scholarly journals The Relationship Between Public and Private Sector Wages in Alberta

2005 ◽  
Vol 30 (2) ◽  
pp. 217-227
Author(s):  
Gene Swimmer ◽  
C. B. Williams
Keyword(s):  
Private Sector ◽  
Public Service ◽  
Civil Service ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Public And Private Sector ◽  
Employment Sectors ◽  
Leader Role ◽  
The Relationship

The purpose of this study is to determine the nature and magnitude of any relationship between wage and salary changes in specified occupational classifications within the Alberta Civil Service and wage and salary changes in similar occupational classes in Alberta industry. In particular, the possibility of the « leader » role that public service wage and salary changes may play in the determination of occupational wage and salaries in other employment sectors within the Province of Alberta will be articulated.

scholarly journals Public Service Employee Motivation Issues in Georgia

2018 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 49-55
Author(s):  
Salome Sakvarelidze
Keyword(s):  
Public Service ◽  
Employee Motivation ◽  
Modern Human ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Service Employees ◽  
Essential Condition ◽  
The Public ◽  
Public Managers ◽  
Public And Private Sector

Abstract The motivated employee represents the essential condition of any organization’s success. Public and private sector managers should constantly work toward coordinating and increasing employee motivation in order to ensure the timely and effective implementation of the plans set by the organization. Accordingly, proper assessment of processes and prompt determination of individuals’ driving motives are needed. Studies have shown that public service employees from all around the world face challenges, such as: incompatibility of knowledge, experience and position, as well as hard and lightweight work. Consequently, public managers should be aware of modern human resource management methods that can be used in effective and efficient ways to increase employee work quality. The main purpose of the paper is to determine the current situation of the public sector in Georgia. In addition, the research seeks to identify and examine the factors that influence employee demotivation and to determine under what conditions motivation can be a worthwhile investment in a public organizations. Methodologically, the work is based on analysis of the available literature and the results of the research statistically processed based on the survey example of 449 respondents from different Georgian ministries selected by a random simple.

scholarly journals Public and private sector nudgers can learn from each other

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 235-245
Author(s):  
LEIGH CALDWELL
Keyword(s):  
Public Policy ◽  
Private Sector ◽  
Civil Service ◽  
The Other ◽  
Success Story ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Behavioural Insights ◽  
Parallel Group ◽  
Public And Private Sector

AbstractThe application of behavioural insights to public policy has been a success story of recent years, in academia and in the civil service. Alongside this, a parallel group of practitioners has emerged, using the same underlying research to pursue commercial and marketing goals. Although the objectives are mostly different, many of the approaches are similar. This article contrasts public and private sector approaches and highlights lessons each group can learn from the other.

scholarly journals Staff‐Prisoner Relationships, Staff Professionalism, and the Use of Authority in Public‐ and Private‐Sector Prisons

2015 ◽  
Vol 40 (02) ◽  
pp. 309-344 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ben Crewe ◽  
Alison Liebling ◽  
Susie Hulley
Keyword(s):  
Private Sector ◽  
Public Service ◽  
Service Provision ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Frontline Staff ◽  
The Public ◽  
Private Prison ◽  
Public And Private Sector ◽  
Specific Impact

Prison privatization has generally been associated with developments in neoliberal punishment. However, relatively little is known about the specific impact of privatization on the daily life of prisoners, including areas that are particularly salient not just to debates about neoliberal penality, but the wider reconfiguration of public service provision and frontline work. Drawing on a study of values, practices, and quality of life in five private‐sector and two public‐sector prisons in England and Wales, this article seeks to compare and explain three key domains of prison culture and quality: relationships between frontline staff and prisoners, levels of staff professionalism (or jailcraft), and prisoners' experience of state authority. The study identifies some of the characteristic strengths and weaknesses of the public and private prison sectors, particularly in relation to staff professionalism and its impact on the prisoner experience. These findings have relevance beyond the sphere of prisons and punishment.

scholarly journals Public Service Motivation among Indonesian Employees: a Critical Review Toward the Psm Theory

2015 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 133
Author(s):  
Syamsir Syamsir
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Private Sector ◽  
Public Service ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Public Service Motivation ◽  
Cultural Dimensions ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Public And Private Sector

Public Service Motivation (PSM) is still a new concept in public administration theory. As a nascent theory, it needs to be proved with any contexts and cases of many countries around the world, especially developing countries that might have different contexts related to cultures, beliefs, views on the importance of financial rewards, etc. So far, most PSM research focuses more on comparisons between public and private employees in the Western and developed countries. There is almost no study about the PSM in developing countries. In addition, most of PSM theories tended to generalize the assumptions of the PSM among employees and often ignore cultural dimensions in their analysis. There is an impression that PSM theories are cross-culturally viable. This study examined the application of the PSM theories in Indonesia as a developing country, especially in Padang West Sumatera. Rational choice theories and the other PSM theories had been used in analyzing the finding of this study. Using t-test on responses by 417 respondents of public and 201 of private sector employees, this study tested the difference of PSM levels between the two sector employees. The findings of this study indicated that there is a significant difference in the level of PSM between public and private sector employees in Padang West Sumatera. The level of PSM of public employees tends to be lower than that of private sector. The results of this study imply that PSM theory is not cross-culturally viable.

scholarly journals Cognitive processes, rewards and online knowledge sharing behaviour: the moderating effect of organisational innovation

2020 ◽  
Vol 24 (6) ◽  
pp. 1241-1261 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tuyet-Mai Nguyen ◽  
Ashish Malik
Keyword(s):  
Private Sector ◽  
Knowledge Sharing ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Moderating Effects ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Intrinsic Rewards ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Organisational Innovation ◽  
Public And Private Sector ◽  
The Relationship

Purpose Online knowledge sharing is a critical process for maintaining organisational competitive advantage. This paper aims to develop a new conceptual framework that investigates the moderating impacts of innovation on self-efficacy, extrinsic and intrinsic rewards on employees’ online knowledge sharing behaviour in public and private sector companies. Design/methodology/approach This research analysed 200 responses to test the moderating effects of organisational innovation on the relationship between self-efficacy and rewards and online knowledge sharing behviours. The analysis was carried out using component-based partial least squares (PLS) approach and SmartPLS 3 software. Findings The results reveal that self-efficacy significantly affects online knowledge sharing behaviour in firms, regardless of the organisation type. Extrinsic rewards encourage employees in private companies to share knowledge online, whereas intrinsic rewards work effectively in public companies. Additionally, the study found the moderating role of organisational innovation in examining the relationship between rewards and online knowledge sharing behaviour. Research limitations/implications Future research may consider different dimensions such as knowledge donating and collecting behaviours as well as motives, such as self-enjoyment, reciprocity or social interaction ties, which may be investigated to get a deeper understanding of online knowledge sharing behaviour. Practical implications Firms must tailor training and rewards to suit employees’ abilities and needs so as to align with organisation type and innovation. Originality/value The study’s distinctive contribution is the under-researched context of Vietnamese public and private sector banks for investigating the moderating effects of organisational innovation on micro and meso factors on online knowledge sharing behaviour.

Measuring patients’ healthcare service quality perceptions, satisfaction, and loyalty in public and private sector hospitals in Pakistan

2016 ◽  
Vol 33 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
Asma Shabbir ◽  
Shahab Alam Malik ◽  
Shujah Alam Malik
Keyword(s):  
Patient Satisfaction ◽  
Service Quality ◽  
Private Sector ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Perceived Service Quality ◽  
Patient Loyalty ◽  
Public And Private Sector ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Practical Implications

Purpose This study aims to explore the relationship between healthcare perceived service quality (HCSQ) and patient loyalty. Mediating role of patient satisfaction is also assessed between HCSQ and patient loyalty. Design/methodology/approach A sample of 600 was gathered using stratified random sampling technique from inpatients of public and private sector hospitals of Pakistan through self-administered questionnaire, and was analyzed through regression analysis. Findings Findings indicate that healthcare perceived service quality has a significant positive effect on patients’ loyalty. Patient satisfaction also mediates the relationship between HCSQ and patient loyalty. Findings state that there is a significant difference between HCSQ which is perceived by the patients of both public and private sector hospitals. Differences suggest that the patients of private sector hospitals were found more satisfied than their counterparts. Practical implications The results indicate that hospital managers should have knowledge about the perceptions and satisfaction of patients as it leads to a step towards introducing reforms in the quality of healthcare sector. Originality/value No such particular research in literature has been made earlier in Pakistan’s context which has assessed the perceptions of patients in terms of HCSQ dimensions as being addressed in this study. Thus, this study endeavors to fill that gap in terms of measuring healthcare services provided by both public and private sector hospitals. Outcomes of this study will enable hospitals’ managers to get a better understanding towards stronger as well as weaker aspects of service quality, and will help in observing factors which contribute towards patients’ satisfaction and patient loyalty in building long term relationships between hospital and patients.

Politics of Expertise

2016 ◽  
Vol 36 (4) ◽  
pp. 451-464 ◽  
Author(s):  
Orly Linovski
Keyword(s):  
Public Sector ◽  
Private Sector ◽  
Urban Design ◽  
Professional Expertise ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Two Cities ◽  
Design Projects ◽  
Public And Private Sector ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Regulatory Knowledge

This research assesses how professional expertise is constructed and deployed by public and private sector practitioners. In-depth case studies of urban design projects in two cities with differing local government capacities are used to critically examine professional expertise. The study finds that the expertise of consultants was portrayed as more creative and innovative, less constrained by bureaucratic and political contexts, and more knowledgeable of market conditions. In contrast, descriptions of public employee expertise often focused on regulatory knowledge. This study analyzes the relationship between limited public sector capacity and these constructions of expertise—and the implications for professional practices.

The Relationship Between Islamic Work Ethic and Public Service Motivation

2021 ◽  
pp. 009539972199833
Author(s):  
Hemin Ali Hassan ◽  
Ahmad Bayiz Ahmad
Keyword(s):  
Private Sector ◽  
Public Service ◽  
Work Ethic ◽  
Public Service Motivation ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Private Organizations ◽  
Islamic Work Ethic ◽  
Public And Private Sector ◽  
The Impact

The purpose of this article is to examine the differences between public and private sector employees’ public service motivation (PSM) levels and also examine the impact of Islamic work ethic (IWE) as a potential antecedent of PSM in a non-Western setting. This quantitative investigation is based on a sample of 419 employees in 13 public and private organizations in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KRI). Independent t test results reveal no statistically significant differences in PSM level between public and private sector employees. The analysis of the data also reveals that PSM is significantly influenced by IWE. Implications and avenues for future research are discussed.

scholarly journals Empirical Evidence of Forensic Auditing and Whistleblower on Fraud Control, Organizational Performance; A Case Study of Public and Private Sectors of Pakistan

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 937-947
Author(s):  
Waqar Dilshad ◽  
Muhammad Irfan ◽  
Syed Muhammad Kamran Javed ◽  
Zeenat Aftab
Keyword(s):  
Private Sector ◽  
Organizational Performance ◽  
Survey Design ◽  
Organization Performance ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Whistle Blowing ◽  
The Public ◽  
Cost Constraints ◽  
Public And Private Sector ◽  
The Relationship

Aim of the Study: Fraud proceeds to be a genuine obstacle to the survival and fruitful operations in business organizations hence requiring that they create vigorous measures to as much as conceivable diminish the event. The over required the require for this think about which examined the relationship between forensic and the whistle blowing of fraud control and organization performance within the public and private sector in Pakistan. Forensic reviewing may be a quickly developing field of bookkeeping that includes an investigative fashion of bookkeeping utilized to disclose the exercises of people or the corporate sector. Pakistan public and private sectors are more vulnerable to fraud these days. This article evaluates the relationship between forensic audit or whistle blowing on fraud control and organization performance in the public or private sector and assessed the most effective relationship between whistle blowing and forensic auditing as it regards fraud unearthing. Research Methodology: The research will embrace the deductive approach under positivism paradigm. The study adopted a survey design of research in cross-section.Data Analysis:For data collection, 230 questionnaires distributed to financial public and private sectors and 211 questionnaires were got completed. Females were 24 of 211 (f=11.4%) and males were 187 of 211 (f= 88.6%) . data were analyzed using Correlation and regression techniques by SPSS 20. The findings forensic audit and whistle blowing has a positive relationship with fraud control and organization performance.Conclusion and Recommendation:The study was conducted in Multan, Pakistan due to time and cost constraints. The forensic audit should be included in the statutory audit. Forensic auditors should be included in during audit in the audit team. Professional accounting bodies in Pakistan should train their members to become forensic auditors. Forensic auditing should be made a field of specialization in our higher institution especially in the postgraduate school and business institutions.

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