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100			_aFowles, Jacob et al
245			_aPublic employee quality in a geographic context: A study of rural teachers
260			_c2014
300			_ap.503-521.
362			_aSep
520			_aRecruiting high quality employees is one of the key functions of public human resource managers and a critical component of effective public service delivery. This is particularly true in education but little is known about public sector or teacher hiring patterns in areas that are predominantly rural, poor, and isolated from other locales. This article begins to fill that gap. We find that rural educational agencies employ the new teachers of lowest observed aptitude, implying that organizational outcomes associated with these districts may differ in systematic ways that reinforce longstanding gaps in quality. As such, human resources strategies for increasing the attractiveness of geographically and culturally isolated regions for high quality public service are needed. These strategies are likely to require different policy prescriptions than those utilized to enhance the attractiveness to employees in urban areas. - Reproduced.
650			_aRecruiting
650			_aEmployees
650			_aTraining
650			_aHuman resources development
650			_aTeachers
773			_aAmerican Review of Public Administration
908			_aN
909			_a105880
999			_c105875 _d105875