TY - JOUR
T1 - Protected, but Not Included? The Role of Workplace Inclusion for Sexual and Gender Minorities in the Federal Service
AU - Clark, Anna Fountain
AU - Suh, Jiwon
AU - Bae, Kwang Bin
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2022 Midwest Public Affairs Conference. All rights reserved.
PY - 2022/12
Y1 - 2022/12
N2 - The public workplace has traditionally been conceived of in heteronormative and cisnormative terms, wherein heterosexuality, the gender binary, and opposite-sex relationships are presumed and institutionalized in both word and deed. Recent policy changes and public opinion shifts regarding lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender individuals have placed an onus on employers to develop means to include sexual and gender minorities in the overall organizational culture and improve LGBT individuals' workplace experiences. Using multilevel data analysis, this study focuses on how LGBT federal workers' perceptions of inclusion at the agency, supervisory, and work unit levels affect their job satisfaction. The results indicate that LGBT employees' inclusion perceptions play a moderating role between their sexual or gender minority identities and individual job satisfaction. The findings suggest that interventions aimed at developing an inclusive culture that reduces or eliminates traditional heteronormativity and cisnormativity, both agency-wide and at separate organizational levels, may improve job satisfaction among LGBT workers.
AB - The public workplace has traditionally been conceived of in heteronormative and cisnormative terms, wherein heterosexuality, the gender binary, and opposite-sex relationships are presumed and institutionalized in both word and deed. Recent policy changes and public opinion shifts regarding lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender individuals have placed an onus on employers to develop means to include sexual and gender minorities in the overall organizational culture and improve LGBT individuals' workplace experiences. Using multilevel data analysis, this study focuses on how LGBT federal workers' perceptions of inclusion at the agency, supervisory, and work unit levels affect their job satisfaction. The results indicate that LGBT employees' inclusion perceptions play a moderating role between their sexual or gender minority identities and individual job satisfaction. The findings suggest that interventions aimed at developing an inclusive culture that reduces or eliminates traditional heteronormativity and cisnormativity, both agency-wide and at separate organizational levels, may improve job satisfaction among LGBT workers.
KW - Inclusion
KW - Job Satisfaction
KW - LGBT
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85147372813&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.20899/jpna.8.3.323-348
DO - 10.20899/jpna.8.3.323-348
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85147372813
SN - 2381-3717
VL - 8
SP - 323
EP - 348
JO - Journal of Public and Nonprofit Affairs
JF - Journal of Public and Nonprofit Affairs
IS - 3
ER -