Senior Executive Service: Executives' Perspectives on Their Federal Service
GGD-88-109FS
Published: Jul 20, 1988. Publicly Released: Jul 20, 1988.
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In response to a congressional request, GAO provided information on Senior Executive Service (SES) career members' characteristics, career plans, and opinions regarding their federal service to determine why federal agencies were having increasing difficulty in maintaining high-quality career SES staff.
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Attrition ratesEarly retirementCareer planningExecutive compensationFull-time employmentJob satisfaction surveysLabor statisticsPersonnel managementStatistical dataWorking conditions