Review of Public Personnel Administration
Symposium Call for Papers
HRM in Public Service: The State of the Field
In celebration of its 30-year anniversary, the Review of Public Personnel Administration
invites scholars to submit articles on human resource and government employment practices. The
symposium seeks to commission approximately five articles (research and commentary) from
various theoretical and methodological perspectives, but with a common focus on HRM in public
service. A mix of case studies, legal analyses, empirical research, and normative essays is sought.
Topics of particular interest include:
1. Current state of the field of HRM
2. Changing labor-management relations
3. HRM strategy and performance
4. HRM: changes, tendencies and new technologies
5. Contemporary issues in core functions of HRM
6. Theoretical approaches to HRM research
7. The labor market and HRM
Proposals to write articles should be approximately 500 words and submitted by June 30,
2008. Proposals should include title, description of approach, and linkage to symposium theme.
Articles should be approximately 25 double-spaced, typewritten pages plus notes, references and
exhibits. The proposals will be selected by July/August, completed papers will be due by
December 2008, and editors' suggested revisions and author turnaround will be done by April
2009.
Decisions to commission authors will be made by the Guest Editor, Jonathan P. West
(<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placetype w:st="on">University</st1:placetype> of <st1:placename w:st="on">Miami</st1:placename></st1:place>), in consultation with the Associate Editor for Special Features and
International Outreach. The editor of ROPPA will make final judgments regarding suitability for
publication in the journal. Articles will be refereed by anonymous reviewers, and they will be
expected to meet standards of scholarly excellence. A style guide for the journal is available on the ROPPA website: http://rop.sagepub.com.
Proposals should be sent by e-mail attachment in Word format to the Guest Editor at
jwest@miami.edu Please also direct any questions to Jonathan West.
ROPPA is published by ASPA's Section on Personnel Administration
and Labor Relations (SPALR).