TY - JOUR
T1 - Representative bureaucracy and its symbolic effect on citizens
T2 - a conceptual replication
AU - Van Ryzin, Gregg G.
AU - Riccucci, Norma M.
AU - Li, Huafang
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2016 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.
PY - 2017/10/21
Y1 - 2017/10/21
N2 - Representative bureaucracy has been a topic of research for over half a century, but only recently studied experimentally. Initial empirical findings from two prior experiments–one involving policing, the other recycling–showed gender representation effects on citizens’ trust and cooperation. In this conceptual replication, we examine gender representation effects in another policy domain: emergency preparedness. However, despite using a similar sample and experimental paradigm, we find no effects. These null findings are important, as they suggest that the symbolic effects of gender representation may be policy-specific–and that replication is needed to test the boundary conditions of previously reported results.
AB - Representative bureaucracy has been a topic of research for over half a century, but only recently studied experimentally. Initial empirical findings from two prior experiments–one involving policing, the other recycling–showed gender representation effects on citizens’ trust and cooperation. In this conceptual replication, we examine gender representation effects in another policy domain: emergency preparedness. However, despite using a similar sample and experimental paradigm, we find no effects. These null findings are important, as they suggest that the symbolic effects of gender representation may be policy-specific–and that replication is needed to test the boundary conditions of previously reported results.
KW - Experimental methods
KW - behavioural public administration
KW - co-production
KW - representative bureaucracy
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U2 - 10.1080/14719037.2016.1195009
DO - 10.1080/14719037.2016.1195009
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84975487295
SN - 1471-9037
VL - 19
SP - 1365
EP - 1379
JO - Public Management Review
JF - Public Management Review
IS - 9
ER -