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Review of Public Personnel Administration
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Civil Service Reform in Action: The Case of the Personnel Board of Jefferson County, Alabama

Ronald R. Sims*

* To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: Ronald.sims{at}mason.wm.edu.


  Abstract
Civil service reform interventions are designed to address institutional weaknesses associated with human resource management (HRM) and processes. This article discusses the case of a federal court order reform of a HRM system. More specifically, the article offers a firsthand look at efforts to reform the Personnel Board of Jefferson County, Alabama, following the imposition of a receivership.

First published on June 24, 2009, doi:10.1177/0734371X09338507

Review of Public Personnel Administration 2009;29:382.

A more recent version of this article appeared on December 1, 2009

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