Women in Public Service. Volume I. Women in Municipal Management: Choice, Challenge and Change

摘要

This volume is the first of a three-volume report containing the results of research conducted in 1978-79 by the Center for the American Woman and Politics (CAWP) under a grant from the Office of Policy Development and Research of HUD. It reports on research about the status of women serving as municipal administrators across the country. Three gourps were surveyed: women in municipal management, men in municipal management, and women elected officials serving in the same communities as a female or male manager in the survey. Methodology included mail surveys and telephone interviews. The report identifies and documents the routes of opportunity, requirements, necessary skills, barriers, and support systems related to the recruitment, hiring, and promotion of women as municipal managers. It also examines the relationship between women elective and women administrative officials serving in the same communities. The report notes that in 1978, women held only 10.5 percent of all municipal management positions in the U.S. Tables, reference notes, and a bibliography of approximately 65 references are provided. Survey questionnaires, a telephone interview schedule, and additional tables are appended.