As public institutions are faced with more diverse and increased community needs, significant concern arises (both in academia and practice) for the dwindling resources available at the local level and the factors which can influence local revenue mobilization. Using data for 3,227 Romanian...

This exploratory research is focused on two gender phenomena which can manifest in the public sphere (the glass ceiling and horizontal segregation), trying to connect these phenomena with the concept of representative bureaucracy in Romanian central public administration institutions. Using...

Based on a sample of 93 respondents (PhD students) from six Romanian universities, the study explores professional/workplace gender discrimination and sexual harassment in higher education institutions in the context of resilience. Following a brief theoretical exploration of the connection...

Although the glass ceiling (the underrepresentation of women in top management and decision making positions) is largely connected in the academic literature with the private sphere, such practices are often (consciously or unconsciously) omnipresent in the public sphere as well.Beside setting...

While the glass ceiling remains a prevailing phenomenon in the Romanian public administration, there are a few examples of female managers that overcame this invisible barrier. As such, it would be recommended to scrutinize these success stories in order to observe what are the limitations and...