Public Personnel Management articles from March 1999

Public Personnel Management archives from March 1999

Why Are There Five Million Types of Statistics?(Brief Article)
March 22, 1999... Reprinted with permission of the Assessment Council News (ACN), December 1998, published by the International Personnel Management Association Assessment Council (IPMAAC), 1617 Duke Street, Alexandria, VA 22314, http://www.ipmaac.org. Over...

Four Commitment Profiles and their Relationships to Empowerment, Service Recovery, and Work Attitudes.
March 22, 1999... Medical librarians were surveyed to determine the independent and interactive influence of career and organizational commitments on work-related outcomes. Employees dually committed to their organizations and careers reported the highest...

Cafeteria Style Health Plans in Municipal Government.(Brief Article)
March 22, 1999... The International City/County Management Association surveyed personnel directors in all municipalities in the United States. Among the items on the survey were questions regarding the use of cafeteria style health care plans. This analysis...

The Collective Wisdom of the Workforce: Conversations with Employees Regarding Performance Evaluation.(Brief Article)
March 22, 1999... During the summer and fall of 1994, employees were offered an opportunity to meet and talk about performance evaluation. A number of questions were prepared to stimulate conversation; but basically, the employees were encouraged to talk about...

Women in Management.(Brief Article)
March 22, 1999... Women have only recently begun to join the ranks of managers in large numbers. The emergence of women into the work force has precipitated many discussions. This paper discusses some of the major issues surrounding women in management and...

Retaliation: Agency Theory and Gaps in the Law.(Brief Article)
March 22, 1999... This paper will explore the application of agency theory, the view that the principal is responsible for the actions of his agent, to the law of retaliation in sexual harassment cases. In the law the agency principle is sometimes known as the...

Workforce Diversity: Monitoring Employment Trends in Public Organizations.(Brief Article)
March 22, 1999... Current research on workforce diversity and minority employment has largely ignored the use of research designs to evaluate and monitor minority employment trends within public organizations. This study presents the use of three research...

Violating The Public Trust: The Ethical And Moral Obligations of Government Officials.(Brief Article)
March 22, 1999... A persistent issue in public personnel is a concern with violations of the public trust by public servants and elected officials. This article (1) examines the public trust concept, (2) presents a philosophers thoughts on why public officials...

The Meaning of Money Among Mental Health Workers: The Endorsement of Money Ethic as Related to Organizational Citizenship Behavior, Job Satisfaction, and Commitment.
March 22, 1999... Exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses were conducted to examine the measurement and dimensions of the 6-item Money Ethic Scale (MES) using a sample of mental health workers. Results showed that the items of the new Money Ethic Scale had...

Expert Advice on Employment Termination Practices: How Expert Is It?(Brief Article)
March 22, 1999... This paper compares expert advice as presented in employment termination literature with actual termination practices. For example, we review what experts say about who should be present during a termination interview, the best day and time to...