Linking Management Reform with Employee Job Satisfaction: Evidence from Federal Agencies

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Yang, Kaifeng; Kassekert, Anthony
• 署名单位: State University System of Florida; Florida State University
• 刊物名称: JOURNAL OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION RESEARCH AND THEORY
• ISSN/ISSBN: 1053-1858
• DOI: 10.1093/jopart/mup010
• 发表日期: 2010
• 页码: 413-436
• 关键词: pay-for-performance; civil-service; organizational performance; Political environment; public organizations; goal ambiguity; trust; turnover; outcomes; determinants

摘要

Recent public management literature has emphasized the influence of public sector characteristics on employee attitudes, behaviors, and performance. This article assesses how recent management reforms, such as contracting out, civil service overhaul (also known as Title 5 exemptions or removal of civil service protections), and managing for results are associated with employee job satisfaction in the federal government. Using the Federal Human Capital Survey 2006 dataset, this article finds that contracting out and Title 5 exemption are negatively related to job satisfaction. Managing for results, operationalized as perceived performance orientation and innovative culture, is positively related to job satisfaction, but the relationship is moderated by employees' trust in leadership and their perceptions of the effectiveness and fairness of performance appraisal.