PSG III: Public Personnel Policies

Study Group Co-Chairs

Lotte Bøgh ANDERSEN,
Århus University (Denmark)

Peter LEISINK,
Utrecht University (The Netherlands)

Wouter VANDENABEELE
Catholic University Leuven – (Belgium)

 

Schedule

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Managing Diversity

Wednesday, 07/09/2011
14.30 -16.15 Conference Opening Session

 

 

 

16.30 – 18.30

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Session 1 : Diversity in general

 

Eva KNIES and Peter LEISINK, Utrecht University School of Governance (The Netherlands)

People management and diversity: chicken or egg?

Results of a longitudinal study of line managers’ activities and diversity

 

Lotte Bøgh ANDERSEN, Nikolai KRISTENSEN & Lene Holm PEDERSEN,  Danish Institute of Governmental Research (Denmark)

Diversity and User Capacity

 

Thursday, 08/09/2011
08.30 – 10.30 Session 2 : Generations and diversity

 

Eva PLATTEAU and Annie HONDEGHEM,  Public Management Institute, K.U.Leuven (Belgium)

The art of dealing with intergenerational conflict at work. Experiences of local government employees.

 

Adrian RITZ, University of Bern (Switzerland)

Managing Diversity – Antecedents and Consequences of Efforts to Enhance Diversity in Public Administration

 

10.30– 11.00 Coffee Break
11.00– 12.30 Session 3 : Gender and diversity

 

Lotte Bøgh ANDERSEN, Department of Political Science, Aarhus University and Danish Institute of Governmental Research (Denmark)

Teacher diversity: Does the mix of men and women affect job satisfaction and self-efficacy?

 

Laura den DULK, Sandra GROENEVELD and Bram STEIJN, Erasmus University Rotterdam (The Netherlands)

Why do men and women work in the public sector?

Gender dimensions of public sector motivation

 

12.30– 14.00 Lunch Break

 

 

14.00 – 16.00 Session 4 : Management and diversity

 

 

Patrick MCGURK , University of Greenwich Business School (United Kingdom)

The contingent role of management and leadership development in public service organisations

 

Jasmijn van HARTEN,  Utrecht University (The Netherlands)

Adapting to the environment

The diversity of public sector leaders’ reactions toward changes in their environments

 

16.00 -16.30 Coffee break
16.30 -18.30 Session 5 : Diversity and different occupational categories

 

 

Sonia GERBER and Yves EMERY, IDHEAP (Switzerland)

The emergence of a new hybrid profession: ‘administrative social assistant’. Motivation, satisfaction and commitment in comparison with social workers and clerical staff

 

Ria JANVIER, Erik HENDERICKX, Jesse SEGERS, University of Antwerp (Belgium), Civil servants versus government contractors: tension or tense?  Does the difference in employment mode lead towards a different work attitude?

 

Friday, 09/09/2011
08.30 – 10.30 Session 6 : Diversity and Public Service Motivation I

 

 

Peter LEISINK and Nina van LOON, Utrecht School of Governance (The Netherlands)

Can public service motivation explain variance in volunteering activities of public service employees?

 

Carina SCHOTT and Trui STEEN, Leiden University (The Netherlands)

Public service motivation and public service related behavior in a context of diverse goals and employment situations

 

Wouter VANDENABEELE, Utrecht School of Governance (The Netherlands) and  Anne Mette KJELDSEN, Aarhus University (Denmark)

Public service motivation and whistle-blowing intention : interplay of individual and structural elements

 

 

 

10.30– 11.00 Coffee Break

 

11.00– 13.00 Session 7 : Diversity and Public Service Motivation II

 

Christian Bøtcher JACOBSEN, Department of Political Science, Aarhus University (Denmark);  Johan HVITVED, Danish Institute of Governmental Research (Denmark)and Lotte Bøgh ANDERSEN, Aarhus University and Danish Institute of Governmental Research

(Denmark)

Managing employee motivation in a diverse workforce: Crowding effects for intrinsic task motivation and public service motivation

 

13.00 – 14.30 Lunch Break
14.30 – 16.30 EGPA General Assembly and Closing Session