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Women’s Advancement in Politics: Evidence from Congressional Staff

The Journal of Politics, 2021
We examine gender differences in policy influence and advancement within the congressional office context using US Congress payroll system data between 2001 and 2014.
Melinda N. Ritchie, Hye Young You
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A Political Perspective on Staff Development

Teachers College Record: The Voice of Scholarship in Education, 1978
Staff development in education is a curious phenomenon; it resembles the world's search for eternal peace. The citizens of the world seek the end of war and violence, yet somehow it always eludes their grasp.
Richard C. Williams
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Congressional Legislative Staff: Political Professionals or Clerks?

American Journal of Political Science, 1997
Theory: Wilensky's (1959) basic sociologic model of professions, which has been applied to federal employees (Mosher 1982) and modified by Brante (1990) and Raelin (1991) is applied to congressional legislative staff to ascertain whether they can be portrayed accurately as professionals.
Barbara S. Romzek, Jennifer A. Utter
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Australia: applying an institutional lens to political staff

2018
M. Maley
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Enhancing student resilience by targeting staff resilience, attitudes and practices

Higher Education Research and Development, 2021
Resilience is a much-needed capability for both university staff and students in this volatile time. However, conceptualisations of resilience vary widely, with many viewing this as a fixed attribute each individual either has or doesn’t have, and the ...
M. Brewer, Gisela van Kessel, B. Sanderson, Alice Carter   +3 more
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Professional Staff in Political Parties

2006
Paul Webb, Robin Kolodny
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Who Does What Work in a Ministerial Office: Politically Appointed Staff and the Descriptive Representation of Women in Australian Political Offices, 1979–2010

Political Studies, 2020
Women are underrepresented within political institutions, which can (negatively) impact policy outcomes. We examine women’s descriptive representation as politically appointed staff within ministerial offices.
Marija Taflaga, M. Kerby
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Invisible forces: gender, race, and congressional staff

Politics, Groups, and Identities, 2021
This project adopts theories of gendered and racialized professionalism to make visible and evaluate gender, race, and congressional staff as key and intersecting forces in the function and outcomes of legislative institutions.
Kelly Dittmar
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Party Politics and Radical Right Populism in the European Parliament: Analysing Political Groups as Democratic Actors

Journal of Common Market Studies, 2021
The European Parliament ’ s political groups have traditionally been studied using quantitative methods and roll call votes. This article expands such research agendas by applying qualitative methods and interview data to expose existing power relations ...
J. Kantola, Cherry M. Miller
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