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Public Personnel Management articles from December 1995
A quarterly journal focused on human resource work in the public sector. Contains articles on trends, case studies, comparative information, and recent research. Topics include labor relations, assessment, personnel policies, government reform and other a
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Public Personnel Management archives from December 1995
Staffing for persons with disabilities: what is "fair" and "job related"?
December 22, 1995... The impetus for this research comes from the 1990 Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).[1] Regulations for the ADA (1630.2[m]) state that organizations with at least 25 employees will be liable for the impact of their employment practices on...
The ADA helps - but not much. (Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990)
December 22, 1995... When the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) was passed and signed into law in 1990, millions of disabled Americans were given access to many things in life that able-bodied people take for granted. Modeled after the 1964 Civil Rights Act,...
The assessment center process: assessing leadership in the public sector.
December 22, 1995... Background
A highly controversial issue in personnel assessment is the measurement of leadership skills. The first problem we encounter is that there is no agreed upon definition of leadership. Ann Howard reports that Bass and...
Assessing the validity of job ratings: an empirical study of false reporting in task inventories.
December 22, 1995... The use of task inventories or structured job analysis questionnaires in job analysis is widespread in both the public and private sectors.[1] Generally, when the task inventory method is used in job analysis, multiple job incumbents and/or...
The City of Charlotte, North Carolina. (1994 International Personnel Management Association Agency Award for Excellence winner)(Interview)
December 22, 1995... 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 1994 IPMA Agency Award for Excellence. The complete answers to our questions...
Testing for drugs: bathrooms or barbershops?
December 22, 1995... Every day in the United States, thousands of public and private employees face the possibility of being handed a specimen cup and instructed to provide a urine sample for analysis as part of the continuing effort to produce drug-free work...
Employee perceptions of the effectiveness of a performance-based pay program in a large public utility.
December 22, 1995... The question of how to motivate employees is an issue that has been debated for some time. All organizations, both public and private, desire high levels of performance out of their employees, but face the problem of determining just how to...
Sexual harassment: a legal perspective for public administrators.
December 22, 1995... Estimating the Scope of Sexual Harassment
Surveys administered as early as 1979 indicated that numerous women in state employment were affected by sexual harassment, with as many as 59 percent of female employees in the state of...
Strategic considerations in using action research for improving personnel practices.
December 22, 1995... One of the most difficult tasks which managers face is overcoming resistances to some of the new procedures and ideas they would like to introduce. Changing job descriptions, performance appraisal systems, selection practices, and...
Perceived training needs of volunteers in government service.
December 22, 1995... Community boards, committees and commissions are an essential element in linking citizens to local government. Their input and involvement provide a credible citizen voice to impact decisions. Training is often the first step necessary to help...