Staff participation in the Belgian public sector reform

Abstract

The Belgian federal administration has been undergoing a major reform programme since 1999, known as the Copernicus reform. In 2000 a survey was launched by the Minister of Civil Service and Modernisation of the Public Services to assess and measure civil servants’ attitudes towards the reform and to stuimulate employee commitment. This article analyses the survey responses using the participation model of de Leede and Looise. Concludes that the amount of influence civil servants exerted through their participation and involvement in the survey appears to be small. Furthermore, there are criticisms levelled at the ways that the results of the survey have been used.

Citation

Parys, M. (2003), "Staff participation in the Belgian public sector reform", International Journal of Public Sector Management, Vol. 16 No. 6, pp. 446-458. https://doi.org/10.1108/09513550310492094