The Assessment of the Employment Relationship by Civil Servants. Theoretical and Empirical Insights from a Study in District Courts in Lower Saxony

Albert Martin; Marcus Falke; Christian Gade

doi:10.5771/0935-9915-2007-3-293

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- 245–248 Titelei/Inhaltsverzeichnis 245–248
- 249–250 Editorial: Varieties of Employment Florian Schramm Florian Schramm 249–250
- 251–270 The Psychological Relationship between Companies and Freelancers: An Empirical Study of the Commitment and the Work-related Expectations of Freelancers Stefan Süß, Markus Kleiner Stefan Süß, Markus Kleiner 251–270
- 271–292 Outsourcing HR Functions. Development of an Explanatory Approach to Firms’ (Non-Existent) Demand for Personnel Services Dorothea Alewell, Katrin Bähring, Anne Canis, Sven Hauff, Kirsten Thommes Dorothea Alewell, Katrin Bähring, Anne Canis, Sven Hauff, Kirsten Thommes 271–292
- 293–321 The Assessment of the Employment Relationship by Civil Servants. Theoretical and Empirical Insights from a Study in District Courts in Lower Saxony Albert Martin, Marcus Falke, Christian Gade Albert Martin, Marcus Falke, Christian Gade 293–321
- 322–349 The Role of Dismissal Protection in Personnel Management. From the Point of View of Personnel Managers Florian Schramm, Michael Schlese Florian Schramm, Michael Schlese 322–349
- 350–366 The Right to Part-Time: Practical Implications from the Managerial Point of View Ralph Kattenbach Ralph Kattenbach 350–366
- 367–368 New Books 367–368
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The Assessment of the Employment Relationship by Civil Servants. Theoretical and Empirical Insights from a Study in District Courts in Lower Saxony

Autoren

Albert Martin Marcus Falke Christian Gade

DOI
- doi.org/10.5771/0935-9915-2007-3-293
- ISSN: 0935-9915
- ISSN online: 1861-9908
Abstract

Civil servants in Germany are commonly considered to have special privileges particularly with regard to their employment conditions. This belief is based on the fact that German civil servants ("Beamte") cannot be discharged, which is an aspect of their employment relationship that attracts attention especially in times when the state of the economy is weak. But does security of employment actually play such an important role in the consciousness of employees? Is security of employment really an outstanding determinant of work behaviour or only one factor amongst many others? And: compared to other employees and due to the security of employment civil servants enjoy, do they assess their work situation and their employment relationship differently? In this article we deal with these as well as some further questions. To explain the attitudes towards the employment relationship we present a general model and discuss how the attributes of different types of employment can be incorporated in this model. Theoretical considerations will play a major role in our article. We take this focus deliberately, because the analysis of empirical results demands theoretical interpretation, and because we want to make a contribution to theory development. Our empirical study is based on surveys in eight district courts in Lower Saxony, in twenty-six small and medium sized enterprises and on data from the German Socio-Economic Panel.
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