Human Resource Management in Public Service: Paradoxes, Processes, and Problems, Edition 8

Evan M. Berman is Professor of Public Management at Fundação Getúlio Vargas, EAESP (São Paulo, Brazil), specializing in human resource management, public performance, and comparative public administration. Previously, he was Huey McElveen Distinguished Professor at Louisiana State University. Dr. Berman is ranked among the very top scholars in public administration world-wide. He has received the Outstanding Scholarship Award from the American Society for Public Administration (Section on Personnel and Labor Relations) for contributions to research, teaching and service in public sector HRM, and many other awards, including from the Network of Schools of Public Policy, Affairs, and Administration (NASPAA), the accrediting body for public administration programs. He has authored 15 books and over 175 publications, in all of the leading journals of the discipline. Dr Berman has chaired ASPA’s Section on Personnel and Labor Relations, he is founding editor of ASPA’s Book Series in Public Administration and Public Policy, senior editor of Public Performance and Management Review, and a Distinguished Fulbright Scholar. His 2023 book, Performance and Innovation in the Public Sector (with I. Hijal-Moghrabi), won the 2024 ASPA/SPALR Outstanding Book Award. Evan is a Fellow of the National Academy of Public Administration and Visiting Professor at Fudan University (Shanghai) and University of Indonesia (Jakarta).

Montgomery R. Van Wart is a professor of public administration at California State University, San Bernardino and former dean of the College of Business and Public Administration. He is also visiting research professor at the National University of -Ireland Galway and honorary professor at the University of Hong Kong. His research areas are administrative leadership, human resource management, training and development, administrative values and ethics, organization behavior, and general management. He has over 100 publications, including 11 books and nine articles in Public Administration Review. His Dynamics of Leadership in Public Service: Theory and Practice (M. E. Sharpe, 2005) was awarded Outstanding Academic Title by Choice. His Leadership in Public Organizations: An Introduction (Routledge, 2017) is in its third edition. He serves on numerous editorial boards and as associate editor of Public Productivity & Management Review. He has received numerous research and teaching awards, including the ASPA Van Riper Award and the CSUSB Outstanding Researcher Award.

Meghna Sabharwal is a distinguished professor in the Public and Nonprofit Management program at The University of Texas at Dallas, where she also serves as Associate Provost for Faculty Success. Dr. Sabharwal′s is also Editor in Chief of the Review of Public Personnel Administration, the leading research journal of public sector HRM in the world. Meghna’s research expertise lies in public human resource management, with a focus on workforce diversity, equity, inclusion, job satisfaction, performance, and high-skilled migration. She has authored over 85 peer-reviewed journal articles and book chapters, contributing significantly to the field. Her contributions to public sector human resource management have earned her several honors, including the Outstanding Scholarship Award from the American Society for Public Administration’s Section on Personnel and Labor Relations. Meghna approaches her work with an awareness of the privileges that her background and social position carries. Creating more inclusive workplaces and learning environments is a guiding value of her work. Meghna is a Fellow of the National Academy of Public Administration.