The U.S. Supreme Court clarifies constructive discharge under
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Introduction
According to a recent poll, more than one in five Americans claims
to have experienced employment discrimination. (1) Whether in the
private or public sector, workplace harassment . . .
The relationship between self-esteem and job satisfaction of
personnel in government organizations.
Self-esteem describes one's feelings regarding his or her
value, or it is to consider oneself as a valuable person. This
particular kind of consideration comes from all of the thoughts,
feelings, . . .
Diversity management: an exploratory assessment of minority group
representation in state government.(General Accounting Office)
In January 2001, the General Accounting Office added the personnel
system and human capital to the list of "high risk" government
operations due to the demands of the economy and job market. (1) . . .
Representation and policy outputs: examining the linkage between
passive and active representation.(Senior Executive Service)
Since Mosher identified two types representation--passive
active--the studies on representative bureaucracy have well covered the
federal, state and local levels of government. (1) The studies . . .
Linking employee assessments to succession planning.(Nevada
Operations Office of the Department of Energy)
Succession planning is an ongoing process of systematically
identifying, assessing and developing organizational leadership to
enhance performance. (1) Due to widespread downsizing and an . . .
The role of burnout in the relationship between perceptions of
organizational politics and turnover intentions.
A work environment that is political in nature can engender
negative reactions on the behavior and attitudes of employees, such as
diminished job satisfaction (1) and lower organizational . . .
Practical issues in the use of personality tests in police
selection.
Barrick and Mount's meta-analysis on the relation between
personality and job performance is considered a seminal article in the
field of personnel selection. This study and others that followed it . . .
Custom needs assessment for strategic HR training: the Los
Angeles County experience.(human resource)
Los Angeles County largest municipal government in the nation,
serving nearly 10 million people and covering over 4,000 square miles.
Comprised of more than 90,000 employees and 38 departments, . . .
The next wave of civil service reform.(Civil Service Reform Act
of 1978)
The Civil Service Reform Act of 1978 included new authority for
civil service demonstration projects. The Carter Administration wanted a
mechanism for experimenting with innovative ways of applying . . .
Municipal government part-time employee benefits
practices.
Part-time employment is a basic human resource staffing in the
United States and elsewhere. (1) In the United States, there were
approximately 21.4 million permanent part-time employees comprising . . .
Personalities at work: understanding and managing human nature on
the job.
All people possess personality traits. These are the individual
variations of temperament, cognition and interaction style that give
each of us our distinct color as human beings. But when these . . .
Examining the implementation of affirmative action in law
enforcement.
Affirmative action has been a controversial policy during the last
few decades. Affirmative action (AA) is a means by which government
activity openly promotes the hiring and promotion of members . . .
Exit surveys as assessments of organizational ethicality.
The importance of clearly articulated and understood ethical
standards in the business of public administration is undisputable. (1)
Moreover, an understanding of how ethics operates in the . . .
A legal analysis of breast-feeding accommodation requirements in
the workplace.
"... [F]ew would deny that the problems facing women who wish
to bear children while pursuing challenging careers at the same time
remain substantial" (1)
The purpose of this paper is to review . . .
Applying the theory of constraints to a public safety hiring
process.(Texas Police Department)
This article outlines the application of the theory of constraints
(TOC) to the hiring process of the Odessa, Texas Police Department
(OPD). Initially, the TOC is discussed. Then, background . . .
Executive selection in a government agency: an analysis of the
Department of the Navy's Senior Executive Service selection
proce
The level of change has intensified (1) while the use of technology
has exploded (2). Consequently, businesses continue to downsize,
reorganize and restructure, placing more pressure on leaders and . . .
The FLSA and overtime pay.(Fair Labor Standards Act)(Labor
Department rules)
Early federal legislation covering employees' work hours and
wages was limited to employees who worked on government contracts or in
specific industries. During the Great Depression, unemployment . . .
Diversity in religious practice: implications of Islamic values
in the public workplace.
The September 11th terrorist attack in the United States was indeed
a definable moment for Americans. This has caused a growing level of
concern among many non-Muslims Americans about the practice . . .
IPMA-HR Journal wins prestigious Emerald Page
Award.(International Public Management Association for Human
Resources)(Brief arti
Public Personnel Management, the academic journal of IPMA-HR, was
recently recognized by Emerald Management Reviews as one of the
outstanding management publications of 2002. The journal received a . . .
Employee perceptions of leadership and performance management in
the Botswana public service.
During the past three decades, Botswana has acquired a reputation
for sound development management and good governance. That reputation
has been derived primarily from the behavior and performance . . .
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