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This article reports the findings of a survey of IPMA agency members regarding their policies and practices to accommodate dual-career couples. Dual-career couples in the same organization are often perceived by the public to reflect nepotism; and 40 percent of survey respondents reported ethical dilemmas arising from these Situations. Nevertheless, a majority relied on merit procedures to assure competence, prohibiting only supervisory relationships between spouses. Moreover, the survey uncovered practices to accommodate dual-career couples in different organizations, suggesting that personnel administrators recognize the importance of a new recruitment and retention strategies. Nevertheless, further reform of merit system rules and regulations may be needed in the future to stay competitive with the private sector in this emerging area of human resources management.

This study examined the job satisfaction and quality of work life of 117 municipal clerks from small cities in Nebraska. It found that the clerks had a high level of job satisfaction, even though the quality of work life was not high. Job satisfaction was found to be correlated with age, length of tenure, and education. The implications of these findings for future research are identified.