Political staffing has attracted significant attention recently through media stories and parliamentary reviews which uncovered many problems and a general lack of human resource management. This new research has focused on how to make the management of political advisers/staffers more effective by interviewing practitioners in Australia, Canada, the UK and New Zealand about positive practices in 2022-3, including 66 advisers for Prime Ministers Scott Morrison, Justin Trudeau, Boris Johnson and Jacinda Ardern.
WRITTEN OUTPUTS
Book: Lees-Marshment, J The Human Resource Management of Political Staffers: insights from Prime Ministers’ advisers and reformers Routledge published January 2024
Open access/free chapter Best Practice Guidance for Political Staffing for Political Managers, Advisers and Reformers available to download. See https://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/oa-mono/10.4324/9781032636429-9/best-practice-guidance-political-staffing-political-managers-advisers-reformers-jennifer-lees-marshment?context=ubx&refId=0deaf8b4-871a-4720-bb09-6302979f0019
Summary report: Lees-Marshment, J (2023) The HRM of Political Staffers Research Report:
PRESENTATIONS AND DISCUSSION
Conference on The Psychology of Democracy: How (well) do our parliaments work? May 22 2023, University of Salford and online, Presentation “Political advisers and workplace health: problems and potential”
Institute for Government Roundtable, What makes a successful special adviser? 13 June 2023 London and online
GET IN TOUCH:
I am available to discuss these results, give presentations or contribute to discussions. Please email me on jleesmarshment001@dundee.ac.uk
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