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dc.titleResearch Insights: Are Public Sector Performance Constraints Mitigated by Workplace Trust?
dc.contributor.authorKeefer, Philip
dc.contributor.authorVlaicu, Razvan
dc.contributor.orgunitDepartment of Research and Chief Economist
dc.date.available2023-02-21T00:02:00
dc.date.issue2023-02-21T00:02:00
dc.description.abstractSelf-collected data on public sector employees from eighteen Latin American countries reveal that employees trust in each other affects individual constraints, organizational constraints, and mission motivation. High-trust employees are i) more willing to collaborate and share information and are more supportive of innovation; ii) are less concerned with low staff quality or lack of discretion to innovate, and more concerned with staff shortages; and iii) have stronger mission motivation. A survey experiment on social distancing policies suggests that trust enhances mission motivation: employee preferences align better with the implied government policy when their trust in the public sector is higher.
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dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0004793
dc.identifier.urlhttps://publications.iadb.org/publications/english/document/Research-Insights-Are-Public-Sector-Performance-Constraints-Mitigated-by-Workplace-Trust.pdf
dc.identifier.urlhttps://publications.iadb.org/publications/spanish/document/Perspectivas-de-investigacion-puede-la-confianza-en-el-lugar-de-trabajo-mitigar-las-limitaciones-del-desempeno-del-sector-publico.pdf
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherInter-American Development Bank
dc.subjectLabor Force
dc.subjectTrust
dc.subjectPublic Employment
dc.subjectPublic Sector
dc.subjectSocial Distancing
dc.subjectPandemics
dc.subjectInnovation
dc.subjectCoronavirus
dc.subjectPopulation Aging
dc.subject.jelcodeD23 - Organizational Behavior • Transaction Costs • Property Rights
dc.subject.jelcodeD73 - Bureaucracy • Administrative Processes in Public Organizations • Corruption
dc.subject.jelcodeH83 - Public Administration • Public Sector Accounting and Audits
dc.typeCatalogs and Brochures
idb.identifier.pubnumberIDB-CB-00729
idb.operationBK-C1102
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