Human Resource Management in Public Service: Paradoxes, Processes, and Problems offers thought-provoking and thorough coverage of the complex issues faced by employees and managers in the public sector, including managing under tight budgets with increasing costs, hiring freezes, contracting out, and the politicization of the civil service. Continuing the award-winning tradition of previous editions, the authors encourage hands-on skill building and problem solving. The Eighth Edition welcomes new coauthor Meghna Sabharwal and includes new analysis of changes to public human resource management under the second Trump administration, updated coverage of issues in the field, and new exercises throughout the text.