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• Union Business Leave Practices in Large U.S. Municipalities: An Exploratory Study

  Authors:Thom Reilly and Akheil SinglaFrom:Public Personnel Management (Vol. 46, Issue 4) Peer-Reviewed

  Dec. 20177,968 words Abstract 1350LThis article examines union business leave (UBL) or official time practices among the 77 largest municipalities in the United States. Specifically, it evaluates UBL practices as articulated in 231 collective bargaining...

• Sector Switching in Good Times and in Bad: Are Public Sector Employees Less Likely to Change Sectors?

  Author:Jaclyn S. PiatakFrom:Public Personnel Management (Vol. 46, Issue 4) Peer-Reviewed

  Dec. 20176,214 words Abstract 1520LWith the retirement of the baby boomers looming and the growing number of opportunities to serve the public interest in broader ways than working in government, how dedicated are today's public employees? This study...

• Talent Management in Public Sector Organizations: A Study on the Impact of Contextual Factors on the TM Approach in Flemish and Dutch Public Sector Organizations

  Authors:Marian Thunnissen and Dorien ButtiensFrom:Public Personnel Management (Vol. 46, Issue 4) Peer-Reviewed

  Dec. 201711,204 words Abstract 1400LPublic sector organizations are confronted with the intensifying competition for talent and suffer from a chronic shortage of talented people. There is little empirical research on the specific talent management (TM)...

• Evaluating Training for New Government Officials: A Case Study Using the Success Case Method

  Authors:Chan Lee, Dongwon Jeon, Wooseok Kim, and Jaeeun LeeFrom:Public Personnel Management (Vol. 46, Issue 4) Peer-Reviewed

  Dec. 20179,216 words Abstract 1410LThis study evaluates the training program for newly appointed government officials in Korea and presents the effectiveness of the success case method (SCM) technique for such an evaluation. The training program chosen...

• Employee Engagement Using the Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey

  Authors:Zinta S. Byrne, Theodore L. Hayes, and Kyla J. HolcombeFrom:Public Personnel Management (Vol. 46, Issue 4) Peer-Reviewed

  Dec. 20178,541 words Abstract 1520LTo determine the consistency of the practice-oriented Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey-Employee Engagement Index (FEVS-EEI) with growing academic consensus around engagement as a motivational state, we examined the fit...