Responsible Job Design Based on the Internal Social Responsibility of Local Governments

M. Isabel Sánchez-Hernández, Živilė Stankevičiūtė, Rafael Robina-Ramirez and Carlos Díaz-Caro
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M. Isabel Sánchez-Hernández: School of Economics Sciences and Business Administration, University of Extremadura, 06006 Badajoz, Spain
Živilė Stankevičiūtė: School of Economics and Business, Kaunas University of Technology, LT-44249 Kaunas, Lithuania
Rafael Robina-Ramirez: School of Business, Finance and Tourism, University of Extremadura, 10071 Caceres, Spain
Carlos Díaz-Caro: School of Business, Finance and Tourism, University of Extremadura, 10071 Caceres, Spain

IJERPH, 2020, vol. 17, issue 11, 1-16

Abstract: Sustainability needs the socially responsible orientation of public institutions, but not only externally. How civil servants and municipal employees consider what local governments do in relation to their internal social responsibility is the main question of this study. Through structural equation modelling and a sample of 294 employees in local governments in a Spanish region (Extremadura), it is demonstrated that responsible job position design, as well as good communication and team building, both have positive and significant effects on the personal identification of employees with the city council. That has been interpreted as the essence of internal social responsibility and the first step for building external social responsibility at the municipal level. Practical implications and future directions are discussed.

Keywords: city council; communication; HRM; HPWP; internal social responsibility; job design (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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