Barriers to women's advancement in the public sector continue to be very real. Debate has
shifted from concern about equal employment opportunity and access to entry-and middle …

Are women being effectively integrated into the managerial ranks of state government
administrations? Rita Mae Kelly, Mary Guy, and colleagues report on the findings of a six …

What barriers lie between women and equitable consideration for their promotion within the
federal government? Katherine C. Naff contends that although discrimination against …

Are women executives in state governments confronted with the" glass ceiling"? Using data
from the American State Administration Project's 1984 and 1988 surveys, Angela M. Bullard …

What variables should we manipulate to improve the status of women in public
administration? Meredith Newman looks beyond gender as an explanatory variable, to an …

With the passage of the Civil Service Reform Act in 1978, the federal government created
the Senior Executive Service (SES) and formally committed the federal government to equal …

If women's advancement to the highest-level decision-making positions in governmental
bureaucracies is to be enhanced, a better understanding of the continued impediments to …

Women are still underrepresented as public-sector organizational leaders, despite
comprising half of the United States public-sector workforce. To explore the factors driving …

Trends of female access to and presence in responsible governmental positions have
gained substantial attention. The research reported here assesses and seeks convergence …

Women are underrepresented in public sector leadership positions, including municipal
management. We examine one explanation that may contribute to gender inequity in the …