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Hidden costs of cuts: Austerity, civil service management and the motivation of public officials in Central and Eastern Europe after the crisis

European Journal of Government and Economics

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Title Hidden costs of cuts: Austerity, civil service management and the motivation of public officials in Central and Eastern Europe after the crisis
 
Creator Meyer-Sahling, Jan-Hinrik
Janta, Barbara
Reinholde, Iveta
van Stolk, Christian
 
Subject Economic crisis; Austerity; Civil service reform; Motivation; Central and Eastern Europe
H50; J30; D73
 
Description The implementation of austerity measures presents a dilemma for governments. While austerity measures such as cutbacks aim to reduce costs and enhance public sector efficiency, the same measures might undermine the motivation of employees and, consequently, the prospects of effectively implementing austerity programmes. Based on a survey of ministerial officials in Poland and Latvia, this article finds that the scale of cutbacks explains a larger decline of staff motivation in Latvia than in Poland. The article further shows that motivation was more likely to decrease after the crisis if austerity measures involved cutbacks such as staff reductions, recruitment freezes, and a reduction of training opportunities.
 
Publisher Europa Grande
 
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Date 2017-01-05
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
Peer-reviewed Article
 
Format application/pdf
 
Identifier http://www.ejge.org/index.php/ejge/article/view/94
 
Source European Journal of Government and Economics; Vol 5, No 2 (2016); 120-137
2254-7088
 
Language eng
 
Relation http://www.ejge.org/index.php/ejge/article/view/94/67
 
Rights Copyright (c) 2017 Jan-Hinrik Meyer-Sahling
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