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Adaptation to Externally Driven Change: The Impact of Political Change on Job Satisfaction in the Public Sector
Author(s) -
Tabvuma Vurain,
Bui Hong T. M.,
Homberg Fabian
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
public administration review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.721
H-Index - 139
eISSN - 1540-6210
pISSN - 0033-3352
DOI - 10.1111/puar.12204
Subject(s) - politics , job satisfaction , bureaucracy , public sector , adaptation (eye) , political science , panel data , democracy , government (linguistics) , survey data collection , set (abstract data type) , political economy , social psychology , psychology , economics , linguistics , philosophy , statistics , mathematics , neuroscience , law , econometrics , computer science , programming language
This article uses a quasi‐natural experiment to investigate the adaptation of job satisfaction to externally driven political change in the public sector. This is important because democratic government bureaucracies often experience changes in leadership after elections. The analyses are based on data drawn from a large longitudinal data set, the British Household Panel Survey. Findings indicate that the impact of political elections is largely weak and temporary and is only present for men. For women, the internal processes of the organization tend to be more important. These findings suggest that changes in political leadership may not be associated with fundamental changes in policy.