Browsing Department of Government by Author "Geys, Benny"
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Follow the Leader? Leader Succession and Staff Attitudes in Public Sector Organizations
Geys, Benny; Connolly, Sara Jane; Kassim, Hussein; Murdoch, Zuzana (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Public sector organizations face regular turnover in top leadership positions. Yet little is known about how such changes affect staff attitudes. The authors argue that top leader succession may influence staff attitudes, ... -
The Impact of Terrorism on Civil Servants: Longitudinal Evidence from the 22 July 2011 Attack in Norway
Geys, Benny; Lægreid, Per; Murdoch, Zuzana; Trondal, Jarle (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Building on a growing literature assessing the societal impact of terrorism, this article analyzes whether and how a terror attack targeting public institutions affects civil servants in their day-to-day work. This is an ... -
Intra-organizational Mobility and Employees’ Work-related Contact Patterns: Evidence from Panel Data in the European Commission
Vantaggiato, Francesca; Murdoch, Zuzana; Kassim, Hussein; Geys, Benny; Connolly, Sara Jane (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)Programs to encourage staff to move within public-sector organizations have become increasingly widespread in recent decades. Yet, although there are some anecdotal accounts, the effects of such intraorganizational mobility ... -
It’s About Time! Temporal Dynamics and Longitudinal Research Designs in Public Administration
Murdoch, Zuzana; MacCarthaigh, Muiris; Geys, Benny (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Many of the fundamental research questions in public administration relate to individual- or organization-level temporal dynamics, including the impact of public sector reforms, (in)stability of public policies and ... -
I’m a Survivor: Political Dynamics in Bureaucratic Elites’ Partisan Identification
Geys, Benny; Lægreid, Per; Murdoch, Zuzana; Yackee, Susan Webb (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)This article challenges the common assumption that the partisan identification of bureaucratic elites is fixed over time. Building on principal-agent and organization theory, we hypothesize that bureaucratic elites may ... -
Legitimacy Crises and the Temporal Dynamics of Bureaucratic Representation
Murdoch, Zuzana; Connolly, Sara Jane; Kassim, Hussein; Geys, Benny (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)The representation of specific groups and social interests within (or by) the civil service has long been a concern of public administration scholarship. Yet, much of this literature focuses on representation at a single ... -
Organizational Stability and Resocialization in Public Administrations: Theory and Evidence from Norwegian Civil Servants (1986-2016)
Geys, Benny; Lægreid, Per; Murdoch, Zuzana; Trondal, Jarle (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)The organizational theory approach to public administration emphasizes that organizational features of public bureaucracies shape civil servants' role perceptions and opinions. This study brings forward a novel refinement ... -
Political (Over)Representation of Public Sector Employees and the Double-Motive Hypothesis: Evidence from Norwegian Register Data (2007-2019)
Geys, Benny; Murdoch, Zuzana; Sørensen, Rune Jørgen (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Countries have widely diverging regulations regarding the eligibility of public sector employees for political office, and the stringency of such regulations remains fiercely debated. Building on a demand and supply model ... -
Staff Reallocations and Employee Attitudes towards Organizational Aims: Evidence using Longitudinal Data from the European Commission
Geys, Benny; Connolly, Sara; Kassim, Hussein; Murdoch, Zuzana (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Organizational reforms often involve substantial staff reallocations, creating both winners and losers within the same organization. We argue that allocating less (more) staff to a department signals a decrease (increase) ...