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dc.contributor.advisorSaatcioglu, Argun
dc.contributor.authorMerriweather, Katherine Anne
dc.date.accessioned2021-02-17T16:46:09Z
dc.date.available2021-02-17T16:46:09Z
dc.date.issued2020-12-31
dc.date.submitted2020
dc.identifier.otherhttp://dissertations.umi.com/ku:17568
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1808/31436
dc.description.abstractThis dissertation examines gatekeeping in educational administration hiring decisions. I conducted a resume audit study with educational administrators from Kansas to understand gender biases in hiring decisions for administrative roles. This study found evidence of gatekeeping that favored men from subjective evaluation of candidate hireability based on resume name when controlling for resume contents. These findings suggest gatekeeping is occurring in educational administration hiring decisions which contributes to sex stratification for valued executive-level careers in education.
dc.format.extent129 pages
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherUniversity of Kansas
dc.rightsCopyright held by the author.
dc.subjectEducational administration
dc.subjectEducational leadership
dc.subjectGender studies
dc.subjectAudit Study
dc.subjectEducational Administration
dc.subjectGatekeeping
dc.subjectGender
dc.subjectHiring
dc.subjectLabor
dc.titleGatekeeping in educational administration hiring decisions: A resume audit study
dc.typeDissertation
dc.contributor.cmtememberDeLuca, Thomas
dc.contributor.cmtememberPerbeck, Deborah
dc.contributor.cmtememberMann, Bryan
dc.contributor.cmtememberFrey, Bruce
dc.thesis.degreeDisciplineEducational Leadership and Policy Studies
dc.thesis.degreeLevelPh.D.
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dc.rights.accessrightsopenAccess


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