Dynamics of Sector Switching: Hazard Models Predicting Changes from Private Jobs to Public and Nonprofit Sectors

Abstract

Policy makers and public managers emphasize the importance of bringing private sector experience and skills into the public and nonprofit sectors. One result is an increased focus on privatization and contracting out, developments to which researchers have been attentive. However, the long-standing practice of hiring people with industrial experience into the public and nonprofit sectors has received remarkably little attention. Using event history analysis, this article looks at switching patterns.