Glass Walls in State Bureaucracies: Examining the Difference Departmental Function Can Make

Autor: Bethany G. Sneed
Rok vydání: 2007
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Zdroj: Public Administration Review. 67:880-891
ISSN: 1540-6210
0033-3352
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6210.2007.00775.x
Popis: Occupational segregation in government employment is an important issue in public administration. Occupation determines pay and benefits, and when women have greater access to quality jobs—especially in the public sector—this promotes their economic, social, and political advancement. This research addresses two questions: (1) What changes have occurred to alter “glass walls” across departmental functions? (2) What impact does departmental function have on the salary of women? The findings reveal that although occupational segregation has decreased over the past two decades in Michigan’s bureaucracy, it is still prevalent. Gender-based occupational segregation is linked to departmental function. Redistributive departments have much lower levels of occupational segregation than other functional categories. Mean salary is also linked to departmental mission, with distributive departments having both the highest mean salary and the highest level of occupational segregation. Salary differentials across departmental functions are becoming smaller over time. Overall, women appear to be most successful, both financially and career-wise, in historically male-dominated fields.
Databáze: OpenAIRE
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