Gender Imbalance in Public Sector Leadership (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781108708081)

Women are still underrepresented as public-sector organizational leaders, despite comprising half of the United States public-sector workforce. To explore the factors driving gender imbalance, this Element employs a problem-driven approach to examine gender imbalance in local government management. We use multiple methods, inductive and deductive research, and different theoretical frames for exploring why so few women are city or county managers. Our interviews, resume analysis and secondary data analysis suggesting that women in local government management face a complex puzzle of gendered experiences, career paths and appointment circumstances that lend insights into gender imbalanced leadership in this domain.

Author: Leisha Dehart-Davis, Deneen Hatmaker, Kimberly L. Nelson
ISBN-10: 1108708080
ISBN-13: 9781108708081
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 07/30/2020
Pages: 75
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.27lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.17d