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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Johnston, Karen
• Alberti, Federica
• Kravariti, Foteini

Titel

Representative bureaucracy and organizational attractiveness: An experimental study of symbolic representation of the US and UK police

Ist Teil von

• Public administration review, 2024-03, Vol.84 (2), p.293-307

Ort / Verlag

Hoboken, USA: Wiley Subscription Services, Inc

Erscheinungsjahr

2024

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Quelle

Worldwide Political Science Abstracts

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Drawing upon representative bureaucracy theory, this study investigates the relationship between passive and symbolic representation by examining the extent to which a more passively representative public organization would be attractive as an employer. The study involved a randomized survey experiment of members of the public in the US and UK. Overall, and contrary to the theory of representative bureaucracy, results show that women found a male‐dominated police department more attractive. The explanation for the results of the study may lie in bureaucratic reputation as a boundary condition of symbolic representation.