TY - JOUR
T1 - Assessing the Past and Promise of the Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey for Public Management Research
T2 - A Research Synthesis
AU - Fernandez, Sergio
AU - Resh, William G.
AU - Moldogaziev, Tima
AU - Oberfield, Zachary W.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2015 by The American Society for Public Administration.
PY - 2015/5/1
Y1 - 2015/5/1
N2 - Since 2002, the U.S. Office of Personnel Management has used the Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey (FEVS) to monitor efforts by federal executive agencies to manage human capital. Public management researchers have used FEVS data to produce dozens of peer-reviewed publications on a range of topics of interest to policy makers, practitioners, and academics. Despite the proliferation of these empirical studies, the field of public management until now has lacked a critical assessment of the FEVS and of how researchers have used the data. In this article, the authors discuss the strengths of the FEVS and the opportunities this survey has created for public management researchers. Despite important contributions made to the literature using the data, there are weaknesses in the content, design, and implementation of the FEVS. The authors offer a set of recommendations for refining the survey and its implementation with the aim of improving the quality and value of the data. In doing so, they hope to foster a dialogue between public management researchers and the Office of Personnel Management on the future of the FEVS and to forge a stronger link between these two communities.
AB - Since 2002, the U.S. Office of Personnel Management has used the Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey (FEVS) to monitor efforts by federal executive agencies to manage human capital. Public management researchers have used FEVS data to produce dozens of peer-reviewed publications on a range of topics of interest to policy makers, practitioners, and academics. Despite the proliferation of these empirical studies, the field of public management until now has lacked a critical assessment of the FEVS and of how researchers have used the data. In this article, the authors discuss the strengths of the FEVS and the opportunities this survey has created for public management researchers. Despite important contributions made to the literature using the data, there are weaknesses in the content, design, and implementation of the FEVS. The authors offer a set of recommendations for refining the survey and its implementation with the aim of improving the quality and value of the data. In doing so, they hope to foster a dialogue between public management researchers and the Office of Personnel Management on the future of the FEVS and to forge a stronger link between these two communities.
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U2 - 10.1111/puar.12368
DO - 10.1111/puar.12368
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84928269735
SN - 0033-3352
VL - 75
SP - 382
EP - 394
JO - Public Administration Review
JF - Public Administration Review
IS - 3
ER -