Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/78890 
Year of Publication: 
2006
Citation: 
[Journal:] Management Revue [ISSN:] 1861-9916 [Volume:] 17 [Issue:] 2 [Publisher:] Rainer Hampp Verlag [Place:] Mering [Year:] 2006 [Pages:] 143-154
Publisher: 
Rainer Hampp Verlag, Mering
Abstract: 
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.
Subjects: 
gender identity
career orientations
Document Type: 
Article

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