scholarly journals The Role of Retiree Health Insurance in the Early Retirement of Public Sector Employees

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Shoven ◽  
Sita Slavov
Keyword(s):  
Health Insurance ◽  
Public Sector ◽  
Early Retirement ◽  
Public Sector Employees ◽  
Retiree Health Insurance

Psychological Safety, Need for Cognition, and Proactivity among Public Sector Employees

2019 ◽  
Vol 34 (2) ◽  
pp. 99-126
Author(s):  
Kim Byeongjo
Keyword(s):  
Public Sector ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Psychological Safety ◽  
Need For Cognition ◽  
Work Behavior ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Proactive Behavior ◽  
Two Samples ◽  
Public Sector Employees

While employee proactivity has been hailed in management literature as a critical characteristic enabling an organization to accomplish its goals, little is known about how public sector employees exert proactivity at work. This study examines the effect of individual and contextual factors that enhance proactive work behavior among public sector employees. Using two samples of nonprofit hospital employees and part-time graduate students working in the public sector, we investigate the role of the need for cognition and psychological safety in promoting proactive behavior at work. We also examine the mediating role of self-efficacy in the relationship between the two antecedents and proactive behavior. We first confirm the measurement invariance across two samples and then examine hypothesized relationships using structural equation modeling. Our results show that both the need for cognition and perceived psychological safety promote proactive behavior through the mediation of employee’s role breadth self-efficacy.

HOW AND WHEN DOES JOB CHALLENGE PROMOTE THE INNOVATIVE BEHAVIOUR OF PUBLIC SECTOR EMPLOYEES?

2021 ◽  
pp. 2150069
Author(s):  
SHAKER BANI-MELHEM ◽  
RAWAN ABUKHAIT ◽  
FARIDAHWATI MOHD. SHAMSUDIN ◽  
MOHD AHMAD AL-HAWARI
Keyword(s):  
Public Sector ◽  
Intrinsic Motivation ◽  
Critical Role ◽  
The Public ◽  
Moderated Mediation Model ◽  
Public Sector Employees ◽  
Innovative Behaviour ◽  
Managerial Implications ◽  
Time Lagged

Previous research is inconclusive about when and how job challenge affects innovative behaviour. To address this inconsistency, we primarily draw on the job characteristics theory (JCT) and job demands–resources model (JD–R model) to examine the effect of job challenge on intrinsic motivation and employee innovative behaviour as well as the moderating role of supervisor coaching behaviour. We employ a time-lagged research design to collect data from 318 public sector employees in the UAE. Our finding offers support for a moderated mediation model in which job challenge has a positive and significant effect on innovative behaviour. The study also shows that the association between job challenge and innovative behaviour via intrinsic motivation is stronger under high supervisor coaching behaviour. The findings provide prescriptive insights into the critical role that supervisor coaching behaviours play in clarifying when and how job challenge affects innovative behaviour and indicate relevant managerial implications aimed at encouraging innovative behaviour in the public sector.

scholarly journals Illuminating the Gender Divide in Public Sector Innovation: Evidence From the Australian Public Service

2017 ◽  
Vol 47 (2) ◽  
pp. 175-194 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wouter van Acker ◽  
Jan Wynen ◽  
Sophie Op de Beeck
Keyword(s):  
Public Sector ◽  
Work Environment ◽  
Innovation Process ◽  
Length Of Service ◽  
The Public ◽  
Public Sector Innovation ◽  
Public Sector Employees ◽  
Red Tape ◽  
Innovation Climate

Like many other aspects of the work environment, “innovation” is a gendered term that creates a barrier to women taking part in innovation processes and, in particular, in male-dominated and “masculine” industries. This article looks into the role of gender, as well as other potential determinants, in explaining differences in the perceived innovation climate for public sector employees. This innovation climate depicts the opportunities and support employees receive with creating, promoting, and implementing innovative ideas in the workplace. Even though the public sector is often regarded as a more “feminine” work environment, our results show that women feel less encouraged in the innovation process when compared with men. Moreover, length of service and red tape appear to have a detrimental effect on individuals’ experiences of the innovation climate.

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