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Article: The Assessment of the Employment Relationship by Civil Servants. Theoretical and Empirical Insights from a Study in District Courts in Lower Saxony**
- Article from:
- Management Revue
- Article date:
- January 1, 2007
- Author:
CopyrightCopyright Rainer Hampp Verlag 2007. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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Civil servants in Germany are commonly considered to have special privileges particularly with regard to their employment conditions. This belief is based on the fact that German civil servants ("Beamte") cannot be discharged, which is an aspect of their employment relationship that attracts atte
ntion especially in times when the state of the economy is weak. But does security of employment actually play such an important role in the consciousness of employees? Is security of employment really an outstanding determinant of work behaviour or only one factor amongst many others? And: compared to other employees and due to the security of employment civil servants enjoy, do they assess their ...