Understanding the mobility of public leaders: switching between sectors and governmental levels
研究了公共领导者三种流动形式（同层级、跨层级、跨部门）的动机，发现职业抱负和低工作满意度分别驱动高、低相似度转换，而服务公民的愿望推动从私营到公共部门的转换。
Despite growing attention to public leader recruitment, mobility patterns remain understudied. To address this gap, we analyse motives for three distinct forms of public leader mobility: within-level (same government tier), between-level (across central and local tiers), and between-sector (from private to public sector). Utilizing unique survey and register data, we find that proximity between past and current roles is a valuable lens for understanding mobility motives. Career ambition is more important for high-proximity transitions, while low job satisfaction fuels low-proximity transitions. The desire to serve citizens is an important driver of transitions from the private to the public sector.