As a human capital crisis poses urgent challenges across multiple countries, public
administration scholars and practitioners are concerned with recruitment and selection …

This article synthesizes the cross-disciplinary literature on city competitiveness published in
the past three decades to bring attention to competitiveness as a key topic for public …

A commonly held assumption is that public service motivation (PSM) positively affects
individuals' attraction to government, but there are also private and nonprofit organizations …

Public sector recruitment is an urgent and prevailing challenge in both research and
practice. Public employer branding is an important subject in the theoretical debate, but the …

Job advertisements are a crucial first step in the recruitment process. Public sector
organizations overwhelmingly rely on passive recruitment tactics such as written notices …

Background In a context where organizations struggle to attract and retain highly qualified
workers, organizations need to prioritize the psychological health of employees as a …

What views do people have of public sector workers? Public sector workers are often
portrayed negatively. It is unclear, however, to what extent such negative perceptions are …

The public sector provides a broad range of incentives to apply for jobs, but these incentives
have rarely been studied in concert. The present study disentangles how job candidates …

Nowadays, because of the competitive labor market, employment and retention of talented
and skilled workers has become a crucial challenge for most organizations. The exceptional …

Sector preferences in job choice have rarely been tested empirically across different
administrative systems. We address this gap and apply a between-subject experimental …