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• DOI: 10.1177/0734371X0102100209
• Date: 01 June 2001
• Published date: 01 June 2001
• Subject Matter: Articles

REVIEWOFPUBLICPERSONNELADMINISTRATION / Spring 2001

SECTIONONPERSONNELADMINISTRATION. . .

Created in 1979, the Section on Personnel Administration and Labor

Relations (SPALR) of the American Society for Public Administration

(ASPA) promotes wider recognition of the importance of human resource

management and labor relations in public service organizations. It focuses

attention on such topics as:

•public human resource management as a profession

•civil service reform

•human resource planning, management, and evaluation

•job evaluation and compensation

•labor-management relations

•constitutional rights of employees

•diversity and affirmative action

To pursue its goals, the Section engages in a range of activities including

conferences, publications, and task forces. All section members receive two

free publications: the Review of Public PersonnelAdministration and a news-

letter, Periscope.

WHAT IS ASPA?

ASPA is a national nonprofit educational and professional organization

dedicated to improved management in the public service through

exchange, development, and dissemination of information about public

service.

Its more than 10,000 members include governmental administrators,

nonprofit executives, educators, researchers, consultants, students, and

civic leaders. Since its inception in 1939, ASPA has provided national lead-

ership in advancing the science and art of public administration. It is the

only organization of its kind in the UnitedStates aiming broadly to improve

public service at the national, state, and local levels. ASPA publishes the

Public Administration Review and the PA Times, both of which are distrib-

uted to all members, and other publications in the field of public

administration.

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