Symbolic effects of representative bureaucracy in policing: An experimental replication in a Korean context
通过实验研究韩国警察组织性别构成对公民看法的影响，发现男性更认可性别均衡的组织，而女性仅在组织积极代表女性受害者时才给予正面评价。
Abstract This study experimentally examines the effect of gender representation of a police organization responsible for handling domestic violence, and how this impacts Korean citizens' views toward the police. Findings show that male participants gave the highest ratings of legitimacy and fairness when the organization is equally represented by men and women, while gave low ratings of legitimacy and efficacy to the organization where women are over‐represented. This implies that achieving gender balance in job assignments helps ensure the effectiveness of representative bureaucracy. On the other hand, female participants rated organization with equal representation positively only when they also demonstrated a high level of active representation for female victims. Given heightened gender conflict within Korean policing, female citizens might try to maintain objectivity about female officers.