Job characteristics of officers and agents: results of a national
job analysis.
The law enforcement community represents a group for which the
decision to hire, fire, and make many other personnel-related decisions
is of critical importance. When a law enforcement officer or . . .
Psychological testing in personnel selection, Part I: a century
of psychological testing.
The application of psychological testing to human resource
selection, particularly the use of instruments designed to assess
personality traits, has a long, colorful, and somewhat . . .
Revitalizing human resources management in state government:
moving from transactional to transformational HR professionals in t
This article illustrates how the State of Michigan transformed
human resources in state government by developing HR leaders for the
future. A transformational plan was developed in March 2000 to . . .
Two years later: Hurricane Katrina still poses significant human
resource problems for local governments.
This study explores the impact of Hurricane Katrina on local
government HR management for several cities along the Mississippi Gulf
Coast. The authors interviewed mayors, city managers, . . .
Mentoring--a relationship based on trust: qualitative
research.
The study reported in this article aimed to explore the trust
proteges felt for their mentors and the effects different dimensions of
relationships that can influence this trust in mentoring . . .
Policies for managing the training and development function:
lessons from the federal government.
The administration of employee training resources is guided, in
part, by laws and regulations. This is exemplified in the case studied
here of federal employee training. After reviewing the . . .
Hispanics and Anglos: the role of group composition on
satisfaction.
In January 2003 the U.S. Census Bureau declared Hispanics to have
surpassed Blacks as the largest minority group in the United States, yet
surprisingly little empirical research has attended to the . . .
E-mail policies of the 50 states: a content analysis.
Even though wide-scale use of e-mail and the Internet in government
organizations came a bit later than it did in private sector
organizations, growth in e-government initiatives are . . .
Synthesizing minimum qualifications using an occupational area
job analysis questionnaire.(Author abstract)
Whether done formally or informally, most organizations apply an
evaluation process to an applicant's personal history items such as
amount of experience, level of education, type of degree and . . .
Living wage ordinances in the public sector.(ordinances
regulating living wage of private sector employees)(Author
abstract)
Two key efforts in the United States wage movement attempt to
assist low-income families in freeing themselves from poverty by
increasing their incomes. The first involved the enactment of a . . .
The validity of the Reid Report for selection of corrections
staff.(Author abstract)
Although estimates for industry losses from employee theft and
counter-productivity vary across reports, employee honesty and integrity
is a serious concern for many employers. The solution for . . .
The Georgia Department of Corrections: an exploratory reflection
on correctional officer turnover and its correlates.(Author
abs
Introduction
In recent years, strategic workforce planning has played an
increasing role in human resource related activities of many state
public agencies in Georgia. The GDC is no exception. . . .
Comparing public and private choices of managed health care
plans: rhetoric versus reality.(Author abstract)
Introduction and Background
The rhetoric is that the public sector offers greater health
benefits coverage and affordability than the private sector. (1) This
study tests the reality of . . .
Affirmative action in federal employment: good intentions run
amuck?(Equal Employment Opportunity for federal employees)(Author
Introduction
Affirmative action programs have been a mainstay of efforts to
obtain equality of opportunity for minority employees in the federal
government for more than 40 years.
Since the . . .
Legislating for best practice HRM: the New Zealand approach.(Good
Employers Act for best practices in HRM)(Author abstract)
Reforms in the New Zealand public sector in the 1980s meant
economic objectives became a priority for public sector employers. This
threatened the for, met objectives of social justice and equity, . . .
Organizational trust, trust in the chief executive and work
satisfaction.
Introduction
Especially in the past decade, employees have begun to change their
view of the organizations in which they work, with traditional
employee-organization bonds becoming weaker. (1) . . .
An efficiency-based approach on human resource management: a case
study of Tainan County fire branches in Taiwan.
Introduction
Disaster prevention defines three major missions: fire prevention,
disaster rescue and emergently medical service relating to the lives of
people. (1) People expect that the fire . . .
Transforming higher-level civil service in a new age: a case
study of a new senior civil service in Korea.
Introduction
Most countries have witnessed the emergence of determined efforts
to reform the civil service in the last few decades. Driven by such
traditional catalysts, like financial crises or . . .
Federal employees with disabilities with regards to occupation,
race, and gender.(Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990)
Introduction
The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990 was designed to
protect disabled persons from discrimination on the basis of
disabilities, including hearing, seeing, speaking, . . .
Performance management for public personnel: multi-analysis
approach toward personnel.
Introduction
The most important characteristic of public personnel is to provide
public service. A government agency is considered to be effective if the
target mass is satisfied with the . . .
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