Download or read book Engaging Government Employees written by Robert Lavigna and published by AMACOM. This book was released on 2013-07-26 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With over three decades of experience in public sector HR, Bob Lavigna gives managers the tools they need to leverage the talents of government's most important resource: its people. You know firsthand that your government workers are not underworked, overpaid, or mindless clones just carrying out the morally compromised work that politicians forced through the pipeline. Besides having to daily overcome the persona of being a government employee, your hard-working employees face enormous pressures and challenges every day and are asked to solve some of our country’s toughest problems, including unemployment, security, poverty, and education. To be able to return to their desks daily with the passion and commitment required to accomplish these overwhelming duties will require a manager who knows how to leverage talent, improve performance, and inspire passion within these true servants. In Engaging Government Employees, you will learn: Why a highly engaged staff is 20 percent more productive How to get employees to deliver “discretionary effort” How to assess the level of engagement Why free pizza and Coke every Friday is not a viable strategy Engaging Government Employees rejects the typical one-size-fits-all approach to motivation. Drawing on a wealth of empirical evidence, this indispensable resource shows how America’s largest employer can apply the science of engagement to get team members passionate about the agency’s mission and committed to its success.

Download or read book Motivating Public Employees written by Marc Esteve and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2019-06-30 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What motivates public employees to work hard? This Element systematically reviews answers from public administration research. The authors locate this research in a novel two-dimensional typology, which shows that public employees can be motivated for other- and self-interested reasons and extrinsic (motivated by outcomes) and intrinsic (motivated by work itself) reasons. Public administration research sheds significant light on extrinsic motivators: working hard to help society (public service motivation), one's organization (organizational commitment) and oneself (financial incentives). Future research should focus on hitherto understudied motivators: symbolic rewards and intrinsic motivators, such as enjoyable work tasks, warm glow, and relatedness with colleagues. Supplementary material for this Element is available online.

Download or read book Public Sector Employee Empowerment and Its Impact on Employee Motivation and Performance written by Rafi Nazarian and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 39 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This paper reviews the literature on employee empowerment in the public sector workplace, with careful attention to the fundamental theoretical assumptions of the body of work and the empirical research on public sector employee motivation and its impact on job performance. This paper highlights important research findings relating to the adverse impacts of economic approaches and financial rewards as motivating incentives for public sector employees in government jobs to be applied as an HRM practice. It further outlines the positive attributes of motivating public employees intrinsically. This study contributes to our understanding of the differences between public and private sector motivational strategies by demonstrating that, public sector employees are generally less extrinsically motivated. The current psychological research on employee motivation in the public sector developed in the literature review emphasizes on the importance of social cognitive theories and practices, such as the application of goal commitment and goal-setting theory, self-affirmation, P-O Fit theory, work autonomy, and transformational leadership as the most effective avenues for public administrators to empower and motivate government employees. Using an explanatory research design, the specific question this research aims to explore is whether or not employee empowerment programs are effective in terms of motivating employees and ultimately enhancing employee job performance in the City of Glendale.

Download or read book The Public Sector Employee and the Motivation in Serving for the Greater Good of Humanity written by Nelly Sosa Castellanos and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An individual who takes a career path in the public sector contributes to the purpose of organizing, enforcing and shepherding the agencies that administer the laws and regulations that give breath to the public organizations that exists. The existence of public administration is for public servants to fulfill the paramount responsibility for human lives, providing a care that will result in a positive impact to society. Whether the amount of responsibility is a small community, city, county, state or an entire country, public sector employees enter this field with some personal connection and value to public service ethos. Awareness that one can contribute for the greater good of society and get income from doing so can be both inspiring and rewarding. Public Service Motivation (PSM) is a fundamental element in public sector organizations. A gap in PSM literature exists in studying current motivation levels of public service employees in social service organizations. Welfare offices such as The Department of Public Social Services in Los Angeles County form part of the various branches of government organizations and can potentially provide fruitful data regarding PSM. Study of PSM within this organization will contribute and form part as another scholarly work in understanding motivation in government organizations. In addition, this study will provide public organizations an opportunity of self-reflection to discover what factors are needed to improve public organizations, motivating public servants for recruitment and retention purposes.

Download or read book Motivation in Public Management written by James L. Perry and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2008-05-15 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Are public servants self-interested, or motivated by a sense of duty and commitment far above what we would expect given their often modest compensation and frequent public criticism? This book looks at research on this and related questions in assessing the current state of our scientific knowledge.

Download or read book Managing Government Employees written by Stewart Liff and published by Amacom Books. This book was released on 2007 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Even the most dedicated, competent government managers can feel overwhelmed when it comes to motivating and managing their employees. And while they strive for excellence in themselves and in their team, many feel that stringent and convoluted regulations mean their hands are tied when it comes to developing their people. but the truth is that with the right strategies and skills, you can inspire superior performance from your employees - both consistently and effectively. Managing Government Employees offers dozens of techniques for meeting the challenges and stressful situations supervisors face on a daily basis. With the same award-winning tactics that he has learned and applied during his years as a manager in various government agencies, Stewart Liff provides the perfect antidote for managers frustrated by government bureaucracy.

Download or read book Motivating Public Sector Employees written by Bobby Scott Myers and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Public Sector Performance written by Richard Kearney and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-03-05 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Confronted with rising citizen discontent, the Reinventing Government movement, and new technological challenges, public organizations everywhere are seeking means of improving their performance. Their quest is not new, rather, the concern with improving the performance of government organizations has existed since the Scientific Management Movement. Public Sector Performance brings together in a single volume the classic, enduring principles and processes that have defined the field of public sector performance, as written in the words of leading practitioners and scholars. Taken as a whole, this volume provides a performance compass for today's public managers, helping them to reconstruct the public's confidence in, and support of, government.Defined here as managing public organizations for outcomes, performance is examined in all its varied dimensions: organizing work, managing workers, measuring performance, and overcoming resistance to performance-enhancing innovations. The selected articles are interesting, thought provoking, and instructive. They are classics in that they have been widely cited in the scholarly literature and have enduring value to public managers who seek to understand the many dimensions of performance. The book is organized into three sections: Performance Foundations, Performance Strategies, and Performance Measurement. Excerpts from additional selected articles feature special topics and wisdom from performance experts.

Download or read book The Role of Motivation on Employee Performance in Public Organization A Case of Ministry of National Development Planning Hargeisa Somaliland written by Mumin Omar and published by GRIN Verlag. This book was released on 2019-06-12 with total page 70 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Academic Paper from the year 2017 in the subject Business economics - Personnel and Organisation, , course: Thesis, language: English, abstract: The purpose of this study was to investigate the role of motivation on employee performance in public organization: a case of ministry of national development planning Hargeisa, Somaliland. This study guided by the following research questions. To determine the methods used by employers to motivate employees in the MoNDP, to know the extent that extrinsic motivation affects employees’ performance in the MoNDP, To examine how intrinsic motivation affect employees’ performance in the MoNDP, To identify how motivation link with employee work performance. This study adopted a descriptive research design. The population of the study was 90 employees’ of the MoNDP. A census sampling was done and so the 90 employees constituted the sample size. A structured questionnaire was used to collect the data. The questionnaire was to administer by the researcher. The completed questionnaires were edited for completeness. The data were analyzed using the statistical package for social sciences (SPSS) computer package. The data were interpreted using descriptive statistics through frequencies, percentages and correlation analysis. The findings were presented in the form of tables and figures. The study found out that the ministry uses many different tools to motivate its employees. These include; payments on time, employee rotation within the ministry and salary provision. However, the study also found out that NDP does not use provide fringe benefits to its employees. It was also found out that ministry doesn’t pay its workers according to the amount of work they have done also when employees meet targets ministry doesn’t provide bonuses the ministry does not carry out training of its employees. The study also found out that the organization does not make sure that that employee's work is challenging or involve them in decision making as a way of motivating them. The research results indicated that there is a positive correlation between motivation and work performance. This means that changes in one variable are strongly correlated with changes in the second variable. Pearson’s r is .440**. This number is very close to one. For this reason, we can conclude that there is a strong relationship between motivation and employee performance variables

Download or read book Public Management and Performance written by Richard M. Walker and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2012-11-29 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Public services touch the majority of people in advanced and developing economies on a daily basis: children require schooling, the elderly need personal care and assistance, rubbish needs collecting, water must be safe to drink and the streets need policing. In short, there is practically no area of our lives that isn't touched in some way by public services. As such, knowledge about strategies to improve their performance is central to the good of society. In this book, a group of leading scholars examine some of the most pressing issues in public administration, political science and public policy by undertaking a systematic review of the research literature on public management and the performance of public agencies. It is an important resource for public management researchers, policy-makers and practitioners who wish to understand the current state of the field and the challenges that lie ahead.

Download or read book One More Time written by Frederick Herzberg and published by Harvard Business Review Press. This book was released on 2008-07-14 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Imagine overseeing a workforce so motivated that employees relish more hours of work, shoulder more responsibility themselves; and favor challenging jobs over paychecks or bonuses. In One More Time: How Do You Motivate Employees? Frederick Herzberg shows managers how to shift from relying on extrinsic incentives to activating the real drivers of high performance: interesting, challenging work and the opportunity to continually achieve and grow into greater responsibility. The results? An ultramotivated workforce. Since 1922, Harvard Business Review has been a leading source of breakthrough management ideas-many of which still speak to and influence us today. The Harvard Business Review Classics series now offers readers the opportunity to make these seminal pieces a part of your permanent management library. Each highly readable volume contains a groundbreaking idea that continues to shape best practices and inspire countless managers around the world-and will have a direct impact on you today and for years to come.

Download or read book Public Sector Employee Motivation written by Rebecca Bernstorff and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 31 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As the millennial generation is beginning to dominate the workforce, organizations in the public sector are facing challenges in hiring new talent. With the competition of the private sector, the public sector must consider updating the current stale structure of public organizations as it relates to employee motivation and retention. Based on millennial characteristics, the current motivational tactics in the public sector may not be appealing as graduate students look towards career paths. By reviewing previous research and studies on the themes of public sector leadership, intrinsic and extrinsic rewards, the availability of employee resources and the generational adaptability in the workplace, assumptions can be drawn on what exactly motivates people to join the public sector and retain talent. By surveying populations of the general public, graduate students, and City employees, conclusions can be drawn on the impact of motivational factors in the public sector.

Download or read book Motivation Techniques and Burnout written by William Robert Sloane and published by . This book was released on 2022 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Burnout and employee turnover poses a major threat to a public organization's ability to provide consistent and effective services, along with potential financial losses. The dramatic increase in burnout in the public sector over the past two decades has triggered new drives for more research on the issue as well as modern solutions to mitigate the issue and increase employee retention. Peer-reviewed articles sourced from the California State University, Northridge's University Library Database were used to explore solutions to employee burnout and turnover. Solutions to burnout and employee turnover seem connected to intrinsic motivation, public service motivation (PSM), and social support from transformational leaders and human resource practices. These factors are examined through the Job Demands-Resources model. It was found that by utilizing social support, public sector motivation (PSM), creating intrinsically rewarding work, implementing high commitment human resource practices (HCHRP), and increasing transformational leadership that burnout and employee turnover can be mitigated and resulted in more engaged and motivated employees.

Download or read book Motivation in Public Management written by James L. Perry and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2008-05-15 with total page 347 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Motivation in Public Management: The Call of Public Service joins a long-standing debate about what drives the behavior of government employees and others who are engaged in the public's business. For many centuries, public service was considered a noble calling and, more recently, a profession. During the latter part of the 20th century, however, many scholars called into question both the reality and desirability of a public service ethic. This book draws upon a substantial and growing body of evidence from across disciplines in the social, behavioral, and natural sciences. It asks and answers key questions about the extent to which behavior is fundamentally self- or other-regarding. To paraphrase James Madison, 'public servants are not angels,' but neither are they self-aggrandizing opportunists. The evidence presented in this volume offers a compelling case that motivation theory should be grounded not only in rational choice models, but altruistic and prosocial perspectives as well. In addition to reviewing evidence from many disciplines, the volume extensively reviews research in public management conducted under the rubric of 'public service motivation'. The volume is a comprehensive guide to history, methodology, empirical research, and institutional and managerial implications of research on public service motivation. As the contributors illustrate, the implications transcend particular sectors or countries.

Download or read book Motivating Public Sector Employees written by Yair Re'em and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Motivating Public Sector Employees written by Konstantinios Koronios and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 7 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Purpose: The object of this research is to investigate work motivating factors in the public sector in Greece, as well as to study demographic attributes, placing emphasis on age and gender as determinants of employee motives. Design/methodology/approach: To answer our research questions, a questionnaire was distributed at the beginning of 2015 to a public - sector organization in central Greece. A total of 318 anonymous survey responses were collected and analysed with SPSS. Findings: In the public organization under survey, the leading employee motives are an increase in salaries, opportunities for hierarchical advancement in the organization, as well as the development of personal skills. Moreover, motivational differences are noted among Baby Boomers, Generation X and Generation Y. Research limitations/implications: As the present study has been conducted on a single public organization, awareness should be raised as far as the generalizability of the results providing useful insights for further exploration. Originality/value: Limited research has been conducted in the Greek public sector comparing motives among generations.

Download or read book Motivations for Continued Employment written by Abraham Dzvairo and published by LAP Lambert Academic Publishing. This book was released on 2014-03 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Managers in different public sector organizations need to understand employee motivation for them to be effective. Different stakeholders with interest in the public sector also need to understand employee motivation. Many people may ask the following questions; Why do organizations need motivated employees? Why is it that some employees are motivated to continue with employment even in struggling economies while others look for greener pastures. This book provides some answers to these questions. Employee needs and motivation is the primary focus of many managers. Motivating employees can be one of the most complex function performed by managers especially in an economic environment characterized by high brain drain.As a stakeholder or anyone with interests in understanding public sector employee motivation, it is worthwhile to read this book.