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The Impact of Discipline on the Use and Rapidity of Dismissal in State Governments

Sally Coleman Selden

Lynchburg College

Although several studies have looked at voluntary turnover in public organizations, little research has examined involuntary turnover and average time to terminate employees in public organizations. This study focuses on the impact of a state’s discipline system on its use and rapidity of discharge of state employees. Results show that factors associated with utilization of dismissal of state employees differ from factors associated with how quickly states terminate employees. This study shows that states adopting at-will employment are no more likely to fire employees than states with civil service employment systems are, but they do terminate employment relationships more quickly.

Key Words: discipline • involuntary turnover • termination • dismissal

Review of Public Personnel Administration, Vol. 26, No. 4, 335-355 (2006)
DOI: 10.1177/0734371X06293145
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