Revisiting the old debate: citizens’ perceptions of meritocracy in public and private organizations

Suzuki, Kohei; Hur, Hyunkang

doi:10.1080/14719037.2021.1895545

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“…Finally, wages in the private sector tend to adapt more quickly to changes in worker productivity (Blackaby et al, 2017; Murphy et al, 2020; Suzuki & Hur, 2022) which could increase job satisfaction, since remuneration, or perceived access to higher remuneration, could be higher (Sánchez-Sánchez & Fernández Puente, 2021; Sławińska, 2021; Suzuki & Hur, 2022).…”

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The Impact of the Different Dimensions of Job Quality on Job Satisfaction in the Public and Private sector. What is Wrong with the Social Environment?

Fernández Puente,

Sánchez-Sánchez

2023

Sage Open

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This work considers the impact of the different job quality dimensions on Eurozone job satisfaction through the European Working Conditions Survey-2015. The econometric analysis, using a probit model (marginal effects), reveals that dimensions associated with Social environment, Skills and discretion, Prospects, and Earnings have a positive and significant impact on job satisfaction. The impact of Work intensity is negative and those related to Physical environment and Working time quality do not have a significant impact on job satisfaction. Regarding the differential impact of the different dimensions on the public and private sectors, both Prospects and Social environment are notably higher in the private sector. The greater impact of the first index is not justified, as is the case with the Social environment, by a lower index but, probably, by the greater variability of the index in the private sector. Our work emphasizes the relevance of studying variables associated to job quality when identifying the causes of job satisfaction. Greater understanding of these dimensions in the private sector would improve the situation in the public sector (and vice versa) and, therefore, workers’ job satisfaction. Of special interest are the possible improvements in the field of Social environment in the public sector, specifically in relationships between workers and their immediate bosses and in the distribution of work tasks.

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The Impact of the Different Dimensions of Job Quality on Job Satisfaction in the Public and Private sector. What is Wrong with the Social Environment?

Fernández Puente,

Sánchez-Sánchez

2023

Sage Open

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“…More recently, Suzuki & Hur [ 29 ] assimilated the QoG with that of meritocracy using a dataset of citizens living in 21 European countries. The authors analysed to what extent the citizens believe that success in public and private organisations is due to hard work rather than luck or social connections.…”

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The unstudied effects of wording and answer formats in the analysis of impartiality in public service provision

Martı́n¹,

Gregori²,

Román³

2023

PLoS ONE

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Impartiality in public services provision is an important dimension that explains the quality of government (QoG). The analysis of impartiality has boomed in recent years at different territorial levels, like countries or regions. The impartiality measures depend on several attributes that are aggregated using different methods. However, little attention has been given to the effects of negative wording attributes and the number of format answers, despite the efforts made by previous studies to build robust composite impartiality indices. This study corrects this existing gap partly using one of the most extensive surveys (the European Quality of Government Index 2021) that include attributes related to impartiality (six attributes and 129,991 citizens). The method will be based on a fuzzy clustering approach, the extended Apostle model and an ordinary binary probit model. The results show that the type of wording and the number of answer options affect impartiality. The analysis of the main differences observed is affected by some insightful covariates such as country, gender, being native, town size, occupation, and the perception of the economic situation.

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“…Private and public sector organizations are distinct in many ways (e.g., perceptions of meritocracy [120], human resources management strategies and trends [121][122][123], performance evaluation [124], links between human resource management practices and performance [125], quality initiatives [126]). Despite some similarities, research indicates numerous sectoral differences in employee-related variables, including employee engagement antecedents [127], work engagement [128], presenteeism and burnout [129], the effects of extrinsic rewards on psychological empowerment [130], leadership competencies [131], managerial work activities [132], job satisfaction [133], emotional changes and protective factors [134], public service motivation [135], addressing secondary traumatic stress [136], affective organizational commitment [137], talent management [138], determinants of general health, work-related strain, and burnout [139], employees' work characteristics and burnout [140].…”

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Positive Organizational Practices, Life Satisfaction, and Psychological Capital in the Public and Private Sectors

Diržytė

Patapas

2022

Sustainability

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Public and private sector employees confronted stressful life circumstances that affected the world during the COVID-19 pandemic. Therefore, new knowledge on possible psychological and organizational resources is needed. This study aimed to explore positive organizational practices, psychological capital, and life satisfaction of employees in the public and private sectors. The survey applied the Satisfaction with Life Scale (SWLS), the Psychological Capital Questionnaire—PCQ-24, validated in the Lithuanian population (the Lith-PCQ-21), and the Positive Organizational Practices Questionnaire. The sample consisted of 582 employees, including 443 public sector and 139 private sector employees. The respondents’ mean age was 42.0981 years (SD = 13.23083). The CFA results confirmed the six-factor structure of positive organizational practices, χ2 = 270,884.785; Df = 406; CFI = 0.996; TLI = 0.996; NFI = 0.995; RMSEA = 0.074 [0.070–0.078]; SRMR = 0.043, the four-factor structure of psychological capital, χ2 = 32,780.109; Df = 190; CFI = 0.983; TLI = 0.980; NFI = 0.978; RMSEA = 0.082 [0.076–0.088]; SRMR = 0.067, and one factor structure of life satisfaction, χ2 = 10,588.246; Df = 10; CFI = 0.999; TLI = 0.999; NFI = 0.999; RMSEA = 0.022 [0.000–0.066]; SRMR = 0.014. The findings revealed that private sector employees demonstrated higher scores of dignity, support, care, forgiveness, and overall positive organizational practices than public sector employees. Private sector employees demonstrated higher optimism scores than public sector employees, and public sector employees demonstrated higher self-efficacy scores than private sector employees. Male employees demonstrated significantly higher scores on dignity, meaning, and forgiveness than females. Significant positive correlations were found between age and resilience, care and age, care and number of working years, care and number of working years in the current organization. Psychological capital mediated the link between positive organizational practices and life satisfaction. Positive organizational practices were linked to life satisfaction and psychological capital in both employees’ groups, but the features of links were distinctive in the public and private sectors. These results signify the importance of positive organizational practices and psychological capital for the life satisfaction of employees.

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Revisiting the old debate: citizens’ perceptions of meritocracy in public and private organizations

Cited by 10 publications

References 90 publications

The Impact of the Different Dimensions of Job Quality on Job Satisfaction in the Public and Private sector. What is Wrong with the Social Environment?

The Impact of the Different Dimensions of Job Quality on Job Satisfaction in the Public and Private sector. What is Wrong with the Social Environment?

The unstudied effects of wording and answer formats in the analysis of impartiality in public service provision

Positive Organizational Practices, Life Satisfaction, and Psychological Capital in the Public and Private Sectors

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