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Hybrids and Contradictions: Human Resource Management in the Contemporary Public Sector

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  • Linda Colley
  • Willy McCourt
  • Jennifer Waterhouse

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Public employment is a dynamic field of study, buffeted by the ever-changing and reforming public sector environment and by external events such as changing demographics and the global financial crisis. This first article to the special edition on contemporary public sector human resources provides a broad overview of recent developments, starting with the nature of public sector reforms and proceeding with analysis of the far-reaching effects on public employment. For many western countries, this has led to a hybrid model of old and new practices, with many internal contradictions and a confusing array of accountabilities. The new arrangements led to a de-privileging of public servants through reductions in merit and tenure. They also reduced the institutional capacity of central personnel institutions to co-ordinate and monitor public employment and public management. The article proceeds with a review of the implications of these changes in the face of new challenges such as skills shortages and economic pressures. This overview provides a backdrop for the variety of articles presented in the special edition. Peter Blunt, Mark Turner, and Henrik Lindroth's “Patronage, Service Delivery, and Social Justice in Indonesia” appears in the International Journal of Public Administration, Volume 35, Issue 3, 2013, pp. 214—220. doi:10.1080/01900692.2011.641050. It is related to this special issue's content.

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  • Linda Colley & Willy McCourt & Jennifer Waterhouse, 2012. "Hybrids and Contradictions: Human Resource Management in the Contemporary Public Sector," International Journal of Public Administration, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 35(8), pages 507-512.
  • Handle: RePEc:taf:lpadxx:v:35:y:2012:i:8:p:507-512
    DOI: 10.1080/01900692.2012.687958
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    1. Linda Colley & Sue Williamson & Meraiah Foley, 2021. "Understanding, ownership, or resistance: Explaining persistent gender inequality in public services," Gender, Work and Organization, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 28(1), pages 284-300, January.
    2. Geoff Plimmer & Sarah Proctor-Thomson & Noelle Donnelly & Dalice Sim, 2017. "The mistreatment of public service workers: identifying key risk and protective factors," Public Money & Management, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 37(5), pages 333-340, July.
    3. Tuula Heiskanen & Esa Jokinen, 2014. "Stability and Change of the Quality of Working Life in Restructuring Municipalities," Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, Springer, vol. 118(2), pages 579-599, September.

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