What Foster the Climate for Merit?: Test of a Mediation Model

The failure of performance management in the public sector can be conceived as the failure to create the right climate for merit. This study proposes a mediation model explaining howorganizational climate for merit can be fostered. The analysis of the 2015 Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey reveals t...

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Published inInternational journal of public administration Vol. 43; no. 13; pp. 1121 - 1131
Main Author Lee, Hyung-Woo
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New York Routledge 02.10.2020
Marcel Dekker, Inc
Subjects
Climate for merit
Empowerment
Federal employees
feedback
Organizational justice
participation
Performance management
procedural justice
Public administration
Public sector
trust
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Summary:The failure of performance management in the public sector can be conceived as the failure to create the right climate for merit. This study proposes a mediation model explaining howorganizational climate for merit can be fostered. The analysis of the 2015 Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey reveals that constructive use of effective performance feedback and encouraging participation will help create a climate for merit and that such associations were mediated by organizational justice perception and trust toward their supervisor.
ISSN:0190-0692
1532-4265
DOI:10.1080/01900692.2019.1665684