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- Title
Practices and challenges of converting former fighters into civil servants: the case of Eritrea.
- Authors
Tessema, Mussie Teclemichael; Soeters, Joseph L.
- Abstract
This study critically discusses the practices and challenges of converting the former Eritrean fighters into civil servants and their management afterwards. The study finds that, although both categories of the Eritrean civil servants (ex and non-ex-fighters) have been working together since independence, ex-fighter civil servants were given special privileges in a number of human resource management (HRM) practices, such as recruitment and selection, placement, promotion, training and compensation. That is, the political involvement in the management of the ex-fighter civil servants was considerable, which in turn has led to a certain degree of politicisation in the civil service. The Eritrean experience draws a number of lessons with regard to process, treatment within the workplace and different perceptions on the part of the two categories of civil servant.
- Subjects
ERITREA; PERSONNEL management; EMPLOYMENT of retired military personnel; CIVIL service personnel management; CIVIL service; MANAGEMENT
- Publication
Public Administration & Development, 2006, Vol 26, Issue 4, p359
- ISSN
0271-2075
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/pad.402