Representative bureaucracy and organizational attractiveness: An experimental study of symbolic representation of the US and UK police

Karen Johnston · Federica Alberti · Foteini Kravariti

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Abstract Drawing upon representative bureaucracy theory, this study investigates the relationship between passive and symbolic representation by examining the extent to which a more passively representative public organization would be attractive as an employer. The study involved a randomized survey experiment of members of the public in the US and UK. Overall, and contrary to the theory of representative bureaucracy, results show that women found a male‐dominated police department more attractive. The explanation for the results of the study may lie in bureaucratic reputation as a boundary condition of symbolic representation.

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