Managing the States' Personnel Systems: The Actors, Orientations, and Issues

Relying on data supplied by the directors of personnel systems in 41 states, this work examines who is involved in the determination and implementa tion of state personnel policy, the role orientation of state personnel directors, and the issues currently confronting state personnel systems. The results show that state personnel directors take their primary policy cues from their governors (or state personnel boards where that structure still exists), are heavily engaged as expert advisors to their legislatures, and spend considerable effort negotiating with labor leaders and federal officials over changes in equal employment and fair labor statutes and regulations .