Performance Appraisal: Verisimilitude Trumps
Veracity[*].(Statistical Data Included)
Few administrative functions have attracted more attention and so
successfully resisted solution than employee evaluation. Since
performance appraisal is impossible, what actually happens is . . .
The Public Service Ethic in the New Public Personnel
Systems.(Statistical Data Included)
A "public service ethic" implies more than just ethical
behavior on the job; it also entails a dedication to the public interest
and a commitment to mission accomplishment. This essay argues that . . .
Ethical Decision-Making: Global Concerns, Frameworks, and
Approaches.
Throughout the world, public personnel managers have become deeply
involved in organizational issues, such as increased productivity,
strengthened quality, and improved service. With the global . . .
The Morally Mute Manager: Fact or Fiction?
In a recent article in this journal, Dr. Charles E. Mitchell[1]
delivered a sweeping condemnation of appointed and elected officeholders
that neither accept nor act on their ethical and moral . . .
Deontological Dimensions of Administrative Ethics,
Revisited.
The administrator is always to some extent an initiator of values,
partly as a representative of some interest group or groups, but also
independently, in his own right. He can never by completely . . .
Editors' Introduction : Ethics in Contemporary Human
Resources Management.
Administrative Ethics: In Theory
Ethical considerations are both at the core and on the surface of
contemporary human resources management. Important decisions almost
always require a human . . .
1998 IPMA Agency Award for Excellence Winning Program : An
Interview With the Winner.(Interview)
Editor's Note: In an effort to provide more articles of a
practical nature to our readers, Public Personnel Management recently
interviewed this recipient of the 1998 Agency Award for Excellence. . . .
An Investigation of the Impact on Higher Education of the Family
& Medical Leave Act of 1993.
The Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) requires businesses with 50
or more employees to grant eligible workers, with the exception of their
top management, up to 12 weeks of unpaid leave during . . .
The "Overpaid Bureaucrat" : Comparing Public and
Private Wages in Mississippi.
Compensation of public employees is a contentious issue for
politicians and the general public in the United States. However, there
is little empirical evidence in the literature to address claims . . .
Differences in Supervisor and Non-Supervisor Perceptions of
Quality Culture and Organizational Climate.
Data were collected from 8,126 employees in a large government
service agency using an anonymous survey measuring 9 aspects of quality
culture and 10 aspects of organizational climate. Results show . . .
Reverse Discrimination and Remedial Affirmative Action in
Employment : Dealing With the Paradox of Nondiscrimination.
Public sector employers are governed by two standards in the design
and application of voluntary remedial affirmative action plans: Title
VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (as amended) and the . . .
Diversity by the Numbers : Changes in State and Local Government
Workforces 1980-1995.
The tools used to diversify workforces in state and local
governments have come under attack and, in at least one state, have been
rescinded by voter initiative. The current backlash against . . .
Diversity Management : Time for A New Approach.
There are now more new faces and diversity among the workforce than
ever before and this trend is expected to continue into the 21st
century. Managers in public and private organizations are . . .
Generation X and the Public Employee.
This cross-sectional study reports the work-related differences and
similarities of 241 Generation X and Baby Boomer employees in the public
sector. A more homogeneous pattern of what employees . . .
The Nature of Litigation Surrounding Five Screening
Devices.
This paper reviews the extent of use, reliability, validity, and
potential problems of five selection screening devices -- reference
checks, background investigations, medical exams, drug tests, . . .
Hiring Child Welfare Caseworkers : Using a Competency-Based
Approach.
When this study was conducted, both authors were on the staff of
the Maine Child Welfare Training Institute. The Institute is a
collaborative program of the Edmund S. Muskie School of Public . . .
Predictors of Performance Appraisal Discomfort : A Preliminary
Examination.
In this study, one hundred and eight state and federal employees
responded to a questionnaire concerning their feelings of discomfort
during performance appraisal. It was hypothesized that . . .
Public Sector Organizations : Today's Innovative Leaders in
Performance Management.
Who's coming up with the best new ideas for managing
people's performance on the job? Surprisingly, some of the most
innovative work in developing new approaches to performance management
is being . . .
Protective Service Physical Ability Tests: Establishing
Pass/Fail, Ranking, and Banding Procedures.(Statistical Data
Included)
Physical ability tests have undergone intense scrutiny in the
courts since the 1970s. A recent survey of court-disputed police and
fire physical ability tests showed a successful defense rate of . . .
Healthy Work: Ideal and Reality among Public and Private Employed
Academics in Sweden.(survey of the members of the Swedish Conf
In what does healthy work for persons with an academic background
consist, and how great is the perceived gulf between actual work and
healthy work? A random sample of 5,700 members of the . . .
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