This article provides a decade by decade examination of major themes in the public personnel literature as published in two leading journals: Public Administration Review and Review of Public Personnel Administration. The article also highlights research addressing issues related to the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
AllanP.RosenbergS. (1978). New York City’s approach to civil service reform: Implications for state and local governments. Public Administration Review, 38, 579-584.
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BaldwinJ. N.RothwellB. A. (1993). Glass ceilings in the military. Review of Public Personnel Administration, 13(4), 5-26.
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BanC.GoldenbergE. N.MarzottoT. (1982). Firing the unproductive employee: Will civil service reform make a difference?Review of Public Personnel Administration, 2, 87-100.
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BearfieldD. A. (2009). What is patronage? A critical reexamination. Public Administration Review, 69, 64-76.
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BeyerW. C. (1959). The civil service of the ancient world. Public Administration Review, 19, 243-249.
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BissessarA. M. (2006). The difficulty of protecting merit in a plural society: The case of Trinidad and Tobago. Review of Public Personnel Administration, 26, 74-90.
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BocherR. B. (1982). Does tradition affect affirmative action results? How Pennsylvania achieved changes at the middle management level. Public Administration Review, 42, 475-478.
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BowlingC. J.KelleherC. A.JonesJ.WrightD. S. (2006). Cracked ceilings, firmer floors, and weakening walls: Trends and patterns in gender representation among executives leading American state agencies, 1970-2000. Public Administration Review, 66, 823-836.
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BowmanJ. S.GertzM. C.GertzS. C.WilliamsR. L. (2003). Civil service reform in Florida state government employee attitudes 1 year later. Review of Public Personnel Administration, 23, 286-304.
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BowmanJ. S.HajjarS. G. (1978). The literature of American public administration: Its contents and contributors. Public Administration Review, 38, 156-165.
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BowmanJ. S.WestJ. P. (2006). Ending civil service protections in Florida government: Experiences in state agencies. Review of Public Personnel Administration, 26, 139-157.
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BradburyM. D. (2007). The legal and managerial challenge of obesity as a disability: Evidence from the federal courts. Review of Public Personnel Administration, 27, 79-90.
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BradburyM. D.BattaglioR. P.CrumJ. L. (2010). Continuity amid discontinuity? George W. Bush, federal employment discrimination, and “big government conservatism.”Review of Public Personnel Administration, 30, 445-466.
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BrewerG. A.SeldenS. C.FacerR. L.II. (2000). Individual conceptions of public service motivation. Public Administration Review, 60, 254-264.
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BrightL. (2005). Public employees with high levels of public service motivation: Who are they, where are they, and what do they want?Review of Public Personnel Administration, 25, 138-154.
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BrookD. A.KingC. L. (2008). Federal personnel management reform: From civil service reform act to national security reforms. Review of Public Personnel Administration, 28, 205-221.
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BullardA. M.WrightD. S. (1993). Circumventing the glass ceiling: Women executives in American state governments. Public Administration Review, 53, 189-202.
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CampP. M.LomaxW. R. (1968). Bilateralism and the merit principle. Public Administration Review, 28, 132-137.
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CayerJ.SigelmanL. (1980). Minorities and women in state and local government: 1973-1975. Public Administration Review, 40, 443-450.
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ChanH. S. (2003). The civil service under one country, two systems: The cases of Hong Kong and the People’s Republic of China. Public Administration Review, 63, 405-417.
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ChanH. S.SuizhouE. L. (2007). Civil service law in the People’s Republic of China: A return to cadre personnel management. Public Administration Review, 67, 383-398.
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ClynchE. J.GaudinC. A. (1982). Sex in the shipyards: An assessment of affirmative action policy. Public Administration Review, 42, 114-121.
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CoggburnJ. D. (2006). At-will employment in government: Insights from the state of Texas. Review of Public Personnel Administration, 26, 158-177.
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CoggburnJ. D. (2007). Outsourcing human resources: The case of the Texas health and human services commission. Review of Public Personnel Administration, 27, 315-335.
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CohenS.EimickeW. (1994). Project-focused total quality management in the New York City department of parks and recreation. Public Administration Review, 54, 450-456.
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ColvinR. A. (2000). Improving state policies prohibiting public employment discrimination based on sexual orientation. Review of Public Personnel Administration, 20, 5-19.
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ColvinR. A. (2007). The rise of transgender-inclusive laws: How well are municipalities implementing supportive nondiscrimination public employment policies?Review of Public Personnel Administration, 27, 336-360.
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CooperP. J. (1990). Public administration review: The first fifty years. Public Administration Review, 50, 293-312.
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DahlR. A. (1947). The science of public administration: Three problems. Public Administration Review, 7, 1-11.
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DaleyD. (1987). Performance appraisal and the creation of training and development expectations: A weak link in MBO-based appraisal systems. Review of Public Personnel Administration, 8, 1-10.
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DavisC. E.WestJ. P. (1984). Implementing public programs: Equal employment opportunity, affirmative action, and administrative policy options. Review of Public Personnel Administration, 4, 16-30.
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DavyT. J. (1959). Competing for administrative brainpower. Public Administration Review, 19, 227-232.
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DeHart-DavisL.MarloweJ.PandeyS. K. (2006). Gender dimensions of public service motivation. Public Administration Review, 66, 873-887.
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DempseyJ. R. (1979). Carter reorganization: A midterm appraisal. Public Administration Review, 39, 74-78.
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DesaiU.HammanJ. A. (1994). Images and reality in local government personnel practices: Investigating the “quiet crisis” among Illinois city officials. Public Administration Review, 54, 391-397.
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Diaz de KrofcheckM. D.JacksonC. (1974). The Chicano experience with nativism in public administration. Public Administration Review, 34, 534-539.
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DobbinsC.WalkerD. R. (1974). The role of black colleges in public affairs education. Public Administration Review, 34, 540-552.
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DometriusN. C.SigelmanL. (1984). Assessing progress toward affirmative action goals in state and local government: A new benchmark. Public Administration Review, 44, 241-246.
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DotsonA. (1955). The emerging doctrine of privilege in public employment. Public Administration Review, 15, 77-88.
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EngelbertE. (1944). The army personnel process: Trends and contributions. Public Administration Review, 4, 51-58.
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EpsteinL. D. (1950). Political sterilization of civil servants: The United States and Great Britain. Public Administration Review, 10, 281-290.
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EsmanM. J. (1947). Japanese administration—A comparative view. Public Administration Review, 7, 100-112.
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FredericksonH. G. (1990). Public administration and social equity. Public Administration Review, 50, 228-237.
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GausJ. M. (1950). Trends in the theory of public administration. Public Administration Review, 10, 161-168.
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GladieuxB. L. (1952). Civil service versus management. Public Administration Review, 12, 173-177.
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GoodeS. J.BaldwinJ. N. (2005). Predictors of African-American representation in municipal government. Review of Public Personnel Administration, 25, 29-55.
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GuyM. E. (1991). Career advancement and behavioral style among Alabama’s public managers: A comparison by sex. Review of Public Personnel Administration, 11, 1-16.
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GuyM. E. (1993). Three steps forward, two steps backward: The status of women’s integration into public management. Public Administration Review, 53, 285-292.
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GuyM. E.NewmanM. A. (2004). Women’s jobs, men’s jobs: Sex segregation and emotional labor. Public Administration Review, 64, 289-298.
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HalsetW. G. (1952). A planned program for employee education. Public Administration Review, 12, 36-41.
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HamiltonD. K. (2002). Is patronage dead?: The impact of antipatronage staffing systems. Review of Public Personnel Administration, 22, 3-26.
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HamiltonD. K. (2010). Patronage in Illinois: The political subjugation of public administration. Review of Public Personnel Administration, 30, 137-165.
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HarrisonE. (1964). The working women: Barriers to employment. Public Administration Review, 24, 78-85.
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HaysS. W.SowaJ. E. (2006). A broader look at the “accountability” movement: Some grim realities in state civil service systems. Review of Public Personnel Administration, 26, 102-117.
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HopkinsA. H. (1980). Perceptions of employment discrimination in the public sector. Public Administration Review, 40, 131-137.
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HuntD. G. (1974). The black perspective on public management. Public Administration Review, 34, 520-525.
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IngrahamP. W. (1987). Building bridges or burning them? The president, the appointees, and the bureaucracy. Public Administration Review, 47, 425-435.
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JanowitzM.WrightD. (1956). The prestige of public employment: 1929 and 1954. Public Administration Review, 16, 15-21.
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JungK.MoonM. J.HahmS. D. (2007). Do age, gender, and sector affect job satisfaction? Results from the Korean labor and income panel data. Review of Public Personnel Administration, 27, 125-146.
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KallenA. (1959). Training in the federal service—170 years to accept. Public Administration Review, 19, 36-46.
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KearneyR. C.HaysS. W. (1998). Reinventing government, the new public management, and civil service systems in international perspective: The danger of throwing the baby out with the bathwater. Review of Public Personnel Administration, 18(4), 38-54.
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KeetonK.BrewtonD. (1995). A comparative analysis of aids related attitudes between public and private sector employees. Review of Public Personnel Administration, 15, 44-58.
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KellyR. M.GuyM. E.BayesJ.Guerst-LahtiG.DukeL.HaleM.JohnsonC. (1991). Public managers in the states: A comparison of career advancement by sex. Public Administration Review, 51, 402-412.
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KelsoW. (1980). From Bakke to Fullilove has the supreme court finally settled the affirmative action controversy?Review of Public Personnel Administration, 1, 57-74.
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KfetonK. B.BrewtonD. L. (1995). A comparative analysis of aids related attitudes between public and private sector employees. Review of Public Personnel Administration, 15(3), 44-59.
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KimP. S. (1993). Racial integration in the American federal government: With special reference to Asian Americans. Review of Public Personnel Administration, 13, 52-66.
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KimP. S.LewisG. B. (1994). Asian Americans in the public service: Success, diversity, and discrimination. Public Administration Review, 53, 285-290.
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KranzH. (1974). Are merit and equity compatible?Public Administration Review, 34, 434-440.
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KrauseR. D. (1965). The short, troubled history of Wisconsin’s new labor law. Public Administration Review, 25, 302-307.
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KrislovS. (1967). The Negro in Federal employment: The quest for equal opportunity. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press.
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LahT. J.PerryJ. L. (2008). The diffusion of the civil service reform act of 1978 in OECD countries: A tale of two paths to reform. Review of Public Personnel Administration, 28, 282-299.
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LeeR. D.Jr.CrawfordC.RabenaK. (1970). A profile of state apt manpower resources: Preliminary findings. Public Administration Review, 30, 602-610.
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LewisG. B. (1986). Race, sex, and supervisory authority in federal white-collar employment. Public Administration Review, 46, 25-30.
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LewisG. B. (1988). Progress toward racial and sexual equality in the federal civil service?Public Administration Review, 48, 700-707.
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LewisG. B. (1991). Turnover and the quiet crisis in the federal civil service. Public Administration Review, 51, 145-155.
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LewisG. B. (1997). Lifting the ban on gays in the civil service: Federal policy toward gay and lesbian employees since the Cold War. Public Administration Review, 57, 387-395.
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LewisW. G. (1989). Toward representative bureaucracy: Blacks in city police organizations, 1975-1985. Public Administration Review, 49, 257-268.
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LynnN. B.VadenR. E. (1979). Bureaucratic response to civil service reform. Public Administration Review, 39, 333-343.
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MarkoffH. S. (1972). The federal women’s program. Public Administration Review, 32, 144-151.
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MeierK. J.PenningtonM. S.EllerW. S. (2005). Race, sex, and Clarence Thomas: Representation change in the EEOC. Public Administration Review, 65, 171-179.
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MeierK. J.WilkinsV. M. (2002). Gender differences in agency head salaries: The case of public education. Public Administration Review, 62, 405-411.
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MillerW.KerrB.ReidM. (1999). A national study of gender-based occupational segregation in municipal bureaucracies: Persistence of glass walls?Public Administration Review, 59, 218-230.
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MindlinA. (1966). The designation of race or color on forms. Public Administration Review, 26, 110-118.
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NaffK. C.CrumJ. (2000). The president and representative bureaucracy: Rhetoric and reality. Public Administration Review, 60, 98-110.
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NalbandianJ. (1989). The U.S. Supreme Court’s “consensus” on affirmative action. Public Administration Review, 49, 38-45.
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National Commission on the Public Service. (1989). Leadership for America: Rebuilding the public service. Washington, DC: Author.
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National Commission on the State and Local Public Service. (1993). Hard truths/tough choices: An agenda for state and local reform. Albany, NY: Rockefeller Institute of Government.
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National Performance Review. (1993). From red tape to results: Creating a government that works better & costs less. Washington, DC: Government Printing Office.
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NelsonS. (2004). The state of the federal civil service today: Aching for reform. Review of Public Personnel Administration, 24, 202-215.
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NesvigG. T. (1968). The new dimensions of the strike question. Public Administration Review, 28, 126-132.
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NewlandC. A. (1976). Policy/program objectives and federal management: The search for government effectiveness. Public Administration Review, 36, 20-27.
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NewmanM. A. (1994). Gender and Lowi’s thesis: Implications for career advancement. Public Administration Review, 54, 277-284.
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NicolayJ. A. (1989). Performance appraisal and merit pay response to Thayer. Review of Public Personnel Administration, 10, 60-66.
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NigroL. G.KelloughJ. E. (2000). Civil service reform in Georgia: Going to the edge?Review of Public Personnel Administration, 20(4), 41-54.
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OsborneD.GaeblerT. (1992). Reinventing government: How the entrepreneurial spirit is transforming the public sector. New York, NY: Plume.
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ParsonsW. W. (1957). The personnel function in public management. Public Administration Review, 17, 149-155.
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PerkinsJ. A. (1957). Staffing democracy’s top side. Public Administration Review, 17, 1-9.
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PerryJ. L. (1986). Merit pay in the public sector: The case for a failure of theory. Review of Public Personnel Administration, 7, 57-69.
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PerryJ. L. (2008). The civil service reform act of 1978: A 30-year retrospective and a look ahead: Symposium introduction. Review of Public Personnel Administration, 28, 200-204.
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PerryJ. L.HondeghemA.WiseL. R. (2010). Revisiting the motivational bases of public service: Twenty years of research and an agenda for the future. Public Administration Review, 70, 681-690.
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PerryJ. L.WiseL. R. (1990). The motivational bases of public service. Public Administration Review, 50, 367-373.
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PoseyR. B. (1968). The new militancy of public employees. Public Administration Review, 28, 111-117.
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PrestonM. B. (1977). Minority employment and collective bargaining in the public sector. Public Administration Review, 37, 511-515.
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PynesJ. E. (2000). Are women underrepresented as leaders of nonprofit organizations?Review of Public Personnel Administration, 20, 35-49.
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