A symbiosis of civil service and politics in transfers: The case of Pakistan's management cadres

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Cyan, Musharraf Rasool; Pasha, Obed
• 署名单位: University System of Georgia; Georgia State University; University System of Ohio; Cleveland State University
• 刊物名称: PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0033-3298
• DOI: 10.1111/padm.12355
• 发表日期: 2017
• 页码: 1077-1091
• 关键词: Job rotation; public-service; state; POWER; politicization; bureaucracy; delivery

摘要

Job rotation is an important tool in public administration that is used to enhance learning and diversify experience among employees, while reducing opportunities for rent-seeking behaviour. The benefits of job rotation, however, may be reduced if carried out too frequently or for narrow partisan reasons. Frequent transfers and postings in a civil service characterized by life-long contracts negatively impact on-the-job learning, accountability for results, and incentives to acquire skills. This study examines the political and internal civil service determinants of frequent transfers in the civil service of Punjab, Pakistan. We employ Poisson panel estimations for 338 job positions for elite management cadres in Pakistan over a five-year period from 2006 to 2010. The analysis shows that a change in elected government and desirability of a position increase the frequency of transfers.