Politicization, bureaucratic closedness in personnel policy, and turnover intention

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Suzuki, Kohei; Hur, Hyunkang
• 署名单位: Leiden University; Leiden University - Excl LUMC; Indiana University System; Indiana University Kokomo
• 刊物名称: GOVERNANCE-AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF POLICY ADMINISTRATION AND INSTITUTIONS
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0952-1895
• DOI: 10.1111/gove.12821
• 发表日期: 2024
• 关键词: ORGANIZATIONAL PERFORMANCE; EMPLOYEE TURNOVER; VOLUNTARY TURNOVER; procedural justice; civil-service; federal-government; PAY SATISFACTION; SOCIAL-EXCHANGE; MODERATING ROLE; child-welfare

摘要

Previous studies have identified individual and organizational factors that influence the turnover intentions of bureaucrats. However, they have overlooked how the type of national bureaucracy influences turnover intention. Combining data sets on macro-level bureaucratic structures and individual civil servants, we examine how bureaucratic politicization and closedness are associated with the turnover intentions of bureaucrats in 36 countries. Our analysis indicates that there is large cross-national variation in turnover intention, and that bureaucratic structures matter as one of the predictors of turnover intention. Public servants working in more closed and regulated bureaucracies exhibit lower turnover intention. We also find that public servants working in more politicized bureaucracies (in which personnel decisions are made via political connections) have lower turnover intention than those working in more merit-based systems. Such low turnover intention in politicized bureaucracies may be explained by the characteristics of patronage appointments in which public jobs are distributed based on personal or political loyalty.