The Review of Public Personnel Administration presents timely, rigorous scholarship on human resource management in public service organizations. The journal provides research for scholars and professionals to stay abreast of advancements and innovations in the field.

The journal publishes articles that reflect the varied approaches used in the study and practice of human resource management in the public sector. The journal analyzes the effects of specific HR procedures or programs on the management function and assesses the impact of HR management on the broader areas of public policy and administration. It covers both traditional and emerging topics including, but not limited to:

• Merit system reforms   
• The changing workplace/workforce
• Equal employment opportunity
• Quality of worklife
• Relations between HR professionals and line managers
• Nonprofit HR issues
• Information technology innovations
• Decentralization
• Downsizing
• Deregulation
• Grievances and appeals
• Staffing, including recruitment and retention
• Classification and compensation
• Performance appraisal
• Training and development
• Leadership, motivation
• Employee benefits
• Diversity
• Labor-management relations
• Mediation and arbitration
• Public sector unions
• HRM in international organizations
• Comparative HR