Staff recruitment and geographical representation in international organizations

Eckhard, Steffen; Steinebach, Yves

Staff recruitment and geographical representation in international organizations

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2021

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Open Access Hybrid

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International Review of Administrative Sciences. Sage. 2021, 87(4), pp. 701-717. ISSN 0020-8523. eISSN 1461-7226. Available under: doi: 10.1177/00208523211031379

Zusammenfassung

What explains geographical representation in the professional staff of intergovernmental organizations (IOs)? We address this question from an organizational perspective by considering IO recruitment processes. In the United Nations (UN) system, recruitment processes are designed to ensure bureaucratic merit, with experience and education being the relevant merit criteria. We develop and test a supply-side theory, postulating that differences in countries’ supply of well-educated and highly experienced candidates can explain geographical representation. Drawing on staff data from 34 IOs and supply data from 174 member states, and controlling for endogeneity and alternative explanations, we find no such relationship for education. However, countries with a high supply of candidates with relevant working and regional experiences have significantly higher representation values. These findings offer a complementary narrative as to why some countries are more strongly represented in the international professional staff than others. Findings also unveil the nature of bureaucratic merit in the UN, which seems to emphasize local knowledge and working experience over formal (Western) education.

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320 Politik

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geographical representation, human resources, international public administration, recruitment, United Nations

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ECKHARD, Steffen, Yves STEINEBACH, 2021. Staff recruitment and geographical representation in international organizations. In: International Review of Administrative Sciences. Sage. 2021, 87(4), pp. 701-717. ISSN 0020-8523. eISSN 1461-7226. Available under: doi: 10.1177/00208523211031379

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@article{Eckhard2021Staff-54411,
  year={2021},
  doi={10.1177/00208523211031379},
  title={Staff recruitment and geographical representation in international organizations},
  number={4},
  volume={87},
  issn={0020-8523},
  journal={International Review of Administrative Sciences},
  pages={701--717},
  author={Eckhard, Steffen and Steinebach, Yves}
}

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