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Call for Chapters: New Approaches and Innovations in Public Personnel Management

Editors

Onur KULAÇ, Pamukkale University, Turkey
Mısra Ciğeroğlu Öztepe, Pamukkale University, Turkey

Call for Chapters

Proposals Submission Deadline: April 5, 2025
Full Chapters Due: June 6, 2025

Introduction

Public personnel, which is a general concept that can be used for officials employed in public institutions, can be considered as one of the most important elements of public administration. These officials work within government agencies at the local, state, or federal levels and are involved in the production and/or delivery of public services. Public Personnel Management refers to the management and administration of the workforce in public organizations. The management and administration of these officials is carried out through the public personnel management system. Focusing on the workforce in public institutions public personnel management involves the strategic planning, recruitment, development, retention, and management of employees who work in public service and aims to ensure that government institutions effectively meet the needs of the citizens. Social, political and economic changes and transformations experienced throughout the historical process have affected the public administration discipline, and these effects have brought about a change in the understanding of public personnel management. The managerial approach that has become dominant in public administration, especially since the 1980s, has brought about the implementation of new methods, techniques and practices regarding public personnel and their management. With the intense impact of technological developments and the Globalization process, the reforms and improvements that countries have started to make in their public personnel management systems have begun to set an example for different countries, and the transfer of systems, institutions and policies regarding public personnel management has intensified. Especially the Covid-19 pandemic and its aftermath have brought about radical transformations in both the production and delivery processes of public services and the public officials who take an active role in these processes. After this process, new developments have emerged in many issues such as personnel employment, working conditions, financial and social rights, leadership and motivation, and supervision, which are among the main issues of public personnel management, and there have been important developments in the field of public personnel management.

Objective

Examining the public personnel management regimes and practices of countries from different perspectives and making comparisons based on different country practices are very important in terms of comparative public administration. In addition, including examples of good practices in this regard can also enable them to be transferred to other countries through reform and policy transfers. So, this transfers can be an important element in creating an effective, ethical, and efficient government and public administration. With this regard the main aim of this book study is presenting how developments have occurred in public personnel management systems and policies of different countries, their effects, contributions and examples of good practice.

Target Audience

The book will be one of the pioneering works in this field in terms of examining the effects of the systems, policies and practices regarding public personnel management and providing the opportunity for comparison. It also has a great significance in terms of providing information to researchers, students and practitioners about the public personnel policies, structures, tecniques and practices of countries and allowing comparisons between countries. Academics can benefit from this book as a textbook or additional resource in their courses and this book will be especially useful for students in their master's or doctoral theses, Practitioners and policy makers also can benefit from this book and it will be an opportunity for them to follow good practice examples and learn promising lessons.

Recommended Topics

The Evolution of Public Personnel Management: From Traditional to Modern Approaches Impact of Globalization on Public Human Resource Management Best Practices in Public Sector Recruitment and Retention Technology and Digital Transformation in Public Personnel Management Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in the Public Workforce Performance Management and Accountability in Public Service The Role of Leadership in Modernizing Public HR Practices Workforce Planning and Succession Management in the Public Sector Ethics and Integrity in Public Personnel Administration Employee Engagement and Organizational Culture in Public Service Policy Innovations for Public Sector Work-Life Balance Cross-Cultural Management in Globalized Public Organizations The Role of Artificial Intelligence in Public HR Practices Labor Relations and Collective Bargaining in the Public Sector Crisis Management and Emergency Preparedness for Public HR Professionals Training and Development Programs for Public Sector Employees Public Sector HR Metrics and Data Analytics Comparative Analysis of Public Personnel Management Systems Worldwide Challenges in Implementing HR Reforms in Public Administration Ethical Dilemmas and Decision-Making in Public Sector HR

Submission Procedure

Researchers and practitioners are invited to submit on or before April 5, 2025, a chapter proposal of 300 to 500 words clearly explaining the mission and concerns of his or her proposed chapter. Full chapters of a minimum of 10,000 words (word count includes references and related readings) are expected to be submitted by June 6, 2025, and all interested authors must consult the guidelines for manuscript submissions at https://www.igi-global.com/publish/contributor-resources/before-you-write/ prior to submission. All submitted chapters will be reviewed on a double-anonymized review basis. Contributors may also be requested to serve as reviewers for this project.

Note: There are no submission or acceptance fees for manuscripts submitted to this book publication, New Approaches and Innovations in Public Personnel Management. All manuscripts are accepted based on a double-anonymized peer review editorial process.

All proposals should be submitted through the eEditorial Discovery® online submission manager.



Publisher

This book is scheduled to be published by IGI Global Scientific Publishing (formerly Idea Group Inc.), an international academic publisher of the "Information Science Reference" (formerly Idea Group Reference), "Medical Information Science Reference," "Business Science Reference," and "Engineering Science Reference" imprints. IGI Global Scientific Publishing specializes in publishing reference books, scholarly journals, and electronic databases featuring academic research on a variety of innovative topic areas including, but not limited to, education, social science, medicine and healthcare, business and management, information science and technology, engineering, public administration, library and information science, media and communication studies, and environmental science. For additional information regarding the publisher, please visit https://www.igi-global.com. This publication is anticipated to be released in 2026.



Important Dates

April 5, 2025: Proposal Submission Deadline June 6, 2025: Full Chapter Submission
July 20, 2025: Final Acceptance Notification
July 27, 2025: Final Chapter Submission



Inquiries

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Onur KULAÇ Pamukkale University onurkulac@yahoo.com Assoc. Prof. Dr. Mısra Ciğeroğlu Öztepe Pamukkale University mcigeroglu@pau.edu.tr

Classifications


Government and Law; Social Sciences and Humanities
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