Martin SievertLeiden University | LEI · Institute of Public Administration
Martin Sievert
Master of Science
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Introduction
Martin Sievert is assistant professor of public administration at Leiden University, Netherlands. His research focuses on organizational legitimacy within citizen-state interactions, public sector recruitment, motivation of public and nonprofit employees, and person-environment misfit.
Additional affiliations
August 2018 - September 2022
Position
- Research Assistant
Description
- Doctoral Student at the Chair of Business Administration, Public & Nonprofit Management, Prof. Dr. Bernd Helmig
September 2015 - June 2018
March 2015 - September 2015
Education
August 2017 - February 2018
October 2016 - July 2018
April 2013 - September 2016
Publications
Publications (13)
Job advertisements are a crucial first step in the recruitment process. Public sector organizations overwhelmingly rely on passive recruitment tactics such as written notices, listing formal rules and legal processes, and excessive application procedures. Little is known about the signals these formal rules and procedures send to potential applican...
Research on symbolic representation suggests that citizen‐state interactions might benefit from public organizations’ representativeness. Recent experiments on symbolic gender representation provide contradictory findings regarding the influence on citizens’ co‐production intentions. This study conducts a wide replication based on new data to reexa...
With the increasing availability of life-saving vaccines against the SARS-CoV-2 virus, government agencies face the challenge of promoting vaccine uptake. Thus, encouraging vaccine uptake marks an urgent policy challenge in fighting the COVID-19 pandemic. This study builds on the theory of psychological ownership to design a behaviorally inspired l...
Previous literature presents a strong rationale for the positive impact of symbolic representation in coproduction contexts. However, empirical studies yield inconclusive findings indicating that meaningful effects are limited if citizens face high levels of uncertainty. This article combines symbolic representation with signaling theory, suggestin...
Die öffentliche Verwaltung in Deutschland ist mit der Herausforderung konfrontiert, in einem stark umkämpften Arbeitsmarkt eine zunehmende Zahl von Fachkräften rekrutieren zu müssen. Die Veröffentlichung von Stellenanzeigen stellt ein zentrales Element bei den Bemühungen des öffentlichen Sektors dar, diesem “War for Talent” zu begegnen. Diese Studi...
For decades, person-environment fit research has been a prevalent and complex topic of research, as evidenced by multiple reviews. Inherent in person-environment fit theorizing is the notion that its absence, i.e. misfit, is accompanied by negative consequences. Until recently, this simplistic view of fit and misfit predominated, resulting in a sha...
Administrative burdens potentially influence citizens’ perceptions of welfare policies and beneficiaries. Still, empirical evidence on the effects of different cost categories (learning, compliance, and psychological costs) on citizens’ perceptions is scarce. This research aims to unravel the impact of administrative burden on different levels of p...
The authors examine whether conformity towards prevailing public opinions and pre-existing blame influences citizens’ attribution of blame for public service failure, by using a between-group experimental design with five groups. Two groups received information cues mentioning different public opinions. Two additional groups received information on...
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The authors examine whether conformity towards prevailing public opinions and preexisting blame influences citizens' attribution of blame for public service failure, by using a between-group experimental design with five groups. Two groups received information cues mentioning different public opinions. Two additional groups received information on...
Die vorliegende Bachelorarbeit beleuchtet grundlegende Aspekte des Change Managements an öffentlichen Universitäten. Dabei wird zunächst die Universität aus organisationssoziologischer Perspektive und im Kontext des Change Managements betrachtet. Anschließend wird eine experimentelle Präferenzmessung der Studierenden der Universität Hamburg im Kont...
Projects
Projects (2)
This project applies experimental research designs (e.g., survey experiments) to examine how symbolic representation affects citizen-state interactions in different settings. In several studies, I examine whether and how varying e.g., the gender distribution of public organizations or specific groups of employees affects citizens' behavioral intentions and attitudes. The project will contain both published papers and work-in-progress.
Behavioral Public Administration is an interdisciplinary research line that aims to study public administration topics from the micro-perspective of individual behavior and attitudes by connecting insights from public administration, psychology and the behavioral sciences more broadly. Core source: Grimmelikhuijsen, S., Jilke, S., Olsen, A. L., & Tummers, L. (2017). Behavioral public administration: Combining insights from public administration and psychology. Public Administration Review, 77(1), 45-56.
