Sex-based glass ceilings in U.S. State-level bureaucracies, 1987-1997
By: REID, Margaret
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Contributor(s): MILLER, Will | KERR, Brinck.
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ArticlePublisher: Thousand Oaks : SAGE, September 2004Subject(s): Gênero | TrabalhoAdministration & Society 36, 4, p. 377-405Abstract: This study employed a national data set obtained from the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commision (EEOC) to answer two questions. Are women adequately represented in the top-level positions in state bureaucracies and are impediments that women might encounter in reaching the highest level administrative posts related to the policy missions and/or organizational characteristics of these agencies? The autors found that (a) women are undestrepresented in top-level administrative and professional positions in distributive and regulatory agencies, suggesting the continued presence of glass ceilings in such agencies; (b) women are better represented among administrative and especially professional cadres in redistributive agencies, however their full representation at the uppermost administrative levels remains an unrealized goal; and (c) women are ledd well represented in higher paying positions (in proportion to their numbers in the agency) in agencies with higher salaries
This study employed a national data set obtained from the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commision (EEOC) to answer two questions. Are women adequately represented in the top-level positions in state bureaucracies and are impediments that women might encounter in reaching the highest level administrative posts related to the policy missions and/or organizational characteristics of these agencies? The autors found that (a) women are undestrepresented in top-level administrative and professional positions in distributive and regulatory agencies, suggesting the continued presence of glass ceilings in such agencies; (b) women are better represented among administrative and especially professional cadres in redistributive agencies, however their full representation at the uppermost administrative levels remains an unrealized goal; and (c) women are ledd well represented in higher paying positions (in proportion to their numbers in the agency) in agencies with higher salaries
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