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The Glass Ceiling Revisited: Determinants of Federal Job Advancement

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  • Katherine C. Naff
  • Sue Thomas

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Using the results of a recent survey of federal employees and focus groups of the same population, this article extends previous research on the existence of a glass ceiling in the federal bureaucracy. Even when controlling for differences between the sexes in human capital factors, work habits, work opportunities, and personal circumstances, women who have been in the federal bureaucracy from zero to 10 years and from 20 to 30 years have not advanced in their professions as successfully as have men. In contrast to and departing from previous research, there is little evidence that a glass ceiling has been experienced among women who have worked in the bureaucracy between 10 and 20 years. Additional findings consistent with past literature include the fact that among women who have faced gender‐based barriers, those who chose to have children during their careers have been especially disadvantaged. We conclude that the glass ceiling on the federal level, where apparent, has been multidimensional and quite subtle.

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  • Katherine C. Naff & Sue Thomas, 1994. "The Glass Ceiling Revisited: Determinants of Federal Job Advancement," Review of Policy Research, Policy Studies Organization, vol. 13(3‐4), pages 249-272, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:revpol:v:13:y:1994:i:3-4:p:249-272
    DOI: 10.1111/j.1541-1338.1994.tb00606.x
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