TY - JOUR
T1 - Do Employees Behave Differently in Public - Vs Private-Sector Organizations?
T2 - A state-of-the-art review
AU - Baarspul, Hayo C,
AU - Wilderom, Celeste P.M.
PY - 2012
Y1 - 2012
N2 - Governmental, public-sector organizations are known to operate differently than private, for-profit organizations. But do sector differences exist at the individual level as well? In this article we review twenty-eight hypothesis-driven empirical studies on this question. Most of the single studies found significant individual-level differences between the two sectors, although not always in the expected direction. After showing the limited available evidence, we criticize this line of inquiry and recommend to: (1) test broader models in which sector is only one of a range of variables; (2) enhance refinement in the use of research methods; and (3) improve the theoretical underpinning
AB - Governmental, public-sector organizations are known to operate differently than private, for-profit organizations. But do sector differences exist at the individual level as well? In this article we review twenty-eight hypothesis-driven empirical studies on this question. Most of the single studies found significant individual-level differences between the two sectors, although not always in the expected direction. After showing the limited available evidence, we criticize this line of inquiry and recommend to: (1) test broader models in which sector is only one of a range of variables; (2) enhance refinement in the use of research methods; and (3) improve the theoretical underpinning
U2 - 10.1080/14719037.2011.589614
DO - 10.1080/14719037.2011.589614
M3 - Article
SN - 1471-9037
VL - 13
SP - 967
EP - 1002
JO - Public management review
JF - Public management review
IS - 7
ER -