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Showing 1 to 11 of 11 for “"representative bureaucracy"”.
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Promoting Diversity and Inclusion in the U.S. Federal Workforce: Representative Bureaucracy and the Challenge of Multiculturalism
… is detrimental to theorizing and to enacting a representative bureaucracy, and if so, why. To answer this question, the work begins with a critical review of the representative bureaucracy, affirmative action, and multiculturalism literatures. Then, linking these reviews to practice, the study …
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Board and Staff Representation and Grantmaking in Community Foundations: The Effect of Racial Representation, Intersectionality, and Donor Control
… outcomes. This raises questions about the representativeness of philanthropy to the broader public. The theory of representative bureaucracy establishes a framework for understanding the connection between representation and outcomes, positing that passive representation, which is …
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Implication of Gender Stereotypes for Public Policy
… women from rising into leadership positions. Representative bureaucracy explains the consequence in public policy when women are not in the senior executive positions of authority.
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A Comparative Analysis of Federal Agencies' Integration of Equity and Diversity Practices Addressing Minority Representation in Senior Executive Service
… theory, equity and diversity literature, and representative bureaucracy, extending the perspective of how institutional pressures impact organizations to how pressures influence leaders in federal agencies.
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A Case Study of the State University, Extension, and the College of Agriculture as They Explore and Implement a Metro Research and Outreach Initiative
… study methodology to explore these issues using representative bureaucracy theory as the lens from which to assess the nature of the system and how it was able to proceed with the project.
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Speak Softly and Carry a Big Stick: The Effects of Women Correctional Officers on Prison VIolence
… behavior. The presence of women may symbolize a representative bureaucracy, and women may perform job duties differently based on preconceived attitudes, socialization, and predispositions to avoid violence. This project utilizes four waves of the Census of State and Federal Correctional …
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The Ties That Do Not Bind: Social Capital, Minority Female Representation, and Social Inequality in the United States
… health inequality. Motivated by the theory of representative bureaucracy, theories on legislative behavior, and public health research, I argue that (minority) female representation is critical to reducing health disparity. In the first essay, "All Women Not Affected Equally: Social Capital and …
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Can Representativeness Decrease Youth Violence in Juvenile Detention Facilities?
<p>Using the theory on Representative Bureaucracy, this study considers the minority representative role, which suggests that administrators who are minorities are more inclined to represent minority interests. This study examined whether officers perceive themselves as advocates based on shared …
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Equal employment opportunity in public office in principle and practice : an empirical study of the Omani civil service.
… it fills a void in evaluating the concepts of Representative Bureaucracy and Management Diversity in both principle and practice, and in comprehending the extent to which their objectives can be translated into practical recruitment procedures. Moreover, the importance of organisational context …