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At-Will Employment in Government

Insights From the State of Texas

Jerrell D. Coggburn

University of Texas at San Antonio

Supplanting civil service systems’ procedural protections with at-will employment policies is a recent and important phenomenon in public service. This article examines the state of Texas, an at-will employer. It reports a 2005 survey of the state's human resource directors focusing on the at-will doctrine and its use and effects. Respondents agreed that at-will employment enhances employee responsiveness to agency administrators but held mixed opinion of its effects on other employee behaviors (e.g., risk taking, whistle-blowing, decision making, sensitivity to issues of fairness) and agency performance. The article calls for governments to take a more holistic view of at-will employment when considering its adoption.

Key Words: at-will employment • civil service reform • employee-employer relationship • state government

Review of Public Personnel Administration, Vol. 26, No. 2, 158-177 (2006)
DOI: 10.1177/0734371X06287724
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