The reform of human resource management in the Irish public service

Roche William K. and O’Riordan Joanna
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Roche William K.: College of Business, University College Dublin, Ireland
O’Riordan Joanna: Institute of Public Administration,Ireland

Administration, 2020, vol. 68, issue 4, 97-119

Abstract: This paper reviews human resource management (HRM) reforms in the Irish public service over the past twenty-five years. The narrative is based around five HRM themes which have been the main focus of public service reform efforts: performance management, public service careers, leadership, strategic HRM and employment relations. The paper examines all available independent empirical research as well as internal and external reviews commissioned by the public service. The paper contributes to the empirical literature on HRM in the public service and in Ireland, and locates the pattern of HRM reform in the public service in Ireland in comparative context. The paper concludes by noting that while progress has been made, further energy is required in respect of HRM reform.

Keywords: Human resource management; Ireland; public service; reform (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.2478/admin-2020-0026

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