Do women want to break the glass ceiling? A study of their career orientations and gender identity in the Netherlands

Career orientations, career success and perceived self-efficacy of women employees in relation to their gender identity were studied. It was hypothesized that gender identity is related to career orientations such that women with a masculine gender identity strive for more upward mobility as compared to women with a feminine gender identity, whereas the latter strive more for balancing work and private life. A masculine gender identity was furthermore predicted to be positively related to career success in terms of income and hierarchical position. Finally it was expected that women with a fem... Mehr ...

Verfasser: Schruijer, Sandra G. L.
Dokumenttyp: doc-type:article
Erscheinungsdatum: 2006
Verlag/Hrsg.: Mering: Rainer Hampp Verlag
Schlagwörter: ddc:650 / gender identity / career orientations / Weibliche Arbeitskräfte / Karriereplanung / Geschlecht / Niederlande
Sprache: Englisch
Permalink: https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-27247542
Datenquelle: BASE; Originalkatalog
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Link(s) : http://hdl.handle.net/10419/78890

Career orientations, career success and perceived self-efficacy of women employees in relation to their gender identity were studied. It was hypothesized that gender identity is related to career orientations such that women with a masculine gender identity strive for more upward mobility as compared to women with a feminine gender identity, whereas the latter strive more for balancing work and private life. A masculine gender identity was furthermore predicted to be positively related to career success in terms of income and hierarchical position. Finally it was expected that women with a feminine gender identity, in comparison to those with a masculine gender identity, express a lower self-efficacy with respect to stereotypical male and gender-neutral tasks and equal self-efficacy with respect to stereotypical feminine tasks. To test the hypotheses, a questionnaire was distributed among women working for a large multinational corporation. The results provided support for the first two hypotheses. Mixed support was obtained for the third hypothesis.