How Does the Publicness of the Working Environment Relate to Public Employee Workplace Commitment ? an Inquiry in the Swiss Administration
In this paper, we analyze the relationship between the publicness of the working environment and employee workplace commitment within Swiss public administrations. More than a thousand public employees from different organizations and institutional levels were surveyed, using a questionnaire designed for measuring multi-anchor commitment. Our study shows that beyond theoretical publicness, the actual perceived publicness by the surveyed employees' working environment is more closely related to their commitment; especially for the most salient public commitment anchors. Besides, we propose an innovative approach of the Person-work environment Fit, of potential interest for public management scholars and practioners.