Public Personnel Management articles from September 1996

Public Personnel Management archives from September 1996

Getting the right people ethically. (pre-employment screening)
September 22, 1996... Traditional Screening for Ethics Three pre-employment screens are commonly used by employers with concerns about employee wrongdoing: integrity tests, interviews, and background investigations. Integrity Tests Millions of job seekers...

The values of business and federal government executives: more different than alike.
September 22, 1996... Managerial values are crucial to an understanding of organizational behavior. Indeed, some have claimed that the direction and vitality of "America cannot be fully understood without knowing more about the values and visions of the men and women...

Subjective judgement and the selection interview: a methodological review.
September 22, 1996... Reviews of the personnel selection literature have consistently demonstrated that a paradox exists for the employment interview: Despite well-documented psychometric fallibility (i.e., poor reliability and validity) the interview remains a...

A survey of the assessment center process in the public sector.
September 22, 1996... The purpose of this paper is to present the results of a survey of personnel professionals and public safety officials in public sector organizations. The survey addressed personnel selection methods in use today with special emphasis on the...

Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act: the anatomy of a law.
September 22, 1996... Definitions All laws require definitions. As might be suspected there is considerable similarity between the definitions in Title I of the ADA and those in Title VII of the CRA. Both Titles are administered by the Equal Employment Opportunity...

High pay and low morale - can high pay, excellent benefits, job security, and low job satisfaction coexist in a public agency?
September 22, 1996... Of the thousands of public sector agencies at the federal, state and local levels of government in the United States, a very small percentage are in economic, political or legal situations that allow them to be a community, state or regional...

Job grade and labor market information effects on simulated compensation decisions.
September 22, 1996... As public sector organizations continue to struggle with the conversion and modernization of their compensations plans, they encounter complex questions regarding the proper use of point method job evaluation systems. One particularly vexing...

Managing diversity: lessons from the private sector.
September 22, 1996... Managing Diversity has become a new human resources mandate as organizations seek to maintain a competitive edge and compete successfully in a global economy. This mandate takes on a sense of urgency as organizations witness changes in the...

Utility analysis in public sector personnel management: current issues and keys to implementation.
September 22, 1996... A brief history and nontechnical description of utility analysis The term "utility analysis" can have different meanings depending on the field of study. In personnel management, though, utility analysis (sometimes referred to as utility or...

Municipal government personnel professionals and performance appraisal: is there a consensus on the characteristics of an effective appraisal system?
September 22, 1996... Municipal personnel managers play a key role in developing and implementing personnel policies and practices. While their influence varies from municipality to municipality and from issue to issue, the municipal personnel manager is an important...