Public Human Resource Management

Richard C. Kearney is professor and director of the School of Public and International Affairs at North Carolina State University. He was previously on the faculty of the University of Connecticut, Storrs, East Carolina University, and the University of South Carolina. His research on human relations management, public administration, and state and local politics and administration has been published in Public Administration Review, Public Personnel Management, Administration and Society, Publius, Urban Affairs Review, Policy Studies Journal, and many other journals. The 9th edition of his book (with Ann O’M Bowman) State and Local Government will be published in 2012. He received his Ph. D in political science from the University of Oklahoma in 1977.

• Part 1: The Setting1. Competing Perspectives on Public Personnel Administration: Civil Service, Nonstandard Work Arrangements, Privatization, And Partnerships - Donald E. Klingner2. What Every Human Resource Manager Should Know about the Constitution - David H. Rosenbloom, Joshua Chanin3. The Death and Life of Productivity Management in Government - Albert Hyde, Frederik Uys4. Human Resource Management in the Federal Government During a Time of Instability - James R. Thompson, Robert Seidner5. After the Recession: State Human Resource Management - Sally Coleman Selden6. Strategic Human Resource Management at the Local Level: Balancing Enduring Commitments and Emerging Needs - Heather Getha-Taylor7. The Nonprofit Sector Labor Force - Beth GazleyPart 2: Techniques8. Strategic Human Capital - Joan E. Pynes9. Supplanting Common Myths With Uncommon Management: The Effective Involvement of Volunteers In Delivering Public Services - Jeffrey L. Brudney10. Personnel Appraisal No Matter What: Dysfunctional, Detrimental, Dangerous, Self-Defeating - James S. Bowman11. Trends in Public Sector Compensation–Pay Administration - Jared J. Llorens12. Employee Benefits: Patterns and Challenges for Public Organizations - Rex L. Facer II, Lori L. Wadsworth13. Postemployment Benefits: Pensions and Retiree Health Care - Thad Calabrese, Justin Marlowe14. Motivating Public Service Employees in the Era of the “New Normal” - Gerald T. Gabris, Trenton J. Davis15. Emotional Labor: The Relational Side of Public Service - Mary Ellen Guy, Meredith A. Newman16. Measuring and Benchmarking Human Resource Management - David N. Ammons17. Managing Employee Problems: State Government Grievance and Complaint Resolution Systems and Practices - Jessica E. SowaPart 3: The Issues18. Combating Discrimination and Its Legacy: Affirmative Action and Diversity in the Public Sector - Edward J. Kellough19. Gendered Organizations and Human Resource Management Practices that Foster and Sustain Gendered Norms - Sharon Mastracci, Lauren Bowman20. Veterans’ Preference and the Federal Service - Gregory B. Lewis21. The Americans with Disabilities Act: Contradictions in Public Policy - Bonnie G. Mani22. Ethics and Human Resource Management - Jonathan P. West23. Public Sector Labor Issues: Rights, Retrenchment, and Democracy - Patrice Mareschal, Patricia Ciorici24. Human Resources Management and Government Contracting - Sergio Fernandez, Deanna Malatesta, Craig Smith25. Human Resource Management Issues with Social Media - Shannon H. Tufts, Willow S. JacobsonPart 4: Prospects26. Public Sector Workplace Design: New Challenges and Future Dynamics - Katherine C. Naff27. The Civil Service Under Siege - Richard C. Kearney, Jerrell D. Coggburn

"Two leading scholars of public human resource management have assembled an impressive set of authors to address comprehensively the critical developments and issues in the field."