TY - BOOK ID - 85554989 TI - Gender imbalance in public sector leadership AU - DeHart-Davis, Leisha AU - Hatmaker, Deneen AU - Nelson, Kim AU - Pandey, Sanjay K. AU - Pandey, Sheela AU - Smith, Amy PY - 2020 SN - 1108761356 1108787525 110878724X 1108708080 PB - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Women in public life. KW - Women government executives. KW - Leadership in women. KW - Women's leadership KW - Women KW - Government executives KW - Women executives KW - Women in the civil service KW - Psychology UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:85554989 AB - Women are still underrepresented as public-sector organizational leaders, despite comprising half of the United States public-sector workforce. To explore the factors driving gender imbalance, this Element employs a problem-driven approach to examine gender imbalance in local government management. We use multiple methods, inductive and deductive research, and different theoretical frames for exploring why so few women are city or county managers. Our interviews, resume analysis and secondary data analysis suggesting that women in local government management face a complex puzzle of gendered experiences, career paths and appointment circumstances that lend insights into gender imbalanced leadership in this domain. ER -