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100			_aFox, richard L.
245			_aMentoring experiences of women city managers: are women disadvantaged?
260			_c2001
300			_ap.381-92.
362			_aDec
520			_aRecent research has explored differences in the experiences of women and men public officials. Overlooked in these examinations is the position of city manager - a significant position in terms of local administration and policy development. Current figures indicate that women are underrepresented in the field of city management when compared with their peers in the private sector and federal and state administration - women hold only 11% of city manager positions. In trying to explain women's apparent underrepresentation, the authors explore the importance of mentoring in the public sector using data gathered from a nationwide study of women and men city managers. Their data suggest that mentoring in the city management profession is characterized by factors that appear to work against women. These factors, which include a vacuum of professional mentoring opportunities, may help explain the slow inclusion of women into the field of city management. - Reproduced.
650			_aWomen executives
700			_aSchuhamann, Robert A.
773			_aAmerican Review of Public Administration
909			_a52107
999			_c52107 _d52107