Public sector labor unions and their commitment to collective bargaining are central to the study of public sector human resource management. This study explores collective bargaining scholarship in the United States as exemplified in the public administration literature. Systematically coding 220 articles from the top fifteen (mainstream) peer-reviewed public administration journals over a period of 50 years (1970–2020), this study examines how public sector collective bargaining is framed and conceptualized in public administration research, identifying, and studying the dimensions of public sector collective bargaining research in the United States. The primary purpose of this article is to map trends and gaps in local, state, and federal public sector collective bargaining scholarship, which is an essential public personnel function in need of further academic attention. It is also hoped that this study could stimulate future research into public sector collective bargaining.

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公共部门集体谈判：元回顾

公共部门工会及其对集体谈判的承诺是公共部门人力资源管理研究的核心。本研究探讨了美国公共行政文献中的集体谈判奖学金。本研究系统地编码了 50 年（1970 年至 2020 年）期间排名前 15 位（主流）同行评审公共行政期刊的 220 篇文章，探讨了公共部门集体谈判在公共行政研究、识别和研究中是如何构建和概念化的。美国公共部门集体谈判研究的维度。本文的主要目的是描绘地方、州和联邦公共部门集体谈判奖学金的趋势和差距，这是一项重要的公共人事职能，需要进一步的学术关注。我们还希望这项研究能够激发未来对公共部门集体谈判的研究。