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Equal Employment Opportunity: Women Bureaucrats in Male‐Dominated Professions
Author(s) -
Bishu Sebawit G.,
Headley Andrea M.
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
public administration review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.721
H-Index - 139
eISSN - 1540-6210
pISSN - 0033-3352
DOI - 10.1111/puar.13178
Subject(s) - workforce , legislature , bureaucracy , public sector , face (sociological concept) , work (physics) , political science , equal employment opportunity , public relations , public administration , sociology , politics , law , mechanical engineering , social science , commission , engineering
The public sector prides itself on being a place where women and other marginalized groups can find shelter from workplace discrimination . Still , gender inequities are evident in the public sector workforce . In this article , interview data from city managers and police officers highlight the gendered internal organizational processes , arrangements , and interactions that impact women's experiences in male‐dominated roles . Despite seemingly equal opportunities to access and engagement in these bureaucratic roles , the findings suggest that women constantly face gendered barriers and boundaries that directly impact their experiences on the job and their work‐related outcomes . Legislative and administrative remedies are not sufficient to eliminate gendered experiences of women in male‐dominated roles . Rather , a cultural change from within the workplace is vital to realize the efforts of civil rights laws established more than 50 years ago .