Internal Job Rotation at the General Secretariat of the Council of the European Union: A Matching Theory Approach

Abstract: Motivated by the low mobility rates at the General Secretariat of the Council of the European Union (GSC), a job rotation exercise was introduced in 2017, in which participating employees had to switch employment position among themselves. The pilot rotation exhibited a low rate of participation and possible signs of strategic manipulation by the participants. We develop a model that captures the features of a job rotation within an institution and that allows us to determine the causes of the above mentioned problems. We propose two alternative procedures that would improve the outcome of the rotation exercise at the GSC.