TY - GEN AU - Riccucci, Norma M. (Ed.) TI - Public personnel management: : current concerns, future challenges SN - 9780205012671 PY - 2012/// CY - Boston PB - Longman KW - Civil service KW - United States KW - Personnel management N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Chapter 1: Public Human Resource Management: How We Get Where We Are Today -- Chapter 2: Building Public HRM Capacity in Fragile and Transitional States: Linking Theory, Research, Practice, and Teaching -- Chapter 3: Generational Differences and the Public Sector Workforce -- Chapter 4: Affirmative Action and the Law -- Chapter 5: Diversity and Cultural Competency -- Chapter 6: Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgendered Employees in the Public Sector Workforce -- Chapter 7: Chronic Health Issues and the Public Workplace -- Chapter 8: Public Employee Unions in a New Era -- Chapter 9: Public Employees Liability for Constitutional Torts -- Chapter 10: Strategic Human Resource Management -- Chapter 11: Hiring in the Federal Government: Balancing Technical, Managerial, and Political Imperatives -- Chapter 12: The Challenges of Succession Planning in the Turbulent Times -- Chapter 13: Public Sector Pensions and Benefits: Challenges in the New Environment -- Chapter 14: Managing Human Resources to Improve Organizational Productivity: The Role of Performance Evaluation -- Chapter 15: Privatized Prisons and Unions: Personnel Management Implications -- Chapter 16: Human Resources Management in Nonprofit Organizations -- Chapter 17: Ethics Management and Training -- Index ER -