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Showing 1 to 5 of 5 for “"merit systems"”.
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Essays in political economy
… first chapter, I study how the introduction of merit systems reducing politicians' control over police officers' hiring and firing affected police performance in the 1970s. I exploit population-based mandates for police department merit systems in a regression discontinuity design. Merit systems …
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At-Will Employment in the Public Sector: A Case Study of the Georgia Reform
… has attracted much attention on the outcomes of merit systems reform and public sector employment practices (Battaglio and Condrey 2006; Condrey and Battaglio 2007). This case study makes use of a plethora of archival documents and academic literature to provide a descriptive assessment of the …
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Introductory total quality management training and supervisor and subordinate ratings of supervisor task performance: a university administration setting
… 21 subscales based on previous work by the U.S. Merit Systems Protection Board. A seven-point scale was used. A separate random sample of people associated with the university identified instrument subscales of greatest importance to the supervisor-subordinate relationship. The subscales were …
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Explaining the Job-Related and Psychological Consequences of Sexual Harassment in the Workplace: A Contextual Model
… affecting approximately one in two women (U.S. Merit Systems, 1981, 1988). In addition, evidence of the deleterious effects of sexual harassment on job-related and psychological outcomes is accumulating (Morrow, McElroy, & Phillips, 1994; Schneider, Swan, & Fitzgerald, in press). However, very …
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Merit in Principle, Merit in Practice: An Investigation into Merit-based Human Resources Management Through the Lens of Title 5-exempt Federal Organizations
This dissertation research investigates whether merit-based principles and practices are embedded into the HRM systems of 19 Title 5-exempt federal organizations. Title 5-exempt organizations, such as government corporations, serve as a vehicle for exploring the question of what constitutes merit …