{"title":"Book Review: Managing Gender Inequity in Academia: A Guide for Faculty and Administrators in Public Affairs Programs Scutelnicu TodoranG. (2024). Managing Gender Inequity in Academia: A Guide for Faculty and Administrators in Public Affairs Programs (1st ed.). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003295204","authors":"Jyoti Aggarwal, Ahmed Rafi","doi":"10.1177/0734371x261421168","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/0734371x261421168","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":47609,"journal":{"name":"Review of Public Personnel Administration","volume":"190 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2026-02-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146778714","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Chih-Wei Hsieh, Daan Wang, Yujing He, Dennis William Hsieh
{"title":"Comparative Analysis of Generative Artificial Intelligence in Evaluating Candidate Attributes for Public Employment: East Versus West","authors":"Chih-Wei Hsieh, Daan Wang, Yujing He, Dennis William Hsieh","doi":"10.1177/0734371x261417717","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/0734371x261417717","url":null,"abstract":"This study examines the applicability of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) in public employee selection. Our interest in how cultural differences influence GenAI outputs leads us to compare OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Baidu’s ERNIE. We designed a conjoint experiment wherein these GenAI models evaluated pairs of hypothetical candidates with varying meritocratic attributes (including pre-employment assessment results, education level, and relevant experience) and non-meritocratic attributes (including gender, ethnicity, and age). Experimental vignettes were created based on two distinct settings—police and teacher—to control for job type. Our mixed-methods findings indicate that GenAI’s hiring recommendations are more swayed by meritocratic than non-meritocratic attributes. However, compared to ERNIE, ChatGPT’s candidate selections are slightly more influenced by considerations of gender diversity. Additionally, both models exhibit inconsistencies when non-meritocratic factors are involved. Based on these findings, we recommend a cautiously optimistic approach incorporating training and oversight if GenAI is to be used in employee selection processes.","PeriodicalId":47609,"journal":{"name":"Review of Public Personnel Administration","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2026-02-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146778305","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Esme Franken, Ben Farr-Wharton, Fleur Sharafizad, Kara Ng, Geoff Plimmer, Evan Berman
{"title":"Public Service Motivation and the Circumplex Model of Affect: Profiling Australasian Public Servants","authors":"Esme Franken, Ben Farr-Wharton, Fleur Sharafizad, Kara Ng, Geoff Plimmer, Evan Berman","doi":"10.1177/0734371x251409781","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/0734371x251409781","url":null,"abstract":"This paper explores public servants’ public service motivation through the prism of the circumplex model of affect (CMA). The application of CMA to work, and specifically public sector contexts, is relatively novel, and the framework helps explain how multiple states of affect (i.e., comprised of underlying feelings, emotions, and moods) cluster together and are shaped by one’s work environment. The mixed method paper begins with a qualitative study of Australasian public servants, presenting evidence of the CMA and its connection to PSM. The subsequent quantitative analysis of 222 survey respondents offers four distinct latent profiles of public servants’ PSM and associated circumplex states of affect. The research builds on the state and trait proposition of PSM, showing how PSM and associated states of affect, shape and are shaped by public servants’ underlying psychology and their work environment.","PeriodicalId":47609,"journal":{"name":"Review of Public Personnel Administration","volume":"85 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2026-02-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146169675","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Boosting Newcomer Integration in Public Service: A Diary Study on Microinterventions","authors":"Jana Oetken","doi":"10.1177/0734371x251395023","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/0734371x251395023","url":null,"abstract":"The first months in a new organization are a sensitive phase for newcomers as their attitudes are not yet settled. However, public management research has paid limited attention to onboarding tactics that support newcomer integration. This study explores “microinterventions”—brief reflective tasks on the social impact of one’s work—as a novel onboarding tactic. In an eight-week diary study, 31 public management students (Level 2) in placements (194 weekly observations, Level 1) were randomly assigned to a reflection-task or control group. Multilevel analyses showed no significant main effect of reflection tasks on socialization, positive affect, negative affect, or career commitment and no significant interaction effect of reflection task and time. Descriptive means suggested a higher treatment-group level at the first wave, but this early difference did not persist. Findings indicate limited efficacy of reflection-based microinterventions for newcomer integration in this real-world public sector context, though the tactic appears low-risk. We discuss implications for public sector onboarding.","PeriodicalId":47609,"journal":{"name":"Review of Public Personnel Administration","volume":"235 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2026-02-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146122061","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"How Public Interest Lawyers Manage the Emotive Dimension of Their Work","authors":"Monica Lea, Nuri Heckler, Mary E. Guy","doi":"10.1177/0734371x251399925","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/0734371x251399925","url":null,"abstract":"There is a significant emotive dimension to the work of public interest lawyers (PILs), whose jobs involve working with traumatized clients in a high-stakes legal environment. This vital public service profession represents marginalized clients, many of whom face extraordinary challenges. These attorneys must maintain their own composure as they simultaneously manage their clients’ emotional distress and legal predicaments. Drawing on interviews of PILs, we identify themes related to emotion regulation, vicarious trauma, burnout, and resilience. Findings reveal that PILs leverage emotion to build the trust that is essential for effective legal advocacy and they do this while navigating client trauma and systemic injustice. Compounding the emotive burden are risks of secondary trauma and feelings of institutional betrayal. Findings also reveal strategies that PILs employ to thrive, including on-ramps and off-ramps they use to set boundaries around the emotive demands of their work. HR implications are discussed.","PeriodicalId":47609,"journal":{"name":"Review of Public Personnel Administration","volume":"8 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2026-01-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146098408","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Two Families Under One Roof: The Role of Social Identity and Organizational Justice During Backsourcing","authors":"Yongjin Ahn, Hemin Choi","doi":"10.1177/0734371x251399922","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/0734371x251399922","url":null,"abstract":"Backsourcing, the process of reclaiming previously outsourced services and reintegrating them into public organizations, has garnered increasing attention in the field of government contracting. While prior studies have emphasized fiscal and efficiency outcomes, limited research has explored its human resource implications, particularly its impact on employees. This study examines the experiences of backsourced employees (contracted managers transitioning to public service roles) and traditional public servants in South Korea. Through 27 in-depth interviews conducted at Veterans Service Centers and a nationally representative survey of public servants, findings reveal in-group/out-group conflict between two different groups of employees. The conflict stems from perceived differences in entry routes (meritocracy vs. political agendas) and dissatisfaction with task-reward alignment, leading to issues of social identity and organizational justice. This study highlights the critical need for fair procedures and equitable rewards to foster employee integration and mitigate conflict during personnel reforms involving backsourcing.","PeriodicalId":47609,"journal":{"name":"Review of Public Personnel Administration","volume":"4 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2026-01-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146042677","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Code Red: Fighting Fires, Racism, and Policies in Emergency Safety Services","authors":"James E. Wright, Collin Cox, Victoria Pham","doi":"10.1177/0734371x251411200","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/0734371x251411200","url":null,"abstract":"Scholarship on institutional and structural racism in frontline work is essential for improved service delivery outcomes. This study expands this realm of scholarship and practice by examining the job experiences of Black firefighters in predominantly White fire departments. Semi-structured interviews with 21 Black firefighters on citizen interactions, representation in their organization and leadership, racist experiences, and unique challenges they faced. The findings demonstrated that (1) Black firefighters experienced double standards compared to White firefighters, (2) Black firefighters’ qualifications were consistently questioned, and (3) they dealt with significant stereotyping and prejudice in the workplace. Taken together, these results suggest that institutional and structural racism in frontline work is produced through Black firefighters’ interactions with colleagues and supervisors, through the unequal application of punitive policies or through experiencing expressions of racial stereotypes. These results have practical implications for how to recruit and retain racially minoritized employees in frontline work.","PeriodicalId":47609,"journal":{"name":"Review of Public Personnel Administration","volume":"31 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2026-01-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146014344","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Individual Risk Aversion and Public Sector Socialization: Evidence From a Longitudinal Study","authors":"Ivan P. Lee, Jincheng Wang, Kuang-Ting Tai","doi":"10.1177/0734371x251400695","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/0734371x251400695","url":null,"abstract":"Does working in the public sector make people more risk averse? Using longitudinal data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP, 2008–2018), this study examines whether public sector work experience influences individual risk aversion over time. Fixed-effects and supplementary within-person analyses were conducted to test the socialization hypotheses. The results show that while public sector work experience per se does not affect individuals’ risk aversion once overall work experience is controlled for, an interaction between public and total work experience suggests that risk aversion may gradually increase among long-term public employees. However, the effect size is small, and additional within-person analyses indicate that individual risk aversion remains stable over time. These findings suggest that, rather than being substantially reshaped by public sector workplace context, individual risk aversion functions as a relatively stable personal disposition that interacts modestly with institutional experience. Implications for public employee socialization are discussed.","PeriodicalId":47609,"journal":{"name":"Review of Public Personnel Administration","volume":"18 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2026-01-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145903654","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Marthe Rys, Edwin A. J. van Hooft, Eveline Schollaert, Greet Van Hoye
{"title":"Leadership Practices and Employee Ambassadorship: The Mediating Role of Basic Needs","authors":"Marthe Rys, Edwin A. J. van Hooft, Eveline Schollaert, Greet Van Hoye","doi":"10.1177/0734371x251399926","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/0734371x251399926","url":null,"abstract":"In today’s competitive labor market, attracting and retaining talent is challenging, especially for public organizations facing aging workforces and declining interest in public service careers. To address this, organizations implement public employer branding strategies to attract and retain talent. Employees play a crucial role in promoting the organization’s employer brand, making it essential for public employers to encourage employees to display ambassadorship. Leadership practices can create an environment that fosters employee contributions to organizational success. This study, employing self-determination theory, explores how supervisors satisfying employees’ basic needs could foster ambassadorship. Surveys administered in a Belgian local government ( <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">N</jats:italic> <jats:sub>employees</jats:sub> = 228; <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">N</jats:italic> <jats:sub>supervisors</jats:sub> = 41) revealed that social support indirectly related to ambassadorship via relatedness need satisfaction. Exploratory analyses showed some support for the moderating role of supervisor ambassadorship modeling in this relationship. Overall, social support emerges as a crucial leadership practice for fostering ambassadorship, explaining leadership’s role in employer branding within the public sector.","PeriodicalId":47609,"journal":{"name":"Review of Public Personnel Administration","volume":"56 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2026-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145893944","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Anne Mette Kjeldsen, Thomas Faurholt Jønsson, Lotte Bøgh Andersen
{"title":"Can Distributed Leadership be Trained? A Field Experiment on Aligned Division of Leadership Tasks in Public Organizations","authors":"Anne Mette Kjeldsen, Thomas Faurholt Jønsson, Lotte Bøgh Andersen","doi":"10.1177/0734371x251396155","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/0734371x251396155","url":null,"abstract":"Distributed leadership, characterized by leadership tasks divided among managers and employees, has shown promise in promoting positive workplace outcomes. However, its training applicability within public organizations remains underexplored. Based on a pre-registered field experiment that provides randomized organizational development interventions in distributed leadership compared to goal-oriented leadership and motivation interventions in four different public service sectors, this study examines training effects on distributed leadership behavior and perceived alignment of leadership processes. Our findings provide limited support to the expectation that the distributed leadership training program directly increases employee-perceived distributed leadership behavior and alignment compared to the two other training programs. However, organizational units with low pre-training levels of aligned leadership substantially increase their distributed leadership behaviors and alignment through organizational development interventions—regardless of the training content. This study thereby highlights important conditions for the trainability of distributed leadership within public organizations when managers and employees are trained together.","PeriodicalId":47609,"journal":{"name":"Review of Public Personnel Administration","volume":"8 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2025-12-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145893945","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}