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Has the Public Sector Retained its ‘Model Employer’ Status?

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  • Philip Morgan
  • Nigel Allington

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The authors investigate whether public sector organizations can still be considered ‘model employers’ as they were before the late 1970s. Comparisons are made with private sector human resource management (HRM) practices to determine how closely the ‘model employer’ rhetoric approximates the public sector reality. The article focuses on recent changes in the core and traditional non-traded areas of public sector employment funded directly through either central or local taxation—the National Health Service, central and local government and higher education. Objective quantitative data on public sector HRM practices and flexible work patterns are examined from both primary and secondary sources. Central to the discussion is the question of which sector offers the greater job security to employees.

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  • Philip Morgan & Nigel Allington, 2002. "Has the Public Sector Retained its ‘Model Employer’ Status?," Public Money & Management, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 22(1), pages 35-42, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:pubmmg:v:22:y:2002:i:1:p:35-42
    DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00294
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    2. Frank Wilkinson & Anna Bullock & Brendan Burchell & Suzanne J. Konzelmann & Roy Maneklow, 2007. "NHS Reforms and the Working Lives of Midwives and Physiotherapists," Working Papers wp344, Centre for Business Research, University of Cambridge.
    3. Linda Colley & Shelley Woods & Brian Head, 2022. "Pandemic effects on public service employment in Australia," The Economic and Labour Relations Review, , vol. 33(1), pages 56-79, March.
    4. Dan Coffey & Carole Thornley, 2014. "Shock, awe and continuity: Mrs Thatcher's legacy for the public sector," Industrial Relations Journal, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 45(3), pages 195-213, May.
    5. Tom Entwistle, 2005. "Why are Local Authorities Reluctant to Externalise (and Do They Have Good Reason)?," Environment and Planning C, , vol. 23(2), pages 191-206, April.

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