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A Broader Look at the "Accountability" Movement: Some Grim Realities in State Civil Service Systems.

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Author
Hays, Steve W., & Sowa, Jessica E.

Year
2006

Publisher
Review of Public Personnel Administration, 26, 102-117.

Type of publication:
Tidsskriftsartikkel

Link to review:
http://rop.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/26/2/102

Number of pages:
17

Language of publication:
Engelsk

Country of publication:
USA

NSD-reference:
2273

This page was last updated:
2007-07-05 12:50:56.7

Publikasjonens datagrunnlag
  • Kvantitativ
  • Spørreskjema
Land som er gjenstand for studien
  • USA
Verkemiddel i den konstituerande styringa
  • 1.1 Organisering generelt
  • 1.7 Personaladministrative/demografiske verkemiddel
Studieoppdrag
  • Forskning
Studietype
  • Effektstudie/implikasjoner/resultater
Type effekt
  • Verdimessige effektar
  • Effekter i arbeidslivet
Sektor (cofog)
  • Generelle personaltenester K
  • Staten generelt

Summary
Based on a 50-state survey, this article provides an analysis of the impacts of civil service reform on human resource management (HRM) systems. The most fundamental conclusion is that public employees in a majority of states are being directly affected by human resources reforms. In particular, the civil service's traditional job protections are eroding because of decentralization of HRM authority, the active declassification of workers, restrictions on due process rights, and the efforts of activist governors. The implications of these phenomena on the professional civil service—and the notion of a public management career—are examined.

Note
Based on a 50-state survey, this article provides an analysis of the impacts of civil service reform on human resource management (HRM) systems.