The Human Resource Management of Political Staffers: Insights from Prime Ministers' Advisers and Reformers [Paperback]

Jennifer Lees-Marshment is Professor of Political Marketing and Management at the University of Dundee, Scotland. She is a research-led but practice-oriented cross-disciplinary academic focused on researching Political Marketing, Political Management, Political Leadership and Public Participation. She has interviewed over 350 political practitioners, including government ministers and staffers/advisors to prime ministers and presidents, and is author/editor of 18 books.

1. Introduction, Methodology and Data  2. The Case for Better HRM for Political Staffers and Advisers  3. The Nature and Capabilities of the Roles that Political Staffers and Advisers Play  4. The Recruitment and Selection of Political Staffers and Advisers  5. The Orientation, Training and Development of Political Staffers and Advisers  6. Managing the Office Structure, Workloads and Performance of Political Staffers and Advisers  7. Maintaining the Morale and Mental Health of Political Staffers and Advisers  8. Improving the Future HRM of Political Staffers and Advisers  9. Best Practice Guidance for Political Staffing for Political Managers, Advisers and Reformers

The Human Resource Management of Political Staffers: Insights from Prime Ministers Advisers and Reformers explores the human resource management of political staffers and advisers who work for politicians.

Deeply grounded in the experiences of those who worked in the highest political offices under Prime Ministers Boris Johnson, Justin Trudeau, Scott Morrison and Jacinda Ardern, it makes the case for better management of staffers by illuminating past problems with the workplace such as extreme workloads, little work-life balance and lack of orientation and training. But it also offers a way forward by combining ad hoc positive experiences into guidance for future beslCƒ