1. The importance of human resource management in the public sector, future challenges and the relevance of the current collection - Ronald J. Burke, Amanda F. Allisey and Andrew J. Noblet Part I: Approaches to human resource management in the public sector 2. The distinctiveness of human resource management in the public sector - Catherine Truss 3. Human resource management in the public sector in developing countries - Christopher J. Rees Part II: Assessing and addressing the health and well-being of public sector employees 4. Psychosocial risk factors for stress and stress claim differences between the public and private sectors - Tessa S. Bailey, Sarven S. McLinton and Maureen F. Dollard 5. Building more supportive and inclusive public sector working environments: a case study from the Australian community health sector - Andrew J. Noblet, Kathryn Page and Tony LaMontagne 6. Work engagement among public and private sector dentists - Arnold B. Bakker and Jari J. Hakanen 7. Emotional labor, job satisfaction and burnout: how each affects the other - Mary E. Guy and Meredith A. Newman Part III: Human resource management challenges in the public sector 8. Management and leadership development in public service organizations - Patrick McGurk 9. Employee turnover in public agencies: examining the extent and correlates - Mark Bradbury, Jessica E. Sowa and J. Edward Kellough 10. Managing human resources in the public sector during economic downturn - Parbudyal Singh and Ronald J. Burke 11. Motivation, job satisfaction and retention/turnover in the public sector - Wouter Vandenabeele 12. Trade unions and organizational change in the public sector: the new politics of public sector industrial relations - Miguel Martínez Lucio Part IV: Human resource management practices and public sector performance 13. High performance work systems, performance management and employee participation in the public sector - Pauline Stanton and Karen Manning 14. Human resource management and public organizational performance: educational outcomes in the Netherlands - Laurence J. O’Toole (Jr), René Torenvlied, Agnes Akkerman and Kenneth J. Meier 15. Case study of 'peak performing' public sector units and successful change efforts - Michela Arnaboldi and Giovanni Azzone 16. Public sector human resource management education in the United States: contemporary challenges and opportunities for performance improvement - Jared J. Llorens