Oecd Public Governance Reviews Engaging Public Employees For A High-performing Civil Service: Edition 2016 (volume 2016)
2017 / English / PDF
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How can governments reduce workforce costs while ensuring civil
servants remain engaged and productive? This report addresses this
question, using evidence from the 2014 Oecd Survey on Managing
Budgeting Constraints: Implications for Hrm and Employment in
Central Public Administration. The results clearly illustrate the
complex challenges facing civil services, such as how to reduce
size and cost while still attracting and retaining high-calibre
professional talent. The first part of this report shows that the
pressure on central public administrations to reduce costs has
required many Oecd countries to make cuts that have likely resulted
in negative impacts on the workforce regarding trust, motivation
and commitment. Overall, 67% of countries surveyed have implemented
a pay freeze since 2008. The second part explores how a number of
Oecd countries are using employee surveys as a leadership tool to
better manage employee engagement, which is linked to better job
performance, organisational commitment, productivity and public
sector innovation. Employee engagement can be a powerful counter
balance to austerity-driven measures.
How can governments reduce workforce costs while ensuring civil
servants remain engaged and productive? This report addresses this
question, using evidence from the 2014 Oecd Survey on Managing
Budgeting Constraints: Implications for Hrm and Employment in
Central Public Administration. The results clearly illustrate the
complex challenges facing civil services, such as how to reduce
size and cost while still attracting and retaining high-calibre
professional talent. The first part of this report shows that the
pressure on central public administrations to reduce costs has
required many Oecd countries to make cuts that have likely resulted
in negative impacts on the workforce regarding trust, motivation
and commitment. Overall, 67% of countries surveyed have implemented
a pay freeze since 2008. The second part explores how a number of
Oecd countries are using employee surveys as a leadership tool to
better manage employee engagement, which is linked to better job
performance, organisational commitment, productivity and public
sector innovation. Employee engagement can be a powerful counter
balance to austerity-driven measures.
