Bureaucratic structures and organizational commitment: findings from a comparative study of 20 European countries

Kohei Suzuki and Hyunkang Hur

Public Management Review, 2020, vol. 22, issue 6, 877-907

Abstract: Do civil servants in some countries have higher organizational commitment? Is there any substantial cross-national variation in the form and degree of commitment? Good governance studies show a positive link between Weberian bureaucracy and favourable macro-level outcomes. However, previous comparative research is silent regarding cross-national differences of individual bureaucrats’ attitudes and their relationship with national bureaucratic structures. Employing social exchange theory, we argue that closed civil service systems produce higher commitment in senior public officials than open systems do. Using two large data sets in 20 European countries, we find closed systems are associated with continuance and normative commitment.

Date: 2020
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