Research on symbolic representation suggests that citizen–state interactions might benefit from public organizations' representativeness. Recent experiments on symbolic gender representation provide contradictory findings regarding the influence on citizens' co-production intentions. This study conducts a wide replication based on new data to reexamine the positive impact of symbolic gender representation identified by Riccucci et al. (2016, Public Administration Review, 76(1), pp. 121–130). The applied survey experiment closely resembles the original design aspects. The experiment is set in criminal justice policy, a policy field featuring co-production of core public services such as prisoner rehabilitation. The results do not confirm a positive effect of symbolic gender representation on willingness to co-produce. Instead, several arguments point to citizens' perceptions of uncertainty related to the co-production context and procedures as a boundary condition for the effects of symbolic gender representation.

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“代表性官僚主义和共同生产的意愿”的复制

对符号表征的研究表明，公民与国家的互动可能受益于公共组织的代表性。最近关于象征性性别表征的实验提供了关于对公民共同生产意图的影响的相互矛盾的发现。这项研究基于新数据进行了广泛的复制，以重新审视 Riccucci 等人确定的象征性性别表征的积极影响。（2016 年，公共行政评论, 76(1), pp. 121–130)。应用调查实验与原始设计方面非常相似。该实验设置在刑事司法政策领域，该政策领域以联合生产囚犯康复等核心公共服务为特色。结果并未证实象征性性别代表对共同生产意愿的积极影响。取而代之的是，一些论点指向公民对与联合生产背景和程序相关的不确定性的看法，作为象征性性别代表效应的边界条件。