scholarly journals Public Sector Work and Happiness: An Exploratory Study

2017 ◽  
Vol 71 (4) ◽  
pp. 414-428
Author(s):  
Fabian Homberg
Keyword(s):  
Public Sector ◽  
Exploratory Study ◽  
Sector Work ◽  
Public Sector Work

The status of race in public sector work: Implications for emotion management and job satisfaction

2016 ◽  
Vol 49 (4) ◽  
pp. 286-304 ◽  
Author(s):  
Melissa M. Sloan ◽  
James D. Unnever
Keyword(s):  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
Public Sector ◽  
Emotion Management ◽  
The Status ◽  
Sector Work ◽  
Public Sector Work

Mayoral Public Sector Work Experience and Tax Collection Performance in Colombian Local Governments

2014 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 145-173
Author(s):  
Nicolai Petrovsky ◽  
Claudia N. Avellaneda
Keyword(s):  
Public Sector ◽  
Work Experience ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
Tax Collection ◽  
Sector Work ◽  
Public Sector Work

Advancing knowledge on organizational change and public sector work

2015 ◽  
Vol 28 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
David Pick ◽  
Stephen T.T. Teo ◽  
Lars Tummers ◽  
Cameron Newton
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Change ◽  
Public Sector ◽  
Sector Work ◽  
Public Sector Work

Whose skill is it anyway?

2009 ◽  
Vol 23 (4) ◽  
pp. 597-615 ◽  
Author(s):  
Irena Grugulis ◽  
Steven Vincent
Keyword(s):  
Public Sector ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Soft Skills ◽  
Technical Skills ◽  
It Professionals ◽  
Additional Dimension ◽  
Detailed Case ◽  
Highly Skilled ◽  
Sector Work ◽  
Public Sector Work

The skills that employers require are changing, with soft skills replacing technical ones. This article draws on two detailed case studies of outsourced public sector work, where these changes were particularly marked. Here, the new skills polarized the workforces. Highly skilled IT professionals were advantaged as soft skills gave them an additional dimension to their work, while benefit caseworkers with intermediate skills were disadvantaged since soft skills were presented as an alternative to technical competences. Women caseworkers suffered a double penalty, as not only were their technical skills devalued but many were confined to traditionally ‘feminine’ and unskilled work at the reception desk. Soft skills certainly aided the acknowledgement of women’s skills but they did nothing to increase their value.

From the Personal to the Public – Cadbury-Brown's Public Sector work

2006 ◽  
Vol 10 (S1) ◽  
pp. 25-32
Author(s):  
Elain Harwood
Keyword(s):  
Public Sector ◽  
The Public ◽  
Sector Work ◽  
Public Sector Work

H. T. Cadbury-Brown's architecture in the public sector in Britain is placed in the context of his background and the work of his contemporaries.

scholarly journals Pathways to Retirement in Taiwan: Do Ethnicity and Cohort Matter?

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fang-Yi Huang ◽  
Monika Ardelt
Keyword(s):  
Public Sector ◽  
Functional Limitation ◽  
Social Changes ◽  
Incentive Structure ◽  
Chi Square ◽  
Logistic Regression Models ◽  
The Public ◽  
Sector Work ◽  
Public Sector Work ◽  
Public Sector Workers

Studies about retirement often neglect ethnic identity. This research utilized the “Taiwan Longitudinal Study in Aging” data from 1989 to 1996 when political and social changes in the country occurred to examine the influence of ethnicity (dominant Mainlanders versus Southern Min, Hakka, and various indigenous people) on Taiwanese men’s working status at age 60 and above. We asked three questions: (1) Are Mainlanders more likely to retire earlier than non-Mainlanders? (2) Does working in the public versus the private sector affect the age of retirement and does this differ by ethnicity? (3)What factors determine retirement ages of two cohorts? Using chi-square and t-tests, results of a comparison of two cohorts (n = 1254 and n = 526 for the 1989 and 1996 cohorts, respectively) showed that being a Mainlander, being unmarried, older age, self-reported poor health, and functional limitation were associated with a higher likelihood of earlier retirement. In logistic regression models, public sector work mediated and moderated the effect of ethnicity on the likelihood of earlier retirement only in the older cohort, where Mainlander public sector workers had the greatest likelihood of earlier retirement, indicating that the incentive structure of public pensions contributes to earlier retirement. The results are consistent with cumulative advantage theory. To delay the retirement age for public sector workers, policymakers could reduce public pension incentives.

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