Gender Representation in the Federal Workforce: A Comparison Among Groups

Review of Public Personnel Administration

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 276-295

  Hsieh, Chih Wei ^a   Winslow, Elizabeth ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

federal workforce; gender diversity; racial and ethnic diversity; representative bureaucracy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84996228287     PISSN: 0734371X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0734371X05281785     Document Type: Article

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