Mind the context gap: A critical review of engagement within the public sector and an agenda for future research

L Fletcher, C Bailey, K Alfes… - The International Journal of …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
In this review paper, we critically examine the evidence base relating to engagement within
the public sector given a wide range of public services have faced acute human resource …

The benefits of teleworking in the public sector: reality or rhetoric?

H De Vries, L Tummers… - Review of Public …, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
Many public organizations implement teleworking: an organizational innovation expected to
improve the working conditions of public servants. However, it is unclear to what extent …

Enabling middle managers as change agents: Why organisational support needs to change

F Buick, D Blackman, S Johnson - Australian Journal of Public …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Change efforts frequently fail to achieve their desired outcome with failure often attributed to
employee resistance to change. Literature on resistance indicates it can emerge from …

A change management perspective on public sector cutback management: Towards a framework for analysis

E Schmidt, S Groeneveld… - Public Management …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
The financial crisis forces public managers to implement cutbacks within their organization.
We argue that adopting a change management perspective contributes to our …

Well-being of public servants under pressure: The roles of job demands and personality traits in the health-impairment process

RT Borst, E Knies - Review of Public Personnel …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
The health-impairment process from job demands to lower well-being among public
servants is still understudied. This article therefore uses the Job Demands-Resources model …

Retaining talent in knowledge-intensive services: enhancing employee engagement through human resource, knowledge and change management

D Kossyva, G Theriou, V Aggelidis… - Journal of Knowledge …, 2024 - emerald.com
Purpose This study aims to explore talent retention in knowledge-intensive industries by
investigating the mediating processes between the existence and application of human …

Managing furloughs: How furlough policy and perceptions of fairness impact turnover intentions over time

AH Huffman, MD Albritton, RA Matthews… - … Journal of Human …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Given the increasing application of cutback strategies in the workplace, and an underlying
need to understand explanatory process at work, we investigated the effects of one cutback …

Promoting work engagement in public administrations: the role of middle managers' leadership

A Ancarani, F Arcidiacono, CD Mauro… - Public Management …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
This study aims at exploring the role of middle managers' leadership style in promoting work
engagement in public administrations. Building on leadership theory, the work engagement …

A conservation of resources perspective on public sector employee work engagement

A Brennan, T Garavan, T Egan… - European …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Research on how and when leader–member exchange (LMX) impacts work engagement in
different public sector contexts and categories of employees is scarce. Utilising conservation …

Do consistent government policies lead to greater meaningfulness and legitimacy on the front line?

N Van Engen, B Steijn, L Tummers - Public Administration, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
We investigate the impact of policy consistency on frontline workers' perceptions of policy
meaningfulness and legitimacy. The results from an experiment involving 779 teachers …