The Bashing and Praise of Public Employees: What Difference Does it Make?

• In Event: Public Employees and Administrative Performance

Brief Overview

Using a nationally representative sample, we test four hypotheses related to how bashing and praise of teachers affects outcomes related to recruitment and retention efforts. We find that effects of bashing and praise vary across these outcomes.

Authors

• Gordon Abner, Indiana University-Bloomington

• Louis Fucilla, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater