INTEGRATED HUMAN RESOURCES ACTIVITIES - THE SOLUTION FOR PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENT IN ROMANIAN PUBLIC SECTOR INSTITUTIONS

Alina Ciobanu () and Armenia Androniceanu ()
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Alina Ciobanu: The Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Piata Romana 6, Bucharest, Romania
Armenia Androniceanu: The Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Piata Romana 6, Bucharest, Romania

Management Research and Practice, 2018, vol. 10, issue 3, 60-79

Abstract: The paper discusses the relationship between human resources management activities and civil servants' workplace performance and presents the results of an extensive empirical research regarding human resource management activities in Romanian public institutions. The empirical research is based on two questionnaires, each of them addressed to a certain category of respondents. The first one was filled in by 34 HR specialists and the second one by 178 civil servants – the beneficiaries of HR policies. The data collected was analysed using quantitative methods available in SPSS such as descriptive analysis, univariate and bivariate data analysis, cluster analysis and One-way ANOVA. Civil servants' profiles are designed based on their satisfaction with the quality of the performance appraisal activity. There was determined a lower motivation level among employees in central public administration compared to those in local government. The paper is addressed both to academics and practitioners in the field of human resources and provides evidence-based solutions for performance improvement in Romanian public sector institutions that can be of interest for specialists from other Central and Eastern Europe countries as well. Unlike previous studies that have analysed the influence of singular HR practices on employees’ performance, the present paper approaches HR activities in an integrated manner and emphasises the positive effects generated within by the effective coordination of elements related to recruitment, skills development and career development, performance appraisal, reward and motivation.

Keywords: : civil service; human resources management; motivation; performance management; public institutions (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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