A Comparison of Impact of Management on Local Government Employee Outcomes in US and Australia

Yvonne Brunetto; Stephen Teo; Rodney Farr-Wharton; Dennis Lambries; Patrick Gillett; William Tomes

doi:10.1080/03003930.2014.968707

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A Comparison of Impact of Management on Local Government Employee Outcomes in US and Australia

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A Comparison of Impact of Management on Local Government Employee Outcomes in US and Australia

Yvonne Brunetto, Stephen Teo, Rodney Farr-Wharton, Dennis Lambries, Patrick Gillett and William Tomes

Local Government Studies, Vol.41(4), pp.485-515

2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/03003930.2014.968707

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supervision

management practices

Australia

United States

new public management

This paper compares the impact of management practices on employee's perception of resource adequacy and in turn engagement of local government employees in Australia and the USA. A survey design was used involving 250 local government employees working in Australia and 265 working in the USA. The overall findings identify significant paths from management practice, through to resource adequacy and in turn, employee engagement. Additionally, the findings identify a significant difference in perceptions of the work environment for US local government employees compared with those in Australia. In particular, employees in the US perceive a significantly higher level of satisfaction with management (both perceived organisational support and leader-member exchange), perceive significantly lower levels of resource inadequacy and are much more engaged than their local government counterparts in Australia. The implications are that the way management is conceptualised and practised in Australian local government is negatively impacting on employee engagement and therefore must change.

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Title: A Comparison of Impact of Management on Local Government Employee Outcomes in US and Australia
Authors: Yvonne Brunetto (Author) - Southern Cross University
Stephen Teo (Author) - Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand
Rodney Farr-Wharton (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - Faculty of Arts and Business
Dennis Lambries (Author) - University of South Carolina, United States
Patrick Gillett (Author) - Southern Cross University
William Tomes (Author) - University of South Carolina, United States
Publication details: Local Government Studies, Vol.41(4), pp.485-515
Publisher: Routledge
Date published: 2015
DOI: 10.1080/03003930.2014.968707
ISSN: 0300-3930
Organisation Unit: University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; USC Business School - Legacy
Language: English
Record Identifier: 99448771302621
Output Type: Journal article

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