Does Gender, Race, Civil Service, Years of Service, Salary, and Position Influence the Perception TBI Female and Racial Minority Employees Achieving Executive Positions in Law Enforcement?
Abstract
This exploratory research examines demographic variables that may influence whether some variables impact the glass ceiling effect of the promoting of females and minorities. The independent variables analyzed were gender, race, salary, civil service, and years of service. The dependent variable was management position. The sample size consisted of 452 commissioned and non-commissioned employees from the west, east, upper-east, and middle regions of the state of Tennessee. The data analyzed was secondary data from records acquired from the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation. Spearman's Rho correlation statistic was used to measure the impact of the independent variables. These independent variables were found to be significant in reference to management positions.
Subject Area
Black studies|Womens studies|Criminology|Gender studies
Recommended Citation
Kiana C Key,
"Does Gender, Race, Civil Service, Years of Service, Salary, and Position Influence the Perception TBI Female and Racial Minority Employees Achieving Executive Positions in Law Enforcement?"
(2014).
ETD Collection for Tennessee State University.
Paper AAI1584219.
https://digitalscholarship.tnstate.edu/dissertations/AAI1584219