Public Personnel Management articles from June 2000

Public Personnel Management archives from June 2000

Rebels, Criticizers, Backstabbers, and Busybodies : Anger and Aggression at Work.
June 22, 2000... There is an age-old business adage that says "85 percent of a manager's success comes from the ability to deal with people." While dealing with a department full of different personalities is an on-going challenge, the changing nature of work...

An Empirical Examination of Resources in a Diverse Environment.(Statistical Data Included)
June 22, 2000... The objective of this research is to empirically assess antecedents of resources within a diverse work environment. Specifically, 83 managerial employees were surveyed in a branch of a federal government agency located in a large metropolitan...

Internal Politics in Public Administration Systems : An Empirical Examination of Its Relationship With Job Congruence, Organizational Citizenship Behavior, and In-Role Performance.
June 22, 2000... Politics is one of the most common yet least studied phenomena in organizations. This study examines employees' perceptions of organizational politics in the public sector and suggests that it mediates the relationship between job congruence...

The Americans with Disabilities Act : A Note on Personnel Policy Impacts in State Government[*].
June 22, 2000... The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) is important legislation designed to prohibit discrimination against disabled persons, but most state and local governments covered by the Act were already prohibited from discrimination against the...

Outsourcing Personnel Functions.
June 22, 2000... One of the more recent "hot button" issues in our field is that of outsourcing all or some human resource (HR) functions whether by fee for service or contract. Advocates from the field of Public Choice Economics assume and, in many cases,...

Goals, Measures, and Beyond : In Search of Accountability in Federal HRM.
June 22, 2000... Accountability has become a hot topic in federal HRM. The authors describe how downsized, reinvented Government places a great demand on line managers both to comply with personnel laws and to achieve excellent results from their management of...

Large-Scale Performance-Driven Training Needs Assessment : A Case Study.
June 22, 2000... This paper reports a case study of an unusual needs assessment project designed to identify the performance improvement training needs of Louisiana state government employees. The project required the development of a hybrid methodology, called...

1999 IPMA Agency Award for Excellence Winning Program : An Interview With the Winner.(Interview)
June 22, 2000... 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 1999 Agency Award for Excellence. The complete answers to our questions regarding...

The Introduction of New Appraisals Systems in The Public Services of the Commonwealth Caribbean.
June 22, 2000... This article examines the challenges and problems that emerge during the introduction of a system that attempts to link performance to pay in the public services of three countries, namely Trinidad and Tobago, Guyana, and Jamaica. It briefly...

Human Resources Capacity-Building in Local Government : A Case Study of the Training and Development Scheme in Durban.
June 22, 2000... The Training and Development Scheme (TDS) is an affirmative action-based program located in the Greater Durban Area of Kwazulu-Natal. The program was conceived in 1992 to address the racial and gender disparities in the Durban Metropolitan...