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GDO - repost of request for help

  • 1.  GDO - repost of request for help

    Posted 01-25-2009 02:59
    Hi All,
    Sorry - I'm reposting this request for Lynda because I left out her
    email address the first time.
    Be well,
    Bobbie

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    Hi Colleagues,



    I hope you can help.



    My doctoral dissertation topic is: Workforce diversity in the senior
    executive service: Exploring African American women's perceptions of
    success factors necessary to gain appointments in the federal senior
    executive service. I plan to conduct a quantitative study to
    identify perceived success factors and measure relative importance
    among them. I will also conduct a comparative analysis between
    perceptions of SES and those of GS15 and GS14. I seek to measure
    perceptions of the variables: mentoring, informal networks, role
    models, emotional intelligence (or
    impression management) and organizational diversity practices.



    Is anyone aware of an instrument that measures these factors? I will
    develop an original instrument only if I can't find one that meets my
    needs.




    Thanks in advance for your recommendations.



    Lynda C. Jackson

    Colonel, USAF (ret)

    Doctoral Candidate (Doctorate in Management)

    University of Maryland University College

    --
    Rachel Fester, M.S.Ed., M.A.
    Institute of Education Sciences Pre-Doctoral Fellow
    University of Pennsylvania
    Graduate School of Education - PME Division
    3700 Walnut Street
    Philadelphia, PA 19104
    Email: rfester@dolphin.upenn.edu
    Cell: 646-823-5901