Editorial March 2018

• Date: 01 March 2018
• Author: Christine L. Rush,Jessica E. Sowa
• Published date: 01 March 2018
• DOI: 10.1177/0734371X18754657
• Subject Matter: Editorial

https://doi.org/10.1177/0734371X18754657

Review of Public Personnel Administration

2018, Vol. 38(1) 3 –4

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Editorial

Editorial March 2018

Dear Colleagues,

We want to thank the many contributing authors, editorial team, the advisory and

editorial boards, reviewers, and the team at SAGE for another strong year for the

Review of Public Personnel Administration (ROPPA). Information on the ranking of

ROPPA and its impact factor can be found on the journal’s website at http://journals.

sagepub.com/home/rop

As we assume editorial responsibilities, we are very grateful to Dr. R. Paul Battaglio

Jr. for his invaluable contributions to ROPPA. Paul has been an integral part of the

journal for over 10 years, including 3 years as Managing Editor and the last 5 years as

the Editor-in-Chief. Under Paul’s guidance, ROPPA has grown in quality and promi-

nence, and is read across the world for top quality research on public service human

resource management (HRM). We are humbled by the opportunity to continue his

legacy and maintain the role of ROPPA as a highly ranked public administration jour-

nal that advances theory and practice in public service HRM.

Our editorial philosophy aligns with that of the previous editorial team—to publish

the best research on public service HRM that builds our knowledge base and advances

the body of evidence on HRM as a core management function in public and nonprofit

organizations. We are committed to the theoretical tradition that human capital is cen-

tral to the performance of public service organizations and therefore encourage

research that demonstrates the importance and contribution of HRM. We welcome

rigorous research inclusive of various methodologies, challenging and boundary-

pushing theoretical work, and studies from diverse public service contexts, including

public, nonprofit, and even hybrid or network settings.

Moving forward, with your assistance, we will work to build on the broad,

international audience of ROPPA with excellent public HRM research; when

appropriate, please cite ROPPA in your work and use social media to connect

scholars and practitioners to this important research. We will actively promote

ROPPA online, and we encourage you to reach out to us with ideas to capitalize on

our social media presence. Communicating about ROPPA in multiple channels can

contribute to our impact factor and raise the visibility of our work on public ser-

vice HRM. Our new Twitter feed for ROPPA is @ReviewofPPA. Make sure to

check ROPPA OnlineFirst articles at http://rop.sagepub.com/content/early/recent

to access recent scholarship.

Again, many people contribute to maintaining the high quality of ROPPA and

deserve thanks. We would like to thank the Advisory Board and Editorial Board for

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