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- Leadership Challenges Women Face in New York City Local Government.
- Creator
- Manzano, Carlos, Sapat, Alka K., Florida Atlantic University, School of Public Administration, Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters
- Abstract/Description
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This dissertation examines some of the challenges women face in the public sector in New York City. Workplace communal and agentic attributes and transactional and transformational leadership provided the theoretical frameworks through which women are viewed when they ascend to executive or managerial positions in city agencies. Communal and agentic attributes delve into feminine and masculine roles, the leadership challenge and biases toward women, and the preference in leadership style for...
Show moreThis dissertation examines some of the challenges women face in the public sector in New York City. Workplace communal and agentic attributes and transactional and transformational leadership provided the theoretical frameworks through which women are viewed when they ascend to executive or managerial positions in city agencies. Communal and agentic attributes delve into feminine and masculine roles, the leadership challenge and biases toward women, and the preference in leadership style for women and men. Scholars organize these attributes to help us understand gender stereotypes whereby men are described as independent, assertive, and initiating, while women are described as caring, emotionally expressive, and responsive to others. Because leadership has been associated with men for centuries, women leaders’ evaluations create incongruencies. Perceived social norms are activated in people’s minds about women not conforming to their gender role and communal attributes and the expectations of what a leader should be. Therefore, the perceived dissimilarity creates a dilemma and potential for prejudice against women leaders. Some policies, non-discriminatory laws, and different administrations changed some of those perceptions and enabled women to lead numerous city agencies in New York City. Nevertheless, challenges remain.
Show less - Date Issued
- 2022
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00013884
- Subject Headings
- Leadership in women, Transformational leadership, New York (N.Y.), Local government
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- Document (PDF)
- Title
- Program Review Public Administration, 2014-2015.
- Creator
- Office of Institutional Effectiveness & Analysis, , Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters
- Date Issued
- 2014 - 2015
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00007833
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- Document (PDF)
- Title
- Program Review Public Administration, 2013-2014.
- Creator
- Office of Institutional Effectiveness & Analysis, , Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters
- Date Issued
- 2013 - 2014
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00007832
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- Document (PDF)
- Title
- Program Review Public Administration, 2012-2013.
- Creator
- Office of Institutional Effectiveness & Analysis, , Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters
- Date Issued
- 2012 - 2013
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00007831
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- Title
- Program Review Public Administration, 2010-2011.
- Creator
- Office of Institutional Effectiveness & Analysis, , Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters
- Date Issued
- 2010 - 2011
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00007830
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- Document (PDF)
- Title
- Program Review Public Administration, 2015-2016.
- Creator
- Office of Institutional Effectiveness & Analysis, , Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters
- Date Issued
- 2015 - 2016
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00007834
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- Title
- Program Review Public Administration, 2016-2017.
- Creator
- Office of Institutional Effectiveness & Analysis, , Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters
- Date Issued
- 2016 - 2017
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00007835
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- Title
- Crisis Communication in Dark Times: The 2011 Mouse River Flood in Minot, North Dakota.
- Creator
- Christopher L. Atkinson
- Abstract/Description
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Crisis communication is an essential aspect of disaster and crisis management for governments; this is particularly true for local governments, which are first into an event response and last out, and on the front lines of response and recovery. In this article, crisis communication is reviewed generally and then in the context of the 2011 Souris (Mouse) River flood in Minot, North Dakota. Using analysis of primary interview data, I deliberate on the potential that exists for public...
Show moreCrisis communication is an essential aspect of disaster and crisis management for governments; this is particularly true for local governments, which are first into an event response and last out, and on the front lines of response and recovery. In this article, crisis communication is reviewed generally and then in the context of the 2011 Souris (Mouse) River flood in Minot, North Dakota. Using analysis of primary interview data, I deliberate on the potential that exists for public communication to enhance the responsiveness of government in addressing the public’s needs under threat of hazard or disaster. Results and discussion of the analysis are provided. I find that the city learned from the challenges of the flood in a way that suggests improved responses for future events. The case represents an expression of good governance in what have been dark times for the public sector.
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- 2014
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FAUIR000473
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- Document (PDF)
- Title
- A Shepherd for the Naïve: Images of Future Government in Huxley, Bradbury, and Forster.
- Creator
- Christopher L. Atkinson
- Abstract/Description
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Intellectuals of the 20th century bore witness to society’s injustices. They viewed and commented on erosion of rights and humankind’s callousness to itself. For example, Huxley’s Brave New World and Brave New World Revisited illustrate with contempt a society that had renounced personal individuality and rejected freedom, choosing a drugged totalitarian state set adrift from any sense of morality. Huxley’s work is a familiar touchstone, in that it presupposed a world that seems increasingly...
Show moreIntellectuals of the 20th century bore witness to society’s injustices. They viewed and commented on erosion of rights and humankind’s callousness to itself. For example, Huxley’s Brave New World and Brave New World Revisited illustrate with contempt a society that had renounced personal individuality and rejected freedom, choosing a drugged totalitarian state set adrift from any sense of morality. Huxley’s work is a familiar touchstone, in that it presupposed a world that seems increasingly real to us, even though a faithful portrayal of the future was hardly Huxley’s intent. Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451 soberly reminded the world of the wages of intolerance to divergent ideas, in envisioning a government solidifying its hold on power by banishing the spectrum of human emotion in literature and mass media. Forster’s ambitious short story “The Machine Stops” countered the naiveté of a positive equal utopia, with a world cruel in its homogenization and dependent on a deified machine for all facets of its existence. In each instance, government is an ominous, questionable character. Technology, in these texts and in today’s world, is a foundational element with muddled aims—a rich virtual society on one hand, but frightening levels of assimilation, control, and loss of interpersonal communication and privacy in the crumbling arena of the real on the other. In this article, a future technology-led existence is examined through the lenses of these fictional works.
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- 2015
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FAUIR000497
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- Document (PDF)
- Title
- Operational Association of New Institutionalism by Semiotic Comparison of Organizational Abbreviated Communications Through Natural Language Processing.
- Creator
- Trautman, Benjamin E., Sementelli, Arthur, Florida Atlantic University, School of Public Administration, Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters
- Abstract/Description
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The link between organizational theory and its application in practice is explored in this research through the lens of Peircian semiotics. An investigation is conducted of how organizations convey their culture through mission and vision statements and the reflection of these statements within New Institutionalism. Through the use of a novel computational model that merges quantitative analysis with traditional qualitative methods, this study evaluates the relevance and effectiveness of...
Show moreThe link between organizational theory and its application in practice is explored in this research through the lens of Peircian semiotics. An investigation is conducted of how organizations convey their culture through mission and vision statements and the reflection of these statements within New Institutionalism. Through the use of a novel computational model that merges quantitative analysis with traditional qualitative methods, this study evaluates the relevance and effectiveness of institutional theories. The three main schools of New Institutionalism—rational choice, historical, and sociological institutionalism —are examined to determine how well municipal mission and vision statements align with the theories' principles. The analysis interprets organizational communications identifying similarities or differences between theoretical concepts and the expressions of found organizational culture. The findings produced by the analyses offer insights into the relationship between theory and practice. It highlights the challenges in interpreting the intended meanings behind organizational communications, as well as, the practical utility of theoretical models for organizational behavior. This study contributes to the organizational theory library by introducing a new methodological approach to examine and compare institutional theories and the communicative strategies.
Show less - Date Issued
- 2024
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00014448
- Subject Headings
- Natural language processing, New institutionalism (Social sciences), Semiotics, Public administration
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- Title
- EXAMINING DIGITAL POLICY TOOL CHOICE AND NETWORK STRUCTURES: A DISCOURSE NETWORK ANALYSIS OF THE FIRST STEP ACT.
- Creator
- Lungu, Maria, Sapat, Alka, Florida Atlantic University, School of Public Administration, Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters
- Abstract/Description
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Policy formation involves an interplay of decision-making processes that shape all policy process stages. A critical aspect of the design process is selecting policy tools to align with policy goals. The First Step Act (FSA) (2018) aims to reduce recidivism and reform sentencing through a robust policy tool portfolio. However, questions persist about how policy tools are selected. This dissertation evaluates the policy design, tool choices, and collaborative networks associated with these...
Show morePolicy formation involves an interplay of decision-making processes that shape all policy process stages. A critical aspect of the design process is selecting policy tools to align with policy goals. The First Step Act (FSA) (2018) aims to reduce recidivism and reform sentencing through a robust policy tool portfolio. However, questions persist about how policy tools are selected. This dissertation evaluates the policy design, tool choices, and collaborative networks associated with these choices. Grounded in the social construction framework and using content analysis and discourse network analysis (DNA), this dissertation examines how policymakers select policy tools to achieve functionality. Research question one explores the complementarity of the FSA’s policy tool portfolio, and results demonstrate alignment between policy goals and corresponding policy tools. Research question two examines how social constructions of target populations and political affiliations influence policy tool choices; hypothesis one reveals that liberal policymakers align with those with similar political affiliations. Results from hypothesis two indicate liberal policymakers adopt a rehabilitation orientation tool approach, viewing target populations as investments and deserving of support structures. The findings also highlight limited interaction with government agency officials, reflecting a need to incorporate more administrative voices into legislative discourse.
Show less - Date Issued
- 2024
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00014466
- Subject Headings
- Public policy, Decision making, Public administration
- Format
- Document (PDF)
