Circular Economy Practices and Strategies in Public Sector Organizations: An Integrative Review

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (10) ◽  
pp. 4181 ◽  
Author(s):  
Natacha Klein ◽  
Tomás Ramos ◽  
Pauline Deutz
Keyword(s):  
Public Sector ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
Service Delivery ◽  
Public Service ◽  
Circular Economy ◽  
Public Procurement ◽  
Public Service Delivery ◽  
Holistic View ◽  
The Public ◽  
Public Sector Organizations

The concept of the Circular Economy (CE) is an increasingly attractive approach to tackling current sustainability challenges and facilitating a shift away from the linear “take-make-use-dispose” model of production and consumption. The public sector is a major contributor to the CE transition not only as a policy-maker but also as a significant purchaser, consumer, and user of goods and services. The circularization of the public sector itself, however, has received very little attention in CE research. In order to explore the current state of knowledge on the implementation of CE practices and strategies within Public Sector Organizations (PSOs), this research aims to develop an overview of the existing literature. The literature review was designed combining a systematic search with a complementary purposive sampling. Using organizational sustainability as a theoretical perspective, the main results showed a scattered landscape, indicating that the limited research on CE practices and strategies in PSOs has focused so far on the areas of public procurement, internal operations and processes, and public service delivery. As a result of this literature review, an organizational CE framework of a PSO is proposed providing a holistic view of a PSO as a system with organizational dimensions that are relevant for the examination and analysis of the integration process of CE practices and strategies. This innovative framework aims to help further CE research and practice to move beyond current sustainability efforts, highlighting that public procurement, strategy and management, internal processes and operations, assessment and communication, public service delivery, human resources dimensions, collaboration with other organizations, and various external contexts are important public sector areas where the implementation of CE has the potential to bring sustainability benefits.

scholarly journals Corrigendum

2018 ◽  
Vol 48 (7) ◽  
pp. 791-791
Keyword(s):  
Public Administration ◽  
Public Procurement ◽  
Online Version ◽  
Turnover Intent ◽  
American Review ◽  
Correct Order ◽  
Men And Women

Ali, S. B., Alkadry, M., & Bishu, S. (2018). Why men and women want to leave? Turnover intent among public procurement officers. American Review of Public Administration. DOI: 10.1177/0275074018771744 In this article, the order of the authors’ names was incorrectly listed as Susannah Bruns Ali, Mohamad Alkadry, and Sebawit Bishu The correct order should be: Susannah Bruns Ali, Sebawit Bishu, and Mohamad Alkadry The online version has been updated to reflect the correct order.

The Rationale behind Implementation of New Electronic Tools for Electronic Public Procurement

2015 ◽  
pp. 2258-2290
Author(s):  
Nataša Pomazalová ◽  
Stanislav Rejman
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Public Sector ◽  
Public Procurement ◽  
Organizational Structures ◽  
Information Flows ◽  
Effective Implementation ◽  
Dynamic Transformation ◽  
Public Sector Organizations ◽  
Ex Ante ◽  
Transformation Processes

This chapter focuses on the effective implementation of new electronic tools for Public e-Procurement in public sector organizations. While an analysis of the characteristics of transformation processes necessary for the development of e-Government and the choice between Public e-Procurement tools is theoretically already well developed, there are still a number of ambiguities in the approaches of rationalization implementation of these. A deeper understanding of the decision-making phenomenon in general is provided. Flexibly adjusting the e-Government strategy on dynamics of the development of Public e-Procurement tool ex ante or leading in an effort to change the organizational structures, information flows, and constraints in which public sector organizations operate in the area of Public e-Procurement. Public e-Procurement tools are selected for the analysis, because interesting progress is expected here. Results from the nature of the dynamic transformation processes and decision-making show the need to support changes in the environment arising from the development of e-Government.

Evaluation of the effectiveness of the use of federal resources in healthcare institutions

2021 ◽  
pp. 69-75
Author(s):  
S. N. Kovalenko
Keyword(s):  
Public Sector ◽  
Public Procurement ◽  
Federal Budget ◽  
The State ◽  
Healthcare Sector ◽  
Distinctive Features ◽  
Procurement Process ◽  
Public Sector Organizations

This article discusses issues related to the effectiveness of the use of federal budget funds, provides references to legislative and regulatory acts related to the issue under study, forms an algorithm for the stages of the procurement process, highlights the distinctive features and characteristics of public procurement in the institution of the zrdavookhraneniya system (on the example of the State Budgetary Institution of the State Budgetary Institution named after S. P. Botkin), provides materials for the study of the effectiveness of the use of budget funds of public sector organizations, including in the healthcare sector, and also gives an assessment.

KAJIAN ETIKA BUDGETARY SLACK DI ORGANISASI SEKTOR PUBLIK MENURUT PERSPEKTIF GENDER

2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hesti Ayu Pratiwi ◽  
Ethika Ethika
Keyword(s):  
Public Sector ◽  
Ethical Behavior ◽  
Government Agencies ◽  
Gender Perspective ◽  
Budgetary Slack ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
Public Sector Organizations ◽  
Education Training

This study aims to examine the effect of education, training, and experience of budgetary slack through ethics in public sector organizations according to the gender perspective. Populations in this study is government agencies or offices city of Padang, Pariaman, and Bukittinggi. Sample used in this study is an official budget makers amount is 88 respondents. Hypothesis inthis study were tested using LISREL 8.80 program. This study found that ethics has positive and significant effect on budgetary slack. It was also found that men and women have different ethical behavior in budgetary slack.

Capability development measures adopted by public sector organizations in PPP projects delivery in developing countries

2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 145-161
Author(s):  
Betty Oluwafunso Olojede ◽  
Akintayo Opawole ◽  
Godwin Onajite Jagboro
Keyword(s):  
Human Capital ◽  
Public Sector ◽  
Questionnaire Survey ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Training And Development ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Capability Development ◽  
Southwestern Nigeria ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Public Sector Organizations

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the measures practiced by public sector organizations (PSOs) to develop their capability and strength toward attaining the skills requirements for public-private partnership (PPP) program. Design/methodology/approach The study adopted a quantitative approach based on primary data obtained via questionnaire survey. The literature review provided the basis for identification of variables that were evaluated through structured questionnaire survey. The respondents were professionals in PSOs that have procured PPP projects in Southwestern Nigeria. These were sampled through the drawing of referral chain, involving respondents-driven sampling technique. The data collected were analyses using descriptive and inferential statistics. Findings The capability development measures of PSOs in PPP projects delivery clustered around five components: conventional practices, training and development, organizational practices, human capital enhancement and government-aided intervention. These five components of capability development measures are expected to be focused with adequate and equal interest and embraced by PSOs in countries with evolving PPP markets. Social implications The study provides implications for domestic human capital strengthening for enhanced infrastructure delivery in countries with evolving PPP markets. Originality/value This study contributes to the existing literature on capabilities improvement on PPP projects. This was achieved by providing empirical evidences with respect to human resource boost for enhanced performance of public sector organizations in their partnership with their private sector counterparts for PPP project success.

scholarly journals Is Human Capital Related to Voluntary Turnover in U.S. State Governments? Evidence from the State of Oklahoma

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 37
Author(s):  
Andrew Wesemann
Keyword(s):  
Human Capital ◽  
Public Sector ◽  
Private Sector ◽  
Empirical Evidence ◽  
State Government ◽  
Capital Stock ◽  
Voluntary Turnover ◽  
The State ◽  
State Governments ◽  
Public Sector Organizations

Building and retaining human capital stock is critical for organizational success and survival. These two practices, however, may inadvertently be at odds with one another. That is, as organizations seek to increase their human capital stock, through both internal and external strategies, they may also unintentionally increase their risk of voluntary turnover. Research has found support for this relationship in the private sector, yet empirical evidence for such a correlation among public sector organizations is nonexistent. This article, therefore, contributes to the understanding of whether the postulated relationship between human capital and voluntary turnover is generalizable to public sector entities, specifically focusing on U.S. state government. Using longitudinal workforce data from the State of Oklahoma, results of econometric analysis demonstrate that this organizational phenomenon transcends sector boundaries.

The Rationale behind Implementation of New Electronic Tools for Electronic Public Procurement

2012 ◽  
pp. 85-117 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nataša Pomazalová ◽  
Stanislav Rejman
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Public Sector ◽  
Public Procurement ◽  
Organizational Structures ◽  
Information Flows ◽  
Effective Implementation ◽  
Dynamic Transformation ◽  
Public Sector Organizations ◽  
Ex Ante ◽  
Transformation Processes

This chapter focuses on the effective implementation of new electronic tools for Public e-Procurement in public sector organizations. While an analysis of the characteristics of transformation processes necessary for the development of e-Government and the choice between Public e-Procurement tools is theoretically already well developed, there are still a number of ambiguities in the approaches of rationalization implementation of these. A deeper understanding of the decision-making phenomenon in general is provided. Flexibly adjusting the e-Government strategy on dynamics of the development of Public e-Procurement tool ex ante or leading in an effort to change the organizational structures, information flows, and constraints in which public sector organizations operate in the area of Public e-Procurement. Public e-Procurement tools are selected for the analysis, because interesting progress is expected here. Results from the nature of the dynamic transformation processes and decision-making show the need to support changes in the environment arising from the development of e-Government.

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