01417pab a2200169 454500008004000000100001800040245009100058260000900149300001500158362000800173520090600181650002901087650002901116650003201145700001901177773005101196180718b2013   xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  aCoceia, Mario  aHuman resource management and organizational behaviour of public research institutions  c2013  ap.256-268.  aMar  aThe purpose of this article is to analyze the organizational behavior of public research organizations based on their human resources development and management. The study here focuses on the largest Italian public research body. The pyramid of R&D people shows the irregular spatial structure of the research personnel per macro regions and the index of seniority indicates older research personnel in the North and Central Part of Italy than in the South Italy. The analysis of human resources displays organizational weaknesses and threats for public research labs generated by research policy based on shrinking public research lab budgets and downsizing of research personnel. Some critical human resource management implications are discussed in order to improve the strategic change and research performances of public research institutions in turbulent and fast-changing markets. - Reproduced.  aScientific organizations  aOrganizational behaviour  aHuman resources development  aRolfo, Secondo  aInternational Journal of Public Administration