Procesos de selección de personal en la administración pública de la Provincia de Buenos Aires. Una elipsis al régimen de concursos para el acceso a las funciones jerarquizadas

Abstract

Professionalization of public employment is central to the strengthening of public institutions and the improvement of its performance. Although there is not a single mechanism or way to promote it, there is a consensus that requires the creation of careers based on criteria of merit and technical competence. The objective of this paper is to contribute to the analysis of the professionalization situation in the subnational area, based on the Personnel Selection Processes policy for positions of hierarchy in the province of Buenos Aires. This work examined primary and secondary data sources, the results shows the persistence of certain discretionary practices, which can be considered as a sign of politicization of public employment.