The Development of County HR Policies: The Perspectives of Counties in Two States

• Published in: Public personnel management Vol. 47; no. 4; pp. 398 - 418
• Main Authors: Jacobson, Willow S., Lambright, Kristina T.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Los Angeles, CA SAGE Publications 01.12.2018; SAGE PUBLICATIONS, INC
• Subjects: Collective bargaining; College professors; Counties; Decision making; Departments; Employees; Employment; Ethics; Feedback; Human Capital; Human resource management; Human Resources; Information sources; Interviews; Labor Force; Legal Problems; Local government; Managers; Organizational Effectiveness; Personnel Evaluation; Personnel policies; Personnel Policy; Policy Formation; Public administration; Research Methodology; Semi Structured Interviews; Stakeholders; Strategic planning; Systematic review; Teams; Workforce; North Carolina; New York; United States > US; HRM; policymaking; local government

We conducted 40 semi-structured interviews with county HR directors (20 in New York, 20 in North Carolina) to learn more about the development of internal HR policies. Key resources used by directors in both states include other jurisdictions, colleagues in other county departments, state and federa...