Public Personnel Management back issues from June 2006:
Hypotheses concerning the prevalence of competencies among government executives, according to three organizational variables.
Jun 22, 2006; ... An organization's performance depends to a large extent on its people and their competencies. (1) The ongoing challenges faced by organizations prompts them to develop new executive capacities. (2) Proceeding from these observations, a research team identified a series of 14 competencies ...
The loss of talent: why local and state law enforcement officers resign to become FBI agents and what agencies can do about it.(Federal Bureau of Investigation.)
Jun 22, 2006; ... This evaluation conducted an analysis of the motivation for state and local law enforcement officers to leave their previous law enforcement positions to become FBI special agents. This survey examined motivation from the perspective of the equity, expectancy, and job design theories of ...
Looking for loyalty in all the wrong places: a study of union and organization commitments.
Jun 22, 2006; ... In the labor relations process, often filled with tension, conflict, and politicking, both unions and business enterprises have a compelling need to foster employee loyalty. Organizational commitment has been shown to be related to lower voluntary withdrawal, engagement in organizational ...
How accurate are your performance appraisals?
Jun 22, 2006; ... Performance management systems (PMS) are very important to public personnel management. Papers addressing this topic are very common in human resource management, especially as of late. One of the key issues is the accuracy of performance appraisal ratings. If they feel the ratings are ...
One more reason not to cut your training budget; the relationship between training and organizational outcomes.
Jun 22, 2006; ... An element of human resources (HR) management that has often exasperated practitioners is the enigma of measurement; (1) that is, the measurement of what HR does and how it contributes to the organization. Further, the predominant organizational pressure to become evermore productive ...