New development: Is it time for New Public Service Bargain?

Karen Johnston

Public Money & Management, 2025, vol. 45, issue 2, 167-169

Abstract: Governments should realize that public sector organizations are no longer the employer of choice. Public sector organizations face the challenge of attracting, recruiting and retaining skilled, competent and talented personnel. The public sector now competes with other sectors in a digital economy often offering better remuneration and working conditions. Decades of neoliberal public sector reforms and austerity measures have eroded the extent to which public sector organizations are attractive as a potential employer. The article suggests the idea of a New Public Service Bargain between politicians and civil and public servants as a more effective and sustainable approach to building public sector capacity to deliver services.

Date: 2025
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DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2024.2343168

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