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Graduates' Views on Working in the Public Sector: A Comparative Analysis of the Three Tiers of Government
Author(s) -
Taylor Jeannette
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
australian journal of public administration
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.524
H-Index - 41
eISSN - 1467-8500
pISSN - 0313-6647
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-8500.2007.00566.x
Subject(s) - appeal , government (linguistics) , state (computer science) , public administration , public sector , work (physics) , government sector , state government , political science , local government , business , public relations , private sector , law , engineering , mechanical engineering , philosophy , linguistics , algorithm , computer science
Why do university graduates choose to work for one level of government but not the others? This article examines the comparative appeal of government jobs across the three tiers of government – federal, state and local – in Australia. When asked to indicate their employer of choice, a majority of graduates in this case study ranked the federal and state governments close to each other. This article also compares and analyses the pre‐employment views and motivations of the graduates with varying interests in working for the different tiers of government.