Dimensions and Factors of Civil Servants Policy Alienation: Case of the Lithuanian State Employment Agency Cover Image

Valstybės tarnautojų susvetimėjimo įgyvendinant politiką lygmenys ir veiksniai: Užimtumo tarnybos prie Lietuvos Respublikos socialinės apsaugos ir darbo ministerijos atvejis
Dimensions and Factors of Civil Servants Policy Alienation: Case of the Lithuanian State Employment Agency

Author(s): Natalja Gončiarova
Subject(s): Labor relations, Welfare systems, Human Resources in Economy
Published by: Vilniaus universiteto leidykla & VU Tarptautinių santykių ir politikos mokslų institutas
Keywords: powerlessness; meaninglessness; policy alienation; employment policy;

Summary/Abstract: The article aims to identify the dimensions and factors of policy alienation that have a significant impact on the practice of civil servants when implementing employment policy. The data of the empirical research revealed that civil servants experience powerlessness due to the following factors: insufficient coherence of employment policy objectives with objectives of other social and welfare policies, lack of interinstitutional cooperation, and autonomy in implementing internal institutional requirements. Meanwhile, the factors of meaninglessness are related to red tape and categories, as distinguished by informants, of unemployed clients, whose expectations are incommensurable with the aims and means of implemented employment policy.

  • Issue Year: 2020
  • Issue No: 2(98)
  • Page Range: 46-68
  • Page Count: 23
  • Language: Lithuanian