Glass Ceiling in Federal Law Enforcement: An Exploratory Analysis of the Factors Contributing to Women’s Career Advancement

2018 ◽  
Vol 40 (2) ◽  
pp. 183-201 ◽  
Author(s):  
Helen H. Yu
Keyword(s):  
Law Enforcement ◽  
Glass Ceiling ◽  
Career Advancement ◽  
Descriptive Analysis ◽  
Federal Law ◽  
Federal Law Enforcement ◽  
Active Representation ◽  
Government Organizations ◽  
Women's Career Advancement ◽  
Management Positions

In recent years, there has been limited focus on representative bureaucracy at the upper levels of government organizations. Scholarship on the glass ceiling has emphasized systematic and sociopsychological barriers as impediments for women to advance into upper level management positions. Despite the importance of continuing to highlight these obstacles, factors contributing to their success have received little attention in public administration. This study provides a descriptive analysis of the factors contributing to women’s career advancement in federal law enforcement. Using survey data collected from 32 senior female federal law enforcement officers working in 16 federal law enforcement agencies, nine themes emerge as factors contributing to their success. The topic of the glass ceiling continues to be relevant in today’s literature for responding to women’s lack of passive or active representation in the upper ranks of nontraditional occupations such as law enforcement.

scholarly journals "Glass Ceiling and its Effect on Women's Career Advancement in Multinational Corporations: An Exploratory Study "

2007 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 22
Author(s):  
Harold Andrew Patrick
Keyword(s):  
Multinational Corporations ◽  
Glass Ceiling ◽  
Exploratory Study ◽  
Career Advancement ◽  
Women's Career Advancement

"Glass Ceiling and its Effect on Women's Career Advancement in Multinational Corporations: An Exploratory Study "

The Year of the Cop

2018 ◽  
pp. 43-63
Author(s):  
Max Felker-Kantor
Keyword(s):  
Law Enforcement ◽  
Ronald Reagan ◽  
Community Relations ◽  
Law And Order ◽  
Federal Law ◽  
Officer Training ◽  
Federal Law Enforcement ◽  
Riot Control ◽  
The Way

The LAPD’s postwar model of policing routinely served as a standard for departments across the country. Backed by federal Law Enforcement Assistance Administration funds and support from newly elected law-and-order governor Ronald Reagan, the LAPD led the way in bolstering its paramilitary function through riot control plans, the use of helicopters, and the invention of Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) teams, which was quickly adopted by other departments. At the same time, the department sought to legitimize the iron fist with the velvet glove of community relations and improved officer training. As this chapter shows, the LAPD engaged in a process of militarization and enhanced its martial capacity while expanding its reach through community relations programs.

Understanding Career Barriers of Women Executives

2019 ◽  
pp. 200-217
Author(s):  
Nermin Kişi
Keyword(s):  
Glass Ceiling ◽  
Women Executives ◽  
Career Advancement ◽  
Business Environment ◽  
Women's Leadership ◽  
Career Barriers ◽  
Women's Career Advancement ◽  
Glass Cliff ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Day By Day

Inequalities between women and men continue in global labor markets. Although the inclusion of women as labor force increases day by day, their representation in senior management levels remains insufficient. Women continue to face several barriers preventing them from attaining equal access, participation, and progress in the business environment. Within this chapter, the authors discuss two types of career barriers called “glass ceiling” and “glass cliff,” which women encounter frequently in their work life. The purpose of this chapter is to provide a general perspective on barriers of women's career advancement and to examine glass ceiling and glass cliff the in its background, its causes, and its consequences. The chapter also aims to analyze studies which criticize the concept of glass ceiling. The results of the chapter are expected to be a source for researchers in the areas of women's career barriers, women's leadership, and gender inequality.

Introduction

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-6
Author(s):  
James R. Skillen
Keyword(s):  
Law Enforcement ◽  
Federal Government ◽  
Law Enforcement Officers ◽  
Federal Law ◽  
Federal Law Enforcement ◽  
Federal Lands ◽  
Basic Rights ◽  
The Us ◽  
Us Constitution

In April 2014, near Bunkerville, Nevada, Cliven Bundy and hundreds of armed supporters faced off with federal law enforcement officers who were removing his trespassing cattle from federal lands. Bundy described himself as the victim of a rogue federal government that trampled the US Constitution and deprived him of basic rights, and he was ready to “take this country back by force.”...

scholarly journals One Group’s Advantage or Another Group’s Disadvantage? How Comparative Framing Shapes Explanations of, and Reactions to, Workplace Gender Inequality

2020 ◽  
Vol 39 (4) ◽  
pp. 457-475
Author(s):  
Susanne Bruckmüller ◽  
Maike Braun
Keyword(s):  
Gender Inequality ◽  
Glass Ceiling ◽  
Career Advancement ◽  
Women's Career Advancement ◽  
Metaphor Use

Gender inequality is usually described as women’s disadvantage, only rarely as men’s advantage. Moreover, it is often illustrated by metaphors such as the glass ceiling—an invisible barrier to women’s career advancement—metaphors that often also focus on women’s disadvantage. Two studies ( N = 228; N = 495) examined effects of these different ways of framing gender inequality. Participants read about gender inequality in leadership with a focus on either women or men, and either without a metaphor ( women underrepresented vs. men overrepresented) or with a women-focused or men-focused metaphor ( glass ceiling/ labyrinth vs. old boys’ club). Metaphors caused participants to perceive gender inequality as (somewhat) more important. Regardless of metaphor use, women-focused descriptions led to more explanations of inequality focusing on women relative to explanations focusing on men, as well as to more suggestions of interventions targeting women at the expense of interventions aimed at systemic changes.

Does Agency Type Matter for Female Federal Agents? Exploring the Offices of Inspectors General

2020 ◽  
pp. 009102601990052
Author(s):  
Helen H. Yu
Keyword(s):  
Law Enforcement ◽  
Sexual Harassment ◽  
Work Life ◽  
Federal Law ◽  
Law Enforcement Agencies ◽  
Life Balance ◽  
Federal Law Enforcement ◽  
Recent Scholarship ◽  
Family Friendly ◽  
Federal Agents

Recent scholarship has examined the barriers women experience in well-known federal law enforcement agencies. However, there is scant research that examines a unique subgrouping of agents within the federal Offices of Inspectors General (OIGs). Drawing on survey data from 249 female agents, this study compares responses between female agents working in the OIGs and female agents working in all other federal law enforcement agencies to differentiate their experiences. Findings suggest that female agents in the OIGs experience less occupational barriers, namely, reduced number of relocations and incidences of sexual harassment, as well as higher agency adoption of family-friendly policies to promote work–life balance, resulting in women’s higher representation at those agencies.

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