Conceptual foundations of workforce homogeneity in the public sector. Insights from a systematic review on causes, consequences, and blind spots
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In: Public Management Review, Vol. 26, No. 2, 2024, p. 334-356.
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T1 - Conceptual foundations of workforce homogeneity in the public sector. Insights from a systematic review on causes, consequences, and blind spots
AU - Seidemann, Iris
AU - Weißmüller, Kristina S.
N1 - Publisher Copyright: © 2022 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.
PY - 2024
Y1 - 2024
N2 - Workforce diversity is a key objective of public personnel policies worldwide. We augment this discourse by exploring the complementary and multifaceted concept of workforce homogeneity. This systematic literature review clarifies an elusive concept and reveals dominant causes and consequences of public sector workforce homogeneity, synthesizing how self-selection, personnel policies, and socialization create often implicit yet persistent practices that lead to workforce homogeneity. By linking these causes with their (un-)intended consequences, this study on workforce homogeneity sheds light on an important theoretical concept for public management and identifies broad avenues for future research.
AB - Workforce diversity is a key objective of public personnel policies worldwide. We augment this discourse by exploring the complementary and multifaceted concept of workforce homogeneity. This systematic literature review clarifies an elusive concept and reveals dominant causes and consequences of public sector workforce homogeneity, synthesizing how self-selection, personnel policies, and socialization create often implicit yet persistent practices that lead to workforce homogeneity. By linking these causes with their (un-)intended consequences, this study on workforce homogeneity sheds light on an important theoretical concept for public management and identifies broad avenues for future research.
KW - diversity
KW - public personnel management
KW - self-selection
KW - systematic literature review
KW - Workforce homogeneity
KW - Management studies
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85132410456&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/14719037.2022.2084770
DO - 10.1080/14719037.2022.2084770
M3 - Journal articles
AN - SCOPUS:85132410456
VL - 26
SP - 334
EP - 356
JO - Public Management Review
JF - Public Management Review
SN - 1471-9037
IS - 2
ER -