TY - JOUR

T1 - Manager-Employee Gender Congruence and the Bureaucratic Accountability of Public Service Employees

T2 - Evidence from Schools

AU - Pedersen, Mogens Jin

AU - Nielsen, Vibeke Lehmann

PY - 2016

Y1 - 2016

N2 - Much theory suggests that manager–employee gender congruence (that manager and employee share the same gender) may influence employee accountability. This article empirically tests this notion by examining how manager–employee gender congruence among public service employees relates to two key aspects of bureaucratic accountability: (a) organizational goal alignment and (b) compliance with organizational rules and regulations. Using school fixed effects on teacher survey data and administrative school data, we find that male teachers with male principals are less aligned with their school’s goals and less compliant with its rules and regulations than are male teachers with female principals

AB - Much theory suggests that manager–employee gender congruence (that manager and employee share the same gender) may influence employee accountability. This article empirically tests this notion by examining how manager–employee gender congruence among public service employees relates to two key aspects of bureaucratic accountability: (a) organizational goal alignment and (b) compliance with organizational rules and regulations. Using school fixed effects on teacher survey data and administrative school data, we find that male teachers with male principals are less aligned with their school’s goals and less compliant with its rules and regulations than are male teachers with female principals

U2 - 10.1177/0091026016675374 Article information

DO - 10.1177/0091026016675374 Article information

M3 - Journal article

VL - 45

SP - 360

EP - 381

JO - Public Personnel Management

JF - Public Personnel Management

SN - 0091-0260

IS - 4

ER -