Title

Career risk and reward from productivity

Authors

Authors

E. M. Berman;J. P. West

Comments

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Abbreviated Journal Title

Public Personnel Manage.

Keywords

Industrial Relations & Labor; Public Administration

Abstract

This study examines the career rewards and risks from pursuing productivity improvement in local government. Based on a study of city managers and chief administrative officers in cities over 50,000, it finds that almost three-quarters of respondents report that implementing productivity improvement efforts makes them more attractive to both their present and future employers. In addition, almost half find that it helped them get a job in the past. Productivity enhances careers by increasing the reputation and effectiveness of managers in dealing with critical issues facing organizations. Positive career impacts from productivity improvement are strongly correlated with values of professionalism. Organizational cultures of fear and entitlement reduce career rewards, even when controlling for the fewer productivity improvement strategies that are implemented in organizations with such cultures. The study concludes with practical suggestions for increasing the career rewards from productivity improvement.

Journal Title

Public Personnel Management

Volume

28

Issue/Number

3

Publication Date

1-1-1999

Document Type

Article; Proceedings Paper

Language

English

First Page

453

Last Page

471

WOS Identifier

WOS:000083002400009

ISSN

0091-0260

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