Charles Gossett

California State University, Sacramento | CSUS · Departments of Government and of Public Policy & Administration

Abstract Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore the factors that may be related to a career choice in the public vs the private sector in a developing African country. Design/methodology/approach – Using a sample of graduate management students, the authors tested reward preferences and altruism, elements of public service motivation, on...

Article This is a book of faith. A faith that is shared by this reviewer, but a book of faith, nonetheless. The faith is that somehow society will be much better off (however, that may be defined) if people are able to talk openly and honestly about race and its meanings and impacts on both individuals and society as a whole. At several points in t...

The goal of this project is to develop a database of GLB state legislators that can be used by different researchers, thereby creating a common database that will allow the work of one scholar to be replicated by another. The purpose of this paper is to make an effort to provide an accurate and comprehensive list of all LGB legislators in American...

A recent survey of 19,261 university students in Canada revealed the Government of Canada as the employer of choice, among the millennial generation. Drawing on the employer knowledge framework, we explore how the Millennials make career choices, what they find attractive, and how public service may help them achieve their career goals, work values...

The present study seeks to explore the factors that may be related to a career choice in the public vs. the private in a developing African country. Perry and Wise (1990) developed the concept of public service motivation to explain why individuals may be motivated to serve the public. Studies conducted in this domain have been conducted in Western...

Despite numerous public opinion polls indicating that California voters would defeat Proposition 8, a proposed constitutional amendment to limit marriage to one man and one woman, Election Day 2008 brought an end to six months of marriage equality for same-sex couples. This paper explores four possible explanations for why Californians passed Propo...

That HIV/AIDS has had an enormous impact on southern Africa in general, and in Botswana in particular, is not in doubt. Numerous studies have documented certain aspects of the problem—high HIV prevalence rates, increasing numbers of orphans and vulnerable children, declining average life expectancy, and a high number of deaths among adults during t...

In one of the most disappointing electoral blows in the struggle for gay and lesbian rights, California voters passed Proposition 8 by a 52-48 margin in November 2008, overturning a state supreme court decision that had legalized same-sex marriage earlier in the year. Although popular votes have almost uniformly rejected same-sex marriage rights, u...

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The absence of comprehensive reports on the 1965 Legislative Assembly and the 1966 Local Government elections has been a serious limitation for scholars conducting research on elections in Botswana. The results of those two elections are provided at the end of this article and are intended to serve as a data source for future studies of elections i...

Though public opposition to same-sex marriage seems reasonably stable nationally, support in California has grown substantially in the past two decades. Using data from six Field Polls of Californians since 1985, we explore the roots of that growth in individual attitude change and population changes. Cohort replacement can explain half the growth....

The Committee on the Status of Lesbians, Gays, Bisexuals, and the Transgendered [LGBT] in the Profession has authorized this review of 17 recent editions of top-selling textbooks marketed for use in courses providing an introduction to U.S. politics.

A number of public opinion studies have noted the trends over the past thirty years towards greater acceptance of homosexual behavior and of gay men and lesbians as people with certain rights. Commenting on these trends, many have argued that this change is generational, i.e., homosexuality and gay rights are simply more acceptable to younger gener...

Same-Sex Marriage and the Constitution. By Evan Gerstmann. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2003. 236p. $60.00 cloth, $22.00 paper. One hundred and twenty years ago, the Congress of the United States was embroiled in a debate over how best to regulate a type of marriage that appalled most Americans. Republicans were making political capital ou...

The purpose of this article is to analyze the implications of the expansion of “charitable choice” legislation and the introduction of “faith-based initiatives” on human resource management issues in nonprofit organizations, particularly those organizations that are affiliated with religious congregations. Experience with state-level equivalent pro...

In 1996, the state of Georgia passed a radical civil service reform law that, in effect, removed all new employees from the traditional civil service system and made them “at-will” employees. Additionally, many functions, such as recruitment and classification, were decentralized to the operating agencies. This study attempts to review the impact o...

In 1996, the State of Georgia passed the Merit System Reform Act, which made dramatic changes to the traditional civil service system in the state. These reforms included placing all newly hired civil servants in positions that were “at will” and greatly decentralized responsibility for recruitment and classification to individual operating agencie...

It is a rare book that educates even when unopened. The Politics of Gay Rights is one of them. For a small lesson in attitudes toward lesbians and gay men in America, I recommend reading this book on an airplane, in a coffee shop, or in some other public setting. The reader may not encounter any direct comments from others, but there will be the oc...

This paper will explore the evolution of the bill which was originally called the “Civil Rights Amendments of 1974" into the “Employment Non-Discrimination Act of 1997." The principle focus will be on how the current version of this law can be characterized as a reaction to the controversies and developments in the broader field of personnel manage...

In recent years, a number of state, county, and municipal governments have been confronted with demands to add the category "sexual orientation" to their employment discrimination ordinances and policies. This paper focuses on the experience of state and local governments in responding to these demands in both the legal and political arenas. The pa...

In recent years, a number of cities and counties have been modifying their employee benefit programs to extend coverage that was traditionally limited to the spouse and minor children of an employee to include other persons important in the employee's life. Such persons are usually referred to as domestic partners. This study examines the ways in w...

Books applicable to the broad field of program evaluation are reviewed. Books may be reviewed singly or in groups to illuminate similarities and differences in intent, philosophy, and usefulness. Persons with suggestions of books to be reviewed or those who wish to submit a review should contact Dr. Byron R. Burnham, Evaluation Specialist (Cooperat...

A recent survey of 19,261 university students in Canada revealed the Government of Canada is the employer of choice, among the millennial generation. Drawing upon the employer knowledge framework and public service motivation theory, we explore how the millennials make career choices, what they find attractive, and how public service can help them...

The traditional study of by-elections has tended to focus on whether or not they are an indicator of shifting political fortunes of particular political parties or unique events governed by immediate circumstances or a politician's personality. However, in recent years, in Africa, by-elections are being taken as a measure of the health of the natio...

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Thesis (Ph. D.)--Stanford University, 1986. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 488-521). Microfiche.