Attend Villanova University’s Women in Public Service Leadership Webinar
While women are well represented in the public sector, they are underrepresented in leadership roles. Women occupy less than 30% of “senior official” positions in the public sector, while representing around 50% of clerical positions*.
Join Dr. Christine Palus, Dean of the College of Professional Studies and Professor of Public Administration at Villanova University, as she discusses the topic of women in public service leadership.
Join Dr. Christine Palus, Dean of the College of Professional Studies and Professor of Public Administration at Villanova University, as she discusses the topic of women in public service leadership.
Session Time:
Tuesday, March 10th at Noon ET
The webinar will cover topics such as:
- Female representation in public administration leadership roles
- How to overcome obstacles that women leaders often face
- Developing more inclusive public service organizations
Dr. Christine Palus is a Professor in the Department of Public Administration at Villanova University and currently serves as the Dean of the College of Professional Studies at Villanova University.
She conducts research on public administration, management, and urban politics. Dr. Palus and co-author Susan Webb Yackee, PhD, won the Beryl Radin award from the Public Management Research Association for Best Article of 2016 in the Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory for their paper, “Clerks or Kings? Partisan Alignment and Delegation to the U.S. Bureaucracy.” This award is one of the highest honors in the field of public management.
*Shi, R., Kay, K., Somani, R. (2019, March 8). Five facts about gender equality in the public sector [Blog post]. Linked from http://blogs.worldbank.org/governance/five-facts-about-gender-equality-public-sector