Abstract
In a project on the roles and skills of the 21st-century public servant, interviews with public service workers highlighted three boundaries of public and private: relating to ethics, careers and identities. Two contingent factors shape the capacity of staff to be able to reconcile the public and private aspects of their work: the degree of fiscal austerity and the scope for reflective practice. Strategic workforce planning needs to support staff to manage the different versions of public and private.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 265-272 |
Number of pages | 8 |
Journal | Public Money & Management |
Early online date | 30 Mar 2016 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 1 May 2016 |
Keywords
- workforce change
- ethics
- austerity
- careers
- identity