The Human Resource Management of Political Staffers

Insights from Prime Ministers' Advisers and Reformers
1. Auflage 2023
ISBN: 978-1-032-63641-2
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 288 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 602 g

The Human Resource Management of Political Staffers: Insights from Prime Ministers’ Advisers and Reformers explores the human resource management of political staffers and advisers who work for politicians.

Deeply grounded in the experiences of those who worked in the highest political offices under Prime Ministers Boris Johnson, Justin Trudeau, Scott Morrison and Jacinda Ardern, it makes the case for better management of staffers by illuminating past problems with the workplace such as extreme workloads, little work-life balance and lack of orientation and training. But it also offers a way forward by combining ad hoc positive experiences into guidance for future best practice. Drawing on interviews with advisers/staffers and practitioners working on HR reform in politics, in four countries – the UK, Canada, Australia and New Zealand – it provides a research-informed best practice guide for the staffers/advisers, their managers and reformers which offers practical advice on how to recruit, orientate and train, manage and support staffers and advisers appropriately within the complex political environment. It also conveys the highly skilled roles staffers undertake and the democratic contribution they make.

The Human Resource Management of Political Staffers is a must-have guide to current and future advisers, politicians and ministers. Human resource management for political staffers is important not just for the individuals but to enable taxpayer-funded staffers to perform more effectively, which will in turn help elected politicians deliver for voters.

Chapters: Chapter 9 of this book is freely available as a downloadable Open Access PDF at http://www.taylorfrancis.com under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND) 4.0 license.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate, Professional Practice & Development, and Professional Reference

Autoren/Hrsg.

Lees-Marshment, Jennifer

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Studien zu einzelnen Ländern und Gebieten
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Verwaltungswissenschaft, Öffentliche Verwaltung
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Bereichsspezifisches Management Personalwesen, Human Resource Management

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction, Methodology and Data 2. The Case for Better HRM for Political Staffers and Advisers 3. The Nature and Capabilities of the Roles that Political Staffers and Advisers Play 4. The Recruitment and Selection of Political Staffers and Advisers 5. The Orientation, Training and Development of Political Staffers and Advisers 6. Managing the Office Structure, Workloads and Performance of Political Staffers and Advisers 7. Maintaining the Morale and Mental Health of Political Staffers and Advisers 8. Improving the Future HRM of Political Staffers and Advisers 9. Best Practice Guidance for Political Staffing for Political Managers, Advisers and Reformers

Über Autor(innen)

Jennifer Lees-Marshment is Professor of Political Marketing and Management at the University of Dundee, Scotland. She is a research-led but practice-oriented cross-disciplinary academic focused on researching Political Marketing, Political Management, Political Leadership and Public Participation. She has interviewed over 350 political practitioners, including government ministers and staffers/advisors to prime ministers and presidents, and is author/editor of 18 books.