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Comparing Employee Attitudes Towards Individualism-Collectivism across Public and Private Sector Organizations
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- Issue Date
- 2008
- Citation
- Korean Journal of Policy Studies, Vol.23 No.1, pp. 19-47
- Keywords
- Public-Private Distinction ; Organizational Individualism and Collectivism ; Organizational Characteristics of Public Sector Organizations
- Abstract
- One hundred thirty on responses from public employees and 154 responses from private employees were analyzed to compare employee attitudes towards individualism-collectivism across public and private sector organizations. The present study provides knowledge to public management by showing that some organizational characteristics of public sector organizations (i.e., goal ambiguity, red tape, and public-service motivation) make the public-private distinction, whereas others do not. Additionally, we found that the distinction has been blurred as New Public Management (NPM) has been adopted recently in the public sector. Finally, we support the two-factor model of organizational collectivism and individualism, as well as report that organizational individualism differentiates public and private sector organizations. The theroretical and practical implications of the findings are discussed.
- ISSN
- 1225-5017
- Language
- English
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