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the continuity and maintaining institutional memory, which is necessary to set its future priorities and learning. Despite the call to abolish the tenure system, there are a number of advantages. By providing tenure, human resources management can attract the best-qualified individuals for government jobs. These new recruits can then bring their knowledge about modern technology and the concerns of the younger generations to the forefront of government priorities. Under the tenure system, they will feel secure in the jobs and will do their best to the improvement of the tasks of the government without the fear of the loss of jobs due to politicization or any other external variable. On the other hand, the tenure system in developing countries, for example, in South Asia, has led to inefficiency, rigidity stifling innovation and changes crucial under globalization. The difficult challenge is how to maintain a tenure system, and, simultaneously, to preserve the efficiency in the government system. However, a tenure system with an effective performance evaluation can eradicate many of the concerns associated with tenure. The efficient public servants are crucial for dealing with the complex problems under globalization.
Demand for Accountability The increasing demand for accountability as a result of media scrutiny means that public servants now live in a fish bowl. The demand for accountability causing increased managerial control diminishes the intrinsic satisfaction of the public service (Kearney and Hays 1994). The pressures for greater efficiency in government now make a career in government service less attractive to potential job seekers (Lavigna 2004). Governments in the developed world face serious challenges of recruitment and retention of public employees considering the increasing scrutiny as a result of accountability, and the levels of low pay and insecurity in public service. On the other hand, faced by the problems of the scarcity of jobs, and the opportunity for bribes and the generous perks associated with such jobs, the developing countries enjoy a better environment for the recruitment of the public servants, although not for the right reasons. Moreover, in developing countries, government servants are not exposed to intrusive scrutiny by the media as occurs in the developed world. The developing countries do not have effective tools to ensure accountability, which may provide a good reason for some to be attracted to government jobs. This lack of accountability, however, can lead to both corruption and the abuse of power: Compared to the developed nations, “where the
