PS403/603 Supplemental Reading List 2015

A.Introduction

B.Merit Systems and Position Analysis

  1. Crumpacher, Martha and Crumpacker, Jill, “The US Federal Senior Executive Service (SES) and Gender Diversity: Would Proposed Legislation Enhancing the Representational Diversity of Selection Panels Necessarily Increase the Number of Female Appointments to the SES?” Public Personnel Management, vol. 37 (Winter 2008), pp. 417-433.
  1. Martinez, J. Michael, “The Luevano Consent Decree and Public Personnel Reform,” Public Personnel Management, vol. 37 (Fall 2008), pp. 327-338.
  1. Sanders, Robert, “GeorgiaGain or GeorgiaLoss? The Great Experiment in State Civil Service Reform,” Public Personnel Management, vol. 33 (Summer 2004), pp. 151-164.
  1. Nigro, Lloyd and Kellough, J. Edward, Personnel Reform in the States: A Look at Progress Fifteen Years after the Winter Commission,” Public Administration Review, supplement to vol. 68 (December 2008), pp. s50-s-57.
  1. Thompson, James, “The Federal Civil Service: The Demise of an Institution,” Public Administration Review, vol. 66 (July/Aug 2006), pp. 496-503.
  1. Light, Paul, “A Government Ill Executed: The Depletion of the Federal Service,” Public Administration Review, vol. 68 (May/June 2008), pp. 413-419.
  1. Kim, Pan Suk, “A Case for Performance Management for Political Appointees,” Public Personnel Management, vol. 38 (Winter 2009), pp. 1-18.
  1. Kiyonaga, Nancy, “Today is the Tomorrow You Worried About Yesterday: Meeting the Challenges of a Changing Workforce,” Public Personnel Management, vol. 33 (Winter 2004) pp. 357-361.
  1. Crowell, Elsie and Guy, Mary, “Florida's HR Reforms: Service First, Service Worst, or Something in Between?” Public Personnel Management, vol. 39 (Spring 2010), pp. 15-46.

C.Succession Planning, Recruitment, and Hiring

  1. Jacobsen, Willow, “Preparing for Tomorrow: A Case Study of Workforce Planning in North Carolina Municipal Governments,” Public Personnel Management, vol. 39 (Winter 2010), pp. 353-378.
  1. Calo, Thomas, “The Generativity Track: A Transitional Approach to Retirement,” Public Personnel Management, vol. 34 (Winter 2005), pp. 301-312.
  1. Crumpacker, Martha and Crumpacker, Jill, “Succession Planning and Generational Stereotypes: Should HR Consider Age-Based Values and Attitudes a Relevant Factor or a Passing Fad?” Public Personnel Management, Vol. 36 (Winter2007), pp. 349-369.
  1. White Jr., Richard, “The Micromanagement disease: symptoms, diagnosis, and cure,” Public Personnel Management, vol. 39 (Spring 2010), pp. 71-77.
  1. Wallace, J. Craig and Vodanovich, Stephen, “Personnel Application Blanks: Persistence and Knowledge of Legally Inadvisable Application Blank Items,” Public Personnel Management, vol. 33 (Fall 2004), pp. 331-349.
  1. Kethley, R. Bryan and Terpstra, David, “An Analysis of Litigation Associated with the Use of the Application Form in the Selection Process,” Public Personnel Management, vol. 34 (Winter 2005), pp. 357-375.
  1. Bobko, Philip; Roth, Philip; and Buster, Mary, “A Systematic Approach for Assessing the Currency (‘Up-To-Datedness’) of Job-Analytic Information, Public Personnel Management, vol. 37 (Fall 2008), pp. 261-277.
  1. Llorens, Jared and Kellough, J. Edward, “A Revolution in Public Personnel Administration: The Growth of Web-Based Recruitment and Selection Processes in the Federal Service,” Public Personnel Management, vol. 36 (Fall 2007), pp. 207-221.
  1. Baldwin, Bryan, “Internet applicants to the state of Washington: a demographic analysis,” Public Personnel Management, vol. 39 (Summer 2010), pp. 77-96.
  1. Goldberg, Caren and Cohen, Debra, “Walking the Walk and Talking the Talk: Gender Differences in the Impact of Interviewing Skills on Applicant Assessments,” Group and Organization Management, vol. 29 (June 2004), pp. 369-384. 3.

D.Training, Retention, and Performance Appraisal

  1. Owens, Patrick, “One More Reason Not to Cut Your Training Budget: The Relationship Between Training and Organizational Outcomes,” Public Personnel Management, vol. 35 (Summer 2006) pp. 163-172.
  1. Bowman, Mark, et al, “The Loss of Talent: Why Local and State Law Enforcement Officers Resign to Become FBI Agents and what Agencies Can Do About It,” Public Personnel Management, vol. 35 (Summer 2006), pp. 121-136.
  1. Nguyen, Bao, “Tomorrow’s Workforce: The Needs for Immigrant Workers and Strategies to Retain Them,” Public Personnel Management, vol. 37 (Summer 2008), pp. 175-184.
  1. Clardy, Alan, “Policies for Managing the Training and Development Functions: Lessons from the Federal Government,” Public Personnel Management, vol. 37 (Spring 2008), pp. 27-54.
  1. Johnson, Michael, “Harassment and Discrimination Prevention Training: What the Law Requires,” Labor Law Journal, vol. 55 (Summer 2004), pp. 119-129.
  1. Dychtwald, Ken and Baxter, David, “Capitalizing on the New Mature Workforce.” Public Personnel Management, vol. 36 (Winter 2007), pp. 325-334.
  1. Herold, David and Fields, Dail, “Making Sense of Subordinate Feedback for Leadership Development: Confounding Effects of Job Role and Organizational Rewards,” Group and Organizational Management, vol. 29 (December 2004), pp. 686-703.
  1. Miller, Corey and Thornton, Carl, “How Accurate Are Your Performance Appraisals?” Public Personnel Management, vol. 35 (Summer 2006), pp. 153-162.
  1. Richard D Goffin, Richard; Jelley, Blake; Powell, Deborah; and Johnston, Norman, “Taking Advantage of Social Comparisons in Performance Appraisal: The Relative Percentile Method,”Human Resource Management, vol. 48 (Mar/Apr 2009), pp. 251-2xx.

E.Motivation and Compensation

  1. Wright, Bradley and Davis, Brian, “Job Satisfaction in the Public Sector: The Role of the Work Environment,” American Review of Public Administration, vol. 33 (March 2003), pp. 70-90.
  1. Bright, Leonard, “Does Public Service Motivation Really Make a Difference on the Job Satisfaction and Turnover Intentions of Public Employees?” American Review of Public Administration, vol. 38 (June 2008), pp. 149-166.
  1. Lee, Young-Joo and Wilkins, Vicky, “More Similarities or More Differences? Comparing Public and Nonprofit Managers' Job Motivations,” Public Administration Review, vol. 71 (Jan/Feb 2011), pp. 45-56.
  1. Haga, Barbara; Richman, Roger; and Leavitt, William, “System Failure: Implementing Pay For Performance in the Department of Defense's National Security Personnel System,” Public Personnel Management, vol. 39 (Fall 2010), pp. 211-231.
  1. Terpstra, David and Honoree, Andree, “Merit Pay Plans in Higher Education Institutions: Characteristics and Effects,” Public Personnel Management, vol. 38 (Winter 2009), pp. 55-78.
  1. Meza, Alma and Kleiner, Brian, “New developments in the Workers' Compensation System in California: the Workers' Compensation System in California in Constant Evolution,” Public Personnel Management, vol. 39 (Fall 2010), pp. 259-270.
  1. Saunderson, Roy, “Survey Findings of the Effectiveness of Employee Recognition in the Public Sector,” Public Personnel Management, vol. 33 (Fall 2004), pp. 255-276.
  1. Bergmann, Thomas; Bergmann, Marilyn; and Grahn, Joyce, "How Important are Employee Benefits to Public Sector Employees?" Public Personnel Management, vol. 23 (Fall 1994), pp. 397-406.
  1. Benavides, Abraham and David, Haillee, “Local Government Wellness Programs: a Viable Option to Decrease Healthcare Costs and Improve Productivity,” Public Personnel Management, vol. 39 (Winter 2010), pp. 291-306.

F.Managing Diversity

  1. Button, Scott, “Identity Management Strategies Utilized by Lesbian and Gay Employees: A Quantitative Investigation,” Group and Organization Management, vol. 29 (August 2004), pp. 470-494.
  1. Massengill, Douglas, “How Much Better Are You? Impairments, Mitigating Measures and the Determination of Disability,” Public Personnel Management, vol. 33 (Summer 2004), pp.181-200.
  1. Chrobot-Mason, Donna, “Managing Racial Differences: The Role of Majority Managers’ Ethnic Identity Development on Minority Employee Perceptions of Support,” Group and Organization Management, vol. 29 (February 2004), pp. 5-31.
  1. Tomkowicz, Sandra, “Hostile Work Environments: It’s About the Discrimination, Not ‘The Sex,’” Labor Law Journal, vol. 55 (Summer 2004), pp. 99-111.
  1. Reid, Margaret; Miller, Will; and Kerr, Brinck, “Sex-Based Glass Ceilings in U.S. State-Level Bureaucracies, 1987-1997,” Administration & Society, vol. 36 (September 2004), pp. 377-405.
  1. Wax, Amy, “Family-Friendly Workplace Reform: Prospects for Change,” Annals of the AmericanAcademy of Political and Social Science, vol. 596 (November 2004), pp. 36-61.
  1. Calo, Thomas J., “Talent Management in the Era of the Aging Workforce: The Critical Role of Knowledge Transfer,” Public Personnel Management, vol. 37 (Winter 2008), pp. 403-416.
  1. Dychtwald, Ken and Baxter, David, “Capitalizing on the New Mature Workforce,” Public Personnel Management, vol. 36 (Winter 2007), pp. 325-334.
  1. Tarcy, Ann Marie, “Still Crazy After All These Years? The ADEA, The Roberts Court, and Reclaiming Age Discrimination as Differential Treatment,” American Business Law Review, vol. 46 (Winter 2009), pp. 607-661.

G.Employee Rights

  1. Brunet, James R., “Blurring the Line Between Public and Private Sectors: The Case of Police Officers’ Off-Duty Employment,” Public Personnel Management, vol. 37 (Summer 2008), pp. 161-174.
  1. Pagnatarro, Marisa Anne, “Genetic Discrimination and the Workplace: Employee’s Right to Privacy v. Employer’s Need to Know,” American Business Law Journal, vol. 39, no. 1 (Fall 2001), pp. 139-185.
  1. White, Richard, “Ask Me No Questions, Tell Me No Lies: Examining the Uses and Misuses of the Polygraph,” Public Personnel Management, vol. 30, no. 4 (Winter 2001), pp. 483-494.
  1. Bissesser, Ann Marie, “The challenges of competency testing in a divided society,” Public Personnel Management, vol. 39 (Summer 2010), pp. 97-116.
  1. French, P. Edward, “Employment Laws and the Public Sector Employer: Lessons to Be Learned from a Review of Lawsuits Filed against Local Governments,” Public Administration Review, vol. 69 (January/February 2009). pp. 92-103.
  1. Hunter, Jerry, “The NLRA at 70: Employer E-mail and Communication Policies and the National Labor Relations Act,” Labor Law Journal, vol. 56 (Fall 2005), pp. 196-202.
  1. Ahmed, Shamima, “E-Mail Policies of the 50 States: A Content Analysis,” Public Personnel Management, vol. 37 (Spring 2008), pp. 1-13.

H.Stress, Conflict, and Discipline

  1. Hallowell, Edward, “Overloaded Circuits: Why Smart People Underperform,” Harvard Business Review, vol. 83 (January 2005), pp. 54-63.
  1. Im, Tobin, “An Exploratory Study of Time Stress and Its Causes Among Government Employees,” Public Administration Review, vol. 69 (January/February 2009), pp. 104-115.
  1. Van Der Linden, Dimitri; Beckers, Debby; and Taris, Toon, Reinforcement Sensitivity Theory At Work: Punishment Sensitivity as a Dispositional Source of Job-Related Stress,” European Journal of Personality, vol. 21 (Nov. 2007), pp. 889-909.
  1. Haraway, William, “Employee Grievance Programs: Understanding the Nexus between Workplace Justice, Organizational Legitimacy, and Successful Organizations,” Public Personnel Management, vol. 34 (Winter 2005), pp. 357-375.
  1. Cole, Nina, “Gender Differences in Perceived Disciplinary Fairness,”Gender, Work & Organization, vol. 11 (May 2004) pp. 254-279.
  1. Cole, Nina, “Workplace Romance: A Justice Analysis,” Journal of Business and Psychology, vol. 24 (2009, #4), pp. 363-372
  1. Landry, Guylaine and Vandenberghe, Christian, “Role of Commitment to the Supervisor, Leader-Member Exchange, and Supervisor-Based Self-Esteem in Employee-Supervisor Conflicts, Journal of Social Psychology, vol. 149 (Feb. 2009), pp. 5-28.
  1. Spector, Paul; Coulter, Martha; Stockwell, Heather; and Matz, Mary, “Perceived Violence Climate: A New Construct and its Relationship to Workplace Physical Violence and Verbal Aggression, and their Potential Consequences,” Work & Stress, vol. 21 (Apr-Jun2007), pp. 117-130.
  1. Ramos, Mary Carol, “Eliminate Destructive Behaviors Through Example and Evidence,”Nursing Management, vol. 37 (Sep. 2006), pp. 34-41.

I. Labor Relations

  1. Mareschal, Patrice, “Solving Problems and Transforming Relationships: The Bifocal Approach to Mediation,” American Review of Public Administration, vol. 34 (December 2003), pp. 423-448.
  1. Wade, David, “The Expanding Workplace: Telecommuting and Legal Liability under OSHA, ADA, and Workers’ Compensation,” Labor Law Journal, vol. 50, no. 4 (Winter 1999), pp. 252-263.
  1. Crain, Marion, “Strategies for Union Relevance in a Post-Industrial World: Reconceiving Antidiscrimination Rights as Collective Rights,” Labor Law Journal, vol. 57 (Winter 2006), pp. 158-170.
  1. Mellow, Jeffrey, “Salts, Lies and Videotape: Union Organizing Efforts and Management’s Response,” Labor Law Journal, vol. 55 (Spring 2004), pp. 42-62.
  1. Calo, Thomas, “The Psychological Contact and the Union Contract: A Paradigm Shift in Public Sector Employee Relations,” Public Personnel Management, vol. 35 (Winter 2006), pp. 331-342.
  1. King, Nancy, “Labor Law for Managers of Non-Union Employees in Traditional and Cyber Workplaces,” American Business Law Journal, vol. 40 (Summer 2004), pp. 827-884.