Municipal employees (n=269) ranked 15 motivational factors. Supervisors were significantly dissatisfied with about half; nonsupervisory workers were satisfied with only one. The latter expressed less interest in learning new things, benefitting society, and having autonomy and more interest in advancement, security, exercising leadership, and…

The "quiet crisis" in federal service is due to absence of dominant political condition or consensus regarding model on which public administration should be based. Extensive changes will bring about fundamental alterations in federal service even in absence of agreement on whether and how to rebuild. The public administration community can play a…

Analysis of census data on local government departments investigated the effects of association-style unionism on union membership. Found that in all local government services, the presence of an association in 1977 was a strong predictor of the formation of a bargaining unit by 1982--holding constant other important determinants of public…

New priorities on user involvement and consumerism in British public service agencies raise some issues: significance of process and technique, recognition of consultation fatigue, importance of an interagency approach, engaging employees and users, clarifying boundaries, and moral dilemmas. (SK)

Appreciative Inquiry is a technique for organizational change that focuses on discovering what works well and why and determining how success can be extended throughout the organization. Its application to local government in Hampton, Virginia, revitalized the city work force. (SK)

Highlights the issue of states dipping into public employee pension funds and the long-term problems this may generate. (MLF)

Female accountants (330 of 650) in local, state, or federal agencies responded to general attitude statements and added narrative comments indicating that sexual harassment is a serious problem in the government accounting workplace. Many feel that their agencies have not addressed the issue adequately. (SK)

The purpose of this paper is to examine the status of employment of people with disabilities in the Federal Government and to make recommendations for improving federal hiring and advancement of employees with disabilities. The paper summarizes the legal authorities and policy guidance, the responsibilities of various federal agencies charged with…

To help the civil servants in both central and local governments in Taiwan operating administrative works smoothly under a new digitalized system launched in 1994, a series of courses related to information technology were offered free to them annually by the central governments. However, due to the budget deficit in recent years, the government…

What is the scope of First Amendment free expression rights of public school employees and students? Following a long period with no Supreme Court rulings pertaining to public employee or student speech, the Court since 2006 has delivered significant opinions in this regard. These decisions continue the trend of narrowing the circumstances under…

This career exploration instructional booklet on the occupation of a postal employee is one of several resulting from the rural southwestern Colorado CEPAC Project (Career Education Process of Attitude Change). The content includes: (1) A brief presentation of the job functions of five types of postal employees, the traits and qualifications…

The purpose of the Career Development Program for Administrative, Clerical, and Technical Employees in grades GS-1 through GS-11 is to help provide employees with opportunities to obtain training and education in order to improve their qualifications and to develop their potential. The handbook provides: a diagrammatic career development process…

This special report is based on the Engineering Manpower Commission's ninth survey of a series designed to give basic salary information on engineering graduates in the United States. Salary figures were reported by employers via two questionnaires, one designed for engineering graduates in supervisory positions, and the other for those in…

This report was prepared to present reviews, synthesis, and evaluation of research studies and demonstration projects concerned with the labor market experience of unemployed engineers, particularly in aerospace-defense. It also includes a review and evaluation of national manpower efforts to aid the reemployment of unemployed engineers,…