Staff recruitment and geographical representation in international organizations (notice n° 569617)
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| Language code of text/sound track or separate title | fre |
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| Authentication code | dc |
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| Personal name | Eckhard, Steffen |
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| Title | Staff recruitment and geographical representation in international organizations |
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| Date of publication, distribution, etc. | 2021.<br/> |
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| General note | 59 |
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| Summary, etc. | What explains geographical representation in the professional staff of intergovernmental organizations (IOs)? We address this question from an organizational perspective by considering IO recruitment processes. In the United Nations (UN) system, recruitment processes are designed to ensure bureaucratic merit, with experience and education being the relevant merit criteria. We develop and test a supply-side theory, postulating that differences in countries’ supply of well-educated and highly experienced candidates can explain geographical representation. Drawing on staff data from 34 IOs and supply data from 174 member states, and controlling for endogeneity and alternative explanations, we find no such relationship for education. However, countries with a high supply of candidates with relevant working and regional experiences have significantly higher representation values. These findings offer a complementary narrative as to why some countries are more strongly represented in the international professional staff than others. Findings also unveil the nature of bureaucratic merit in the UN, which seems to emphasize local knowledge and working experience over formal (Western) education. Points for practitionersWhat explains member states’ representation in the staff bodies of organizations in the UN system? Previous work has shown that member state power is a good predictor. But what about bureaucratic merit? The paper demonstrates that representation patterns can also be explained when measuring states’ supply of candidates with relevant working and regional experience. Supply of educated candidates plays no significant role. Bureaucratic merit in the UN seems to emphasize local knowledge and working experience over formal (Western) education. |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | administration publique internationale |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | ressources humaines |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Nations unies |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | représentation géographique |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | recrutement |
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| Personal name | Steinebach, Yves |
| Relator term | author |
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| Note | International Review of Administrative Sciences | 87 | 4 | 2021-12-02 | p. 607-624 | 0303-965X |
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| Uniform Resource Identifier | <a href="https://shs.cairn.info/journal-international-review-of-administrative-sciences-2021-4-page-607?lang=en&redirect-ssocas=7080">https://shs.cairn.info/journal-international-review-of-administrative-sciences-2021-4-page-607?lang=en&redirect-ssocas=7080</a> |
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