Personnel and Change

Objectives

Personnel is of strategic importance for the success of public organizations. The aim of this research is to study personnel issues in government in order to obtain a flexible personnel policy which supports the strategic objectives of the organization. As government is expected to be a model employer in society, this also implies adequate attention to the ‘human being’ in the organization. Specific research objectives deal with the convergence of public and private employment (what is still ‘public’ in public employment) and the responsibility of public personnel policy in society (representativeness, management of diversity, the ageing of the workforce).

Research team

• Bossens Nele
• Buttiens Dorien
• Delbeke Karlien
• Depr? Roger
• Hondeghem Annie
• Op de Beeck Sophie
• Platteau Eva
• Ruebens Silke

 

Some recent research projects

• Competency transfers in Belgium: an analysis of the fifth Belgian state reform of 2001 (2008 - 2011, Doctoral research)
• The impact of the Belgian state reforms on the Flemish department of Administrative Affairs (2007 - 2011, Research project)
• Change and continuity in the public sector: a comparative longitudinal study (2006 - 2011, Fundamental research)
• Technology, place and task (TPT) (2006 - 2011, Fundamental research)
• Training top civil servants: a comparative perspective (2010 - 2010, Fundamental research)
• Reorganising the judicial landscape in Belgium (2008 - 2010, Research project)
• Change and continuity in public management reform (2006 - 2009, Fundamental research)
• Empirical research into the development of strategic management in the federal government (2007 - 2007, Research project)
• Governmental organization in Flanders: Research Line HRM & Changemanagement: Reforms relating to management and organisation (2001 - 2006, Research project)
• Staff participation and public management reform in public services: international comparisons (2003 - 2004, Fundamental research)

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Some recent publications

• Bourgault Jacques, Van Dorpe Karolien (2013). Managerial reforms, public service bargains and top civil servant identity. International Review of Administrative Sciences. Special issue. 79(1)
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• Hansen Morten Balle, Steen Trui, de Jong Marsha (2013). New Public Management, Public Service Bargains and the Challenges of Interdepartmental Coordination. International Review of Administrative Sciences. Special issue. 79(1)
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• Hondeghem Annie, Steen Trui (2013). Evolving Public Service Bargains for top officials: some international comparisons. International Review of Administrative Sciences. Special issue. 79(1)
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• Hondeghem Annie, Van Dorpe Karolien (2013). Performance management systems for senior civil servants. How strong is the managerial public service bargain?. International Review of Administrative Sciences. Special issue. 79(1)
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