Career Satisfaction in the Public Sector: Implications for a More Sustainable and Socially Responsible Human Resource Management

H. Latan, C.J. Chiappetta Jabbour, Ana Beatriz Lopes de Sousa Jabbour (), M. Ali and V. Pereira
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Ana Beatriz Lopes de Sousa Jabbour: Métis Lab EM Normandie - EM Normandie - École de Management de Normandie = EM Normandie Business School

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Abstract: Anchored in emerging theoretical insights regarding sustainable human resource management, with a focus on pursuing socially responsible HR, we propose that enhancing employees' career satisfaction in public sector organisations constitutes a unique opportunity for public sector organisations to improve their internal social responsibility, focussing on employees as key stakeholders. In this context, this study provides original evidence regarding an original framework for examining the determinants and outcomes of employees' career satisfaction in the US federal agencies, with implications for the internal social responsibility of public sector organisations, which is a dimension of sustainable HR. We use a longitudinal study design involving a sample of permanent, full-time civilian federal employees from two surveys conducted by the US Merit Systems Protection Board. We suggest key factors that affect public sector employees' career satisfaction and aspirations. These key factors may be useful for public sector organisations that wish to design more sustainable and socially responsible HRM centred around the career satisfaction of their internal stakeholders. \textcopyright 2022 John Wiley & Sons Ltd.

Keywords: career aspirations; career opportunity; career satisfaction; intention to leave; internal social responsibility; organisational justice; sustainable human resource management (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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Published in Human Resource Management Journal, 2022, 32 (4), pp.844--863. ⟨10.1111/1748-8583.12469⟩

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DOI: 10.1111/1748-8583.12469

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