TY  - SER
AU  - Reid, Margaret
AU  - Kerr, Brinck
AU  - Miller, Will
TI  - Sex-based glass ceilings in US state-level bureaucracies, 1987-1997
PY  - 2004///
KW  - Bureaucracy
KW  - Women in the civil service
N2  - This study employed a national data set obtained from the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (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 organisational characteristics of these agencies? The authors found that (a) women are under-represented 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 less well represented in higher paying positions (in proportion to their numbers in the agency) in agencies with higher salaries. - Reproduced
BR  - AR62674
ER  -