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DiscriminationAcross the Sectors:A Comparison ofDiscrimination Trendsin Private and PublicOrganizationsBy Megan K. Leasher, PhD and Corey E. Miller, PhDDifferences and similarities between public and private sectororganizations have been hypothesized and researched for severaldecades. This study investigated the differences in claims ofemployment discrimination reported for employees within the privateand public sectors. A longitudinal database of statewide discriminationclaims was analyzed to determine if differences in employmentdiscrimination patterns or levels exist between the sectors. Theoreticaland practical implications are presented in addition to propositions forfuture research.

Attitudes andOccupationalCommitment amongPublic Personnel:Differences betweenBaby Boomers andGen-XersBy Thomas Li-Ping Tang, PhD, Peter H. Cunningham, ReD,Eric Frauman, PhD, Mark I. Ivy, PhD, and Tara L. Perry, PhDWe investigate the relationships between two work-related attitudes (thelove of money and leisure ethic) and affective, continuance, andnormative occupational commitment controlling gender, organizationaltenure, and career tenure and test the model across Baby Boomers andGen-Xers in a multi-group analysis. We collected data from a stratifiedrandom sample of the National Recreation and Park Association (NRPA)in the USA (N = 397). Results suggested that leisure ethic waspositively related to affective commitment for Baby Boomers, whereasthe love of money was negatively related to affective commitment forGen-Xers. Career tenure was positively related to all three componentsof occupational commitment for both age cohorts. Gender (male) waspositively related to love of money and negatively related to leisureethic for Gen-Xers, but not for Baby Boomers. Further, the love of moneywas negatively related to affective commitment for male Gen-Xers, butnot for female Gen-Xers. Results provide important implications formanaging Baby Boomers and Gen-Xers.Key words: Money Ethic, The Love of Money, Leisure Ethic, OccupationalCommitment, Parks and Recreation Professionals, Gender, OrganizationalTenure, Career Tenure, Baby-Boomers, Gen-Xers

Human ResourceChallengesConfronting the SeniorManagement Serviceof the South AfricanPublic ServiceBy Danny Sing, D. Admin.The Senior Management Service constitutes the supreme leadershipcadre of the South African Public Service. It was established in 2001,and its aim and purpose being to lead and direct the service deliverytransformatory agenda of the South African Government, within adevelopmental state paradigm. Driving the transformatory agenda isdependent upon a stable, reliable and competent Senior ManagementService (SMS). However, the SMS is currently confronted with humanresource challenges, such as staff capacity, strategic cross-cuttingissues, and staff turnover. Regular summits lead by the Public ServiceCommission (PSC) and Department of Public Service andAdministration (DPSA) with civil society and labor union involvement,can effectively contribute to ensuring that human resource challengesare adequately dealt with.