7th Edition

Public Personnel Management Current Concerns, Future Challenges

Edited By Norma M. Riccucci Copyright 2024
250 Pages 4 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

250 Pages 4 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

250 Pages 4 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Public Personnel Management has served as an essential, concise reader for public personnel and human resource management courses in the fields of public administration, political science, and public policy for more than 30 years. Since the first edition published in 1991, the book has provided professors and students alike with an in-depth look at cutting-edge developments beyond standard... Read more

1. Public Personnel Management: Its Significance for Government Performance  

Jessica E. Sowa  

2. Human Resources Practices and Research in Europe  

Lotte Bøgh Andersen, Peter Leisink & Wouter Vandenabeele  

3. New Ways of Working and Job Outcomes in Public Organizations: The Mutual Gains and Conflicting Outcomes Perspective  

David Giauque, Frédéric Cornu, Karine Renard & Yves Emery  

4. Diversity, Social Equity, and Representative Bureaucracy – Talk vs. Walk  

Susan T. Gooden  

5. Generational Differences and the Public Sector Workforce  

Madinah F. Hamidullah  

6. Affirmative Action and the Law  

Norma M. Riccucci  

7. How Federal Court Decisions on Discrimination Reflect Organizational Justice Violations  

Ellen V. Rubin  

8. Understanding and Improving the Work Lives of LGBTQ Public Employees  

Roddrick Colvin  

9. The Rule of Law and Public Service  

Robert Roberts  

10. The Lasting Impact of COVID-19 on State and Local Government Workforces  

Helen H. Yu  

11. Public Sector Unions: Demands, Emotions, and Behavior  

Randall S. Davis  

12. Workforce Planning in Turbulent Times  

Heather Getha-Taylor  

13. The Role of Human Resources Management in Cybersecurity  

Jared J. Llorens  

14. Telework in Government  

Willow S. Jacobson  

15. Human Resources Management in Nonprofit Organizations  

Meghna Sabharwal & Shahrin Upoma  

Biography

Norma M. Riccucci is Board of Governors Distinguished Professor at the School of Public Affairs and Administration at Rutgers University, Newark. She is the author of several books in the areas of public sector human resource management and public management, including Managing Diversity in Public Sector Workforces, (2nd edition, 2021) and with co-authors Katherine C. Naff and Madinah F. Hamidullah of Public Personnel Management in Government, (8th edition, 2020). Riccucci has received several national awards including the Public Management Research Association’s H. George Frederickson Award and the American Political Science Association’s John Gaus Award. In June of 2022, she was awarded the Doctor Honoris Causa from IDHEAP, the Swiss Graduate School of Public Administration, University of Lausanne, Switzerland. She is a fellow of the National Academy of Public Administration (NAPA).

"This book provides an essential collection of human resource management topics for the public sector from leaders in the field. From current issues, like new ways of working and the impact of COVID-19, to core topics, like social equity, the law, and workforce planning, Riccucci provides a thoughtful compilation for students, scholars, and practitioners alike."

Jaclyn Piatak, The University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA