Handbook of Public Personnel AdministrationJack Rabin Offers in-depth analyses spanning the entire field of public personnel administration--from a history of the American civil service as characterized by competing perspectives to the contemporary application of total quality management by human resources practitioners. Addresses the major laws that regulate worker compensation. |
Contents
Great Thinkers in Personnel Management | 21 |
Assuring Equal Employment Opportunity in the Organization | 43 |
Public Personnel Administration and Law | 71 |
Public Personnel Administration Outside the United States | 115 |
Comparative Examination of National Civil Service and Personnel Reforms | 133 |
Politics and Development of Chinas Civil Service System | 153 |
The Economy and Public Personnel Management | 171 |
Human Resource Planning | 217 |
Pension Fund Management | 377 |
Race Norming Validity Generalization and Employment Testing | 451 |
Personnel Training and Development | 467 |
Promotion of PersonnelCareer Advancement | 499 |
Turnover of Personnel | 531 |
A Synthesis of Current Research | 583 |
The Practice of Employee Discipline | 603 |
Productivity and Quality Management | 617 |
Recruitment of Personnel | 241 |
A Review of Research Regarding Criteria Used to Select Job Applicants | 267 |
The Practice of Performance Appraisal | 321 |
Compensation Administration and the Human Resource Management Function | 357 |
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