A Conceptual Content Analysis of 75 Years of Diversity Research in Public Administration

Review of Public Personnel Administration

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2018, Pages 248-267

  Sabharwal, Meghna ^a   Levine, Helisse ^b   D’Agostino, Maria ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^b LONG ISLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

conceptual content analysis; diversity; gender; public administration journals; race; representative bureaucracy

Indexed keywords

EID: 85046765196     PISSN: 0734371X     EISSN: 1552759X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0734371X16671368     Document Type: Article

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