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• Author: Gary E. Roberts
• DOI: 10.1177/0734371X0202200307
• Published date: 01 September 2002
• Date: 01 September 2002

REVIEWOFPUBLICPERSONNELADMINISTRATION / Fall 2002

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Ashworth, Kenneth. (2001). Caught between the dog and the fireplug, or how

to survive public service. Washington, DC: Georgetown University Press,

208 pp., $19.95 (paper), ISBN: 0-87840-847-9.

A compendium of personal experiences, anecdotes, and lessons on the

real-life operation of government organizations, the book is organized

around anecdotal letters that provide guidance on the complexity and chal-

lenge of public sector careers.

Hattery, Angela. (2001). Women, work and family. Balancing and weaving.

Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage, 248 pp., $32.95 (paper), ISBN: 0-7619-1937-6,

$69.95 (cloth), ISBN: 0-7619-1936-8.

This book addresses the struggle to balance work, family, and personal

time based on interviews with 30 married women with children under 2

years of age. The focus is on the decision-making process underlying the

balancing process. Chapters include a discussion of models of motherhood,

paradigms underlying maternal labor force participation, child care issues,

and family power relationships.

Spector, Paul E. (1999). Industrial & organizational psychology (2nd ed.).

San Francisco:Jossey-Bass, 400 pp., $83.95 (cloth), ISBN: 0471-24373-6.

This text strikes a balance between practice and research in industrial/

organizational (I/O) psychology. Topic areas include job assessment, job

performance, performance appraisal, selecting and training employees, and

the social control of work. Special focus is placed on Internet applications

and international I/O issues.

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