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

Artikel

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.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Journal: Management Revue ; ISSN: 1861-9916 ; Volume: 17 ; Year: 2006 ; Issue: 2 ; Pages: 143-154 ; Mering: Rainer Hampp Verlag

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Management
• Subject: gender identity ; career orientations ; Weibliche Arbeitskräfte ; Karriereplanung ; Geschlecht ; Niederlande

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Schruijer, Sandra G. L.
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Rainer Hampp Verlag
• (where): Mering
• (when): 2006

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/78890
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:42 AM CET