Public Personnel Management articles from March 1989

Public Personnel Management archives from March 1989

Employee education and job performance: does education matter?
March 22, 1989... Employee Education and Job Performance: Does Education Matter? This study examines the relationship between the type of college degree, level of college degree, and superiors' perceptions of managers' attributes and their work performance in...

College grade point average as a predictor of adult success: a meta-analytic review and some additional evidence.
March 22, 1989... College Grade Point Average as a Predictor of Adult Success: A Meta-Analytic Review and Some Additional Evidence The use of college grade point average (GPA) as a predictor of adult achievement has been debated. Prior reviews of this literature...

Public-private pay comparability: the Korean experience.
March 22, 1989... Public-Private Pay Comparability: The Korean Experience Although many governments subscribe to the principle of public-private pay comparability in law and policy pronouncements, few adhere to the concept in actual practice. This article...

Anti-nepotism rules: the legal rights of married co-workers.
March 22, 1989... Anti-Nepotism Rules: the Legal Rights of Married Co-Workers Anti-nepotism rules in public organizations have led to law suits based on anti-discrimination statutes and the U.S. Constitution. Plaintiffs claim they are entitled to work with their...

Assessing the validity of job evaluation.
March 22, 1989... Assessing the Validity of Job Evaluation While past research concerning the "tools and techniques" of job evaluation has had merit, there has been too little focus upon the purpose of pay as an outcome and job evaluation as a measure related...

Florida's senior management system: performance in a decentralized administrative context.
March 22, 1989... Florida's Senior Management System: Performance in a Decentralized Administrative Context This article examines Florida's Senior Management System (SMS) and outlines substantial shortcomings in its operations. Several of the system's problems...

Computer--assisted staffing systems: the use of computers in implementing meta-analysis and utility research in personnel selection.
March 22, 1989... Computer-Assisted Staffing Systems: The Use of Computers in Implementing Meta-Analysis and Utility Research in Personnel Selection Recent advances in methods of cumulating research results across studies (i.e., meta-analysis) and related...

Health care cost containment in large American cities.
March 22, 1989... Health Care Cost Containment in Large American Cities This research provides information about the health care cost containment efforts of local governments and agencies across the United States, particularly in large American cities. Survey...

Training for competence
March 22, 1989... Training for Competence Competence has been defined as "the ability to meet or surpass prevailing standards of adequacy for a particular activity" (Butler, 1978 p.7). The authors describe in this article a framework for competency-based...