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SPALR Student Paper: Organizational Culture and New York State Employees' Work-Family Conflict: Gender Differences in Balancing Work and Family Responsibilities
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Linking Employee Assessments to Succession Planning
No full textDue to widespread downsizing and an aging workforce, succession planning is rapidly becoming a key strategic planning tool for human resource management and for improving government performance and accountability. The purpose of this paper is to offer ideas on the connection between employee assessments and succession planning. After describing links between employee assessment and succession planning, the paper presents results from a survey designed to measure employee attitudes toward career development and perceptions of succession planning at the Nevada Operations Office of the Department of Energy. The paper analyzes how employee assessment procedures can take into account career development, training needs, retirement plans, workforce diversity, succession planning and mentoring programs. Last, the significance of employee assessment procedures for facilitating succession planning management decisions that comply with organizational objectives as well as strategic workforce plans is discussed.1
A Case Study of Local Electronic-Government Performance in South Korea: Do Leadership and Management for Results Matter
No full textThis study explores the influence of executive e-government leadership, management capacity, and management for results on employees’ perceptions of electronicgovernment performance in a local district in the Seoul Metropolitan Government, South Korea. The key finding from this study is that executive e-government leadership, management for results, IT capacity, and employee commitment are all important factors affecting employee perceptions of local e-government performance. The mayor’s e-government leadership in terms of communicating a clear vision for egovernment innovation and IT capacity are positively associated with employees’ perceptions of e-government service quality, transparency, and cost-efficiency. This study also found that employees’ identification commitment with the organization is positively associated with their perceptions of e-government service quality and transparency. Furthermore, the results of this study indicate that management for results is the most significant factor affecting the perceived performance of egovernment. Lessons and implications of this study for future studies of e-government performance are presented.1
Perceived Impacts of Family Leave Policy: Do Organizational Factors Matter?
No full textA pressing public management concern, as we move into the 21st century, is the ability of employees to balance their commitments to both work and family. Despite some recent studies that point toward the importance of organizational culture and management support for family leave policy, a significant gap remains in our understanding of the contextual and organizational factors that contribute to the success or failure of such a policy in public organizations. How do organizational factors affect the implementation of family leave policy? This case study finds that work units' support and teamwork management are associated with employee perceptions regarding the positive impacts of family leave on organizational commitment, work satisfaction, reduced work stress, and productivity. In addition, the results of stakeholder interviews show that supervisors' support and personnel administrators' commitments to family leave policy facilitate the Implementation of family leave. A discussion of the implications of the findings from this study for public personnel management and organizational leadership concludes the paper.1
The impact of Human Resource Management on State Government IT Employee Turnover Intentions
No full textThis study analyzes the impact of human resource management on state government IT employee turnover intentions. The results of a survey of state government IT employees show that promotion and advancement opportunities, training and development, supervisory communications, pay and reward satisfaction, and family-friendly policies are all significant variables affecting turnover intentions among state government IT employees. The availability of diverse family-friendly policies was the most significant factor affecting female IT employees' turnover intentions. The data strongly suggest that executive leaders, managers of IT departments, and human resource managers need to acknowledge these factors when addressing the issues of employee voluntary turnover and turnover intentions.1
Public Trust in Government in Japan and South Korea : Does the Rise of Critical Citizens Matter?
No full textBased on the Asia Barometer Survey of 2003, 2004, and 2006, government performance, citizen empowerment, and citizen satisfaction with self‐expression values are associated with public trust in government in Japan and South Korea. This study finds, first, that government performance on the economy, controlling political corruption, the quality of public services, crime, and attention to citizen input are significantly associated with broad public trust in government in both Japan and South Korea. Likewise, citizens’ satisfaction with their right to gather and demonstrate and to criticize the government is closely connected to trust in central and local governments in Japan. In South Korea, citizens’ satisfaction with their right to gather and demonstrate is intimately linked to trust in local government. Implications for government leadership to enhance performance, transparency, citizen participation, and public trust in government are analyzed and elaborated upon in this insightful study.1
Participative Management and Job Satisfaction: Lessons for Management Leadership
No full textResearchers and practitioners in both the public and private sectors agree that participative management improves employees' job satisfaction. Public agencies have also turned to strategic planning to enhance government performance and accountability. This study explores the relationship between participative management in the context of the strategic planning and job satisfaction in local government agencies. The results of multiple regression analysis show that managers' use of a participative management style and employees' perceptions of participative strategic planning processes are positively associated with high levels of job satisfaction. The study also finds that effective supervisory communications in the context of the strategic planning process are positively associated with high levels of job satisfaction. The study suggests that participative management that incorporates effective supervisory communications can enhance employees' job satisfaction. In this regard, organizational leaders in the public sector should emphasize changing organizational culture from the traditional pattern of hierarchical structure to participative management and empowerment.1
Toward Understanding Family Leave Policy in Public Organizations: Family Leave Use and Conceptual Framework for the Family Leave Implementation Process
No full textThis article analyzes New York State employees' family and medical leave use under the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) and presents a conceptual framework to examine organizational factors affecting the implementation process of family leave in public organizations. Several propositions are suggested for future empirical research. The article emphasizes the importance of organizational leadership and organizational culture to facilitate the implementation of family leave in public organizations.1
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