01569pab a2200145 454500008004000000100002200040245012500062260000900187300001600196362000800212520111700220650001601337650001901353773005101372180718b2008   xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  aCollins, Brian K.  aWhat's the problem in public sector workforce recruitment? A multi-sector comparative analysis of managerial perceptions  c2008  ap.1592-608.  aDec  aPublic sector workforce recruitment is problematic, but the nature of that problem is not clearly defined. Workforce recruitment is essentially a matching problem that requires managers to recruit desired employees in available labor pools. this research asks whether sectoral differences and competition for labor affect whether public managers frame the major problem of workforce recruitment as the size, qualifications, or work ethnic of the labor pool. Using survey data from about 2,300 managers from two US states, problem attributions are modeled using multinomial logit. The findings suggest that the public and nonprofit sectors find it more problematic to recruit qualified employees than the private sector, but public and nonprofit agencies hold a comparative advantage over the private sector in recruiting employees with sufficient work ethic. therefore, public and nonprofit managers should emphasize retention and training to leverage their comparative advantage in recruiting employees with work ethic while addressing a comparative disadvantage in recruiting qualified employees. - Reproduced.  aRecruitment  aCivil services  aInternational Journal of Public Administration