A study of gender in senior civil service positions in Ireland

Russell, Helen; Watson, Dorothy; Smyth, Emer; McCoy, Selina; Grotti, Raffaele; Kenny, Oona

doi:10.26504/rs66

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“…Being a woman, in contrast to employment chances, is negatively associated with access to top jobs. This is in line with other studies that have found that women face more barriers compared to men in accessing top positions in Ireland (Russell et al, 2017). Concerning family types, lone parents and people living with parents are less likely to be in top jobs, while we do not find any difference across regions.…”

Section: Inequality In Access To Top Jobssupporting

confidence: 92%

Ethnicity and nationality in the Irish labour market

McGinnity¹,

Grotti²,

Groarke³

et al. 2018

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Section: Inequality In Access To Top Jobssupporting

confidence: 92%

Ethnicity and nationality in the Irish labour market

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“…Take-up of reduced hours options remains strongly gendered in Ireland (Russell et al, 2017b;Russell et al, 2014). Changes in organisational culture are needed to normalise parttime work among men, to reduce long hours work culture and to reduce the penalties attached to part-time work.…”

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confidence: 99%

Caring and unpaid work in Ireland

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“…Although levels of encouragement did not differ, applications for a competition in the two years prior to the survey was significantly lower for female respondents. This suggests that these gender differences in applications cannot be accounted for by encouragement and may be due to other barriers as found in previous research (Russell et al, 2017). Analysis of outcomes for a number of recent competitions show no difference in the success rates for male and female applicants.…”

Section: Gender Differences In Experiences Behaviour and Attitudesmentioning

confidence: 46%

“…Whilst the gender balance within the Irish civil service is improving, there are still significant disparities in the positions that men and women occupy. Men are twice as likely as women to occupy senior grades, even compared to women with the same level of qualifications and length of service (Russell et al, 2017). Similar differences are found across both public and private sector employment.…”

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confidence: 55%

Gender balance at work: A study of an Irish Civil Service department

Enright¹,

Russell²

2020

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A study of gender in senior civil service positions in Ireland

Cited by 14 publications

References 37 publications

Ethnicity and nationality in the Irish labour market

Ethnicity and nationality in the Irish labour market

Caring and unpaid work in Ireland

Gender balance at work: A study of an Irish Civil Service department

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