Breaking the glass ceiling, but facing a glass cliff? The role of organizational decline in women's representation in leadership positions in Dutch civil service organizations

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Groeneveld, Sandra; Bakker, Vincent; Schmidt, Eduard
• 署名单位: Leiden University; Leiden University - Excl LUMC; Leiden University - Excl LUMC; Leiden University
• 刊物名称: PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0033-3298
• DOI: 10.1111/padm.12632
• 发表日期: 2020
• 页码: 441-464
• 关键词: fractional response variables; cutback management; firm performance; GENDER; top; stereotypes; panel; metaanalysis; bureaucracy; PARADOX

摘要

Despite efforts to increase gender diversity and equality worldwide, women are still underrepresented in leadership positions in public bureaucracies. This article speaks to the debate on how organizational context, more specifically organizational decline, may influence gender representation in such leadership positions. Based on role congruity theory and glass cliff theory this article empirically examines whether and how excessive workforce reductions are associated with changes in the representation of women in leadership positions in Dutch civil service organizations. Panel analyses on administrative data show that women's representation in leadership positions varies over time, but is not significantly affected by excessive workforce reductions. Overall, the analyses do not provide evidence for a glass cliff for women in Dutch civil service organizations. Implications for theory and future research are discussed.