Editor’s Welcome

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As incoming Editor of Public Personnel Management, I would first like to thank Cynthia Nalevanko and the SAGE Publications team for entrusting me to serve as the journal’s second Editor under SAGE’s ownership. Honored by this opportunity, I am fully committed to expanding the journal’s scope and impact within the field of public human resource management, and further strengthening its long-standing commitment to serving as a forum for exchange between the academic and practitioner research communities. Given the significant challenges facing public managers and human resources specialists both in the United States and abroad, the journal is well positioned to promote research that both sheds light on enduring questions affecting the field of public human resource management and informs policymakers and administrators tasked with effectively managing public service employees across the globe. I would also like to extend my sincerest thanks to outgoing Editor Dr. Eddie French and his editorial team. Having taken over editorship of Public Personnel Management in 2013, Dr. French successfully transitioned the journal from the International Public Management Association for Human Resources to SAGE and did an outstanding job of promoting and facilitating the publication of high quality research. Dr. French has also been an invaluable resource during my transition into the role of Editor and will remain a member of the journal’s Editorial Board moving forward. In addition, I would like to acknowledge the outstanding work of the journal’s Editorial Board and ad hoc reviewers over the past 3 years and thank our incoming Board Members for their willingness to further Public Personnel Management’s success. Last, I would like to acknowledge Louisiana State University’s E. J. Ourso College of Business and Public Administration Institute for their support of my Editorship and commitment to providing the necessary support and resources to effectively manage the journal. This March issue of Public Personnel Management begins with the second part of the December issue’s symposium on Humanistic Management and Development of New Cities and Towns in China, guest edited by Dr. Linda Sun. Along with the second part of the symposium, this issue contains two additional articles on public employee performance: the first by Geunpil Ryu which addresses employee well-being under strenuous working conditions and the second by Jun Yi Hsieh which provides a cross-sector exploration of job satisfaction and performance. In keeping with the focus of the journal, each of these articles addresses issues and topics of critical concern and relevancy to the field of public human resource management.