Merit or Politics: Who becomes Civil Servant in Central and Eastern Europe?
2022-02-17 12:01:22
Prof. György Gajduschek, from the Institute of Economic and Public Policy of Corvinus and Katarina Staronova from Comenius University (Bratislava) recently published a joint paper in the International Journal of Public Administration.
Prof. György Gajduschek and Katarina Staronova analyzed the selection and promotion of senior civil servants in three Central and East European countries (Estonia, Hungary and Slovakia).
The paper argues that it is highly misleading to interpret the HR decisions regarding senior civil servants in the region based solely on formal institutions and legal norms. On the contrary, informal mechanisms such as personal relationships and party membership are decisive. Formal rules made to reduce or abolish favoritism and nepotism in this field regularly turn out to be ineffective and usually vanish within a short period of time.
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