Editorial & Order Policies

• Date: 01 October 1994
• DOI: 10.1177/0734371X9401400401
• Published date: 01 October 1994
• Subject Matter: Articles

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EDITORIAL &

ORDER POLICIES

he

objective

of

the

Review

of Public

Personnel

Administration

is

to

further

the

understandmg

t

of

pubhc

personnel

pohcy

and

administration

by

encouraging

the

new

scholarship

in

public

t

personnel

management

and

labor

relations.

The

Review

pubhshes

articles

which

reflect

the

vaned

approaches

to

the

study

and

practice

of

personnel

management

Articles

of

direct

interest

to

both

practitioners

and

teachers

are

welcomed.

Of

particular

mterest

are

studies

which

analyze

the

effects

of

specific

personnel

procedures

or

programs

on

the

management

function

and

studies

which

assess

the

impact

of

personnel

management

on

the

broader

areas

of

pubhc

pohcy

and

administration,.

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Review

is

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or

abstracted

in

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Abstracts,

Personnel

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Abstracts,

Urban

Affairs

Abstracts,

ABC

POL

SCI,

and

the

Public

Affairs

Information

Service

Bulletin.

Manuscnpts

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to

Review

of

Public

Personnel

Administration,

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Affairs,

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of

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PROFESSIONAL

NOTES

The

&dquo;Professional

Notes&dquo;

portion

of

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