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Public Personnel Management articles from June 1992
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 June 1992
Applicant drug testing: an intriguing odyssey.
June 22, 1992... Applicant drug testing is one of the most complex and controversial issues confronting public employers today. Initiating applicant drug testing will result in an intriguing odyssey with many political, legal and personnel policy challenges....
Pre-employment testing and employee productivity.
June 22, 1992... Under the right conditions, pre-employment tests can vastly improve corporate productivity. This paper discusses the conditions, expected productivity gains, and issues associated with pre-employment testing. Special attention is paid to issues...
A meta-analytic investigation of the effect of various test item characteristics on test scores and test completion times.
June 22, 1992... The current study reported the results of a meta-analytic investigation of the effects on test scores and test completion times of three aspects of writing test items: The number of answers in multiple-choice exams, the order of item...
Personal trends as seen through an analysis of the 1992 Public Personnel Inventory.
June 22, 1992... The Public Personnel Inventory (PPI) is a survey developed by IPMA to determine personnel trends among IPMA Agency members. The survey, updated and conducted every two years, contains over 300 questions regarding personnel functions, policies...
The assessment center: effects of varying consensus procedures.
June 22, 1992... The impact of using two different consensus procedures in an assessment center was investigated using a field experiment. Two groups of assessors observed participants in the same exercises. The experimental group used a consensus procedure...
Does research in performance appraisal influence the practice of performance appraisal: regretfully not!
June 22, 1992... Thousands of studies of performance appraisal (PA) exist in both the academic and practitioner literatures. The intended purpose of many of these works is to somehow rink PA to performance; i.e., to utilize the process as a...
Perceived importance and usage of dress codes among organizations that market professional services.
June 22, 1992... A survey was conducted to investigate the nature and use of employee dress codes of organizations that market professional services. The study sample consisted of personnel administrators employed in selected service organizations that are...
Establishing wage rates for local elected officials: the development of a methodology.
June 22, 1992... Problems associated with determining an appropriate salary level for local elected officials are discussed. A decision process utilizing prevailing wage rates is presented as a means to assist decision makers responsible for setting salaries...
Workforce literacy in the local public sector.
June 22, 1992... The problems of workforce literacy (Workforce 2000) have become a significant issue of national concern, costing the nation an estimated $225 billion in lost productivity. No segment of the economy is exempt from dramatic changes in the present...
Affirmative action plans in the 1990s: a double-edged sword?
June 22, 1992... Since the mid-1980s, affirmative action plans (AAPs) have come under ever increasing criticism. Many detractors argue that AAPs serve no purpose other than to veil thinly reverse discrimination against whites. In the twenty-five years since the...