ERIC Number: ED324512
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1990-Oct-5
Pages: 17
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Public Service Values of Women and Minority Public Administrators: An Empirical Study of Kentucky State Public Managers.
Mohapatra, Manindra K.; And Others
A study was conducted to determine whether data from a 1988-89 Kentucky survey measured differences in the value level held by minority and women administrators and their respective counterparts (majority and male administrators). The sample included 1,500 public service managers who had received inservice training and 1,500 who had not. The 1,471 respondents included 49 minority administrators. Survey participants responded to nine statements reflecting public services values on a Likert scale. A two-way MANOVA was performed to test all nine hypotheses simultaneously. Additional one-way univariate and stepdown F tests and other statistics were produced to complete the analyses. Minority administrators' responses indicated that they did not feel that the general public were as ignorant about the complexity of decision making in government agencies as did their majority counterparts. Nor did minority administrators value the importance of being aware of public opinion concerning their agencies as much as their majority counterparts. Female administrators differed significantly from male counterparts on four value measures. They felt to a greater degree that agencies should provide equal treatment for minorities and women, but disagreed to a greater extent that political influence was important for an agency to help a citizen. Women administrators felt to a greater degree that high quality services should be provided and democratic principles should be applied at the workplace and when dealing with the public. (24 references) (YLB)
Publication Type: Speeches/Meeting Papers
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Language: English
Sponsor: National Science Foundation, Washington, DC.
Authoring Institution: Kentucky State Univ., Frankfort. School of Public Affairs.; Indiana State Univ., Terre Haute.
Identifiers - Location: Kentucky
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