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| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
| Personal name |
Mastracci, Sharon H. |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT |
| Title |
Who are the contingent workers in federal government? |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. |
2009 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
| Extent |
p.352-73. |
| 362 ## - DATES OF PUBLICATION AND/OR SEQUENTIAL DESIGNATION |
| Dates of publication and/or sequential designation |
Jul |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
| Summary, etc. |
To most federal employment means stable work with good pay, good benefits, long-run job security, and opportunities for promotion from the mail room to upper management. The authors' debunk that notion. The authors' definitively establish the presence of a core/ring structure in federal employment. core occupations are permanent full-time, year-round stable positions, whereas ring jobs are comparatively unstable work situations: temporary, part-time, and/or for a specified period of time. Federal personnel administrators increasingly use temporary, contract, on-call, and part-time positions to control costs. Even when we control for individual characteristics - educational attainment and years of experience - we find group characteristics - particularly gender - reduce the chances of working in a permanent federal job. Is this an indictment against the federal government's reputation as a model employer? Perhaps. At the very least, the potential for gender disparity in employment outcomes deserves further study. Contingent arrangements at the agency level deserve a closer look too. - Reproduced. |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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Human resources development |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element |
Civil service |
| 700 ## - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
| Personal name |
Thompson, James R. |
| 773 ## - HOST ITEM ENTRY |
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American Review of Public Administration |
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83131 |