PART 1
The Antecedents to Work

CHAPTER 1
An Introduction to the Work Performance Framework

This opening chapter introduces the Work Performance Framework (WPF) as a theoretical construct for work performance in public service. The framework merges human resource (HR) management theories, concepts, and concerns with public administration theories, concepts, and concerns. The WPF is a tool for HR managers and public administrators to use to manage work performance, for public-sector workers to understand and manage their individual and aggregate development and performance, for academics to provide instruction on public-sector work performance, and for researchers to identify new topics and lines of inquiry to explore.