BLACK BUREAUCRATS: IDENTITY AND REPRESENTATION IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR

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dc.contributor.advisorFryar, Alisa
dc.contributor.authorForney, Aarika
dc.contributor.committeeMemberShortle, Allyson
dc.contributor.committeeMemberBenjamin, Andrea
dc.contributor.committeeMemberRipberger, Joseph
dc.date.accessioned2024-07-25T14:49:37Z
dc.date.available2024-07-25T14:49:37Z
dc.date.issued2024-08-01
dc.date.manuscript2024-07
dc.description.abstractThe research investigates the motivations behind Black bureaucrats’ behavior and their engagement in representative work, their challenges, and their perceptions of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives. Incorporating representative bureaucracy theory, I aim to better understand how identity influences bureaucratic behavior and representation in public organizations, especially in spaces where the work of these bureaucrats is explicitly racialized through expectations about which clients they will serve, which issues they will focus on, and what types of work will be expected of them. A mixed-methods approach was employed, incorporating both qualitative and quantitative data. Ten semi-structured interviews were conducted with Black bureaucrats from federal, state, and local levels across various U.S. regions. Additionally, a survey was administered through Prolific and the National Forum of Black Public Administrators, gathering responses from 110 participants.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11244/340504
dc.languageen_USen_US
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/*
dc.subjectRepresentative Bureaucracy,Representation, Bureaucracy, Black, Black bureaucrats, behavioren_US
dc.thesis.degreePh.D.en_US
dc.titleBLACK BUREAUCRATS: IDENTITY AND REPRESENTATION IN THE PUBLIC SECTORen_US
ou.groupDodge Family College of Arts and Sciences::Department of Political Scienceen_US

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