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The impact of gender-role-orientations on subjective career success: a multilevel study of 36 societies

The impact of gender-role-orientations on subjective career success: a multilevel study of 36 societies

Terpstra-Tong, Jane, Ralston, David A., Treviño, Len, Karam, Charlotte, Furrer, Olivier, Froese, Fabian, Tjemkes, Brian, Darder, Fidel León, Richards, Malika, Dabic, Marina, Li, Yongjuan, Fu, Pingping, Molteni, Mario, Palmer, Ian, Tučková, Zuzana, Szabo, Erna, Poeschl, Gabrielle, Hemmert, Martin, Butt, Arif, de la Garza, Teresa, Susniene, Dalia, Suzuki, Satoko, Srinivasan, Narasimhan, Gutierrez, Jamie Ruiz, Ricard, Antonin, Buzády, Zoltán, Paparella, Luis Sigala, Morales, Oswaldo, Naidoo, Vik, Kangasniemi-Haapala, Maria, Dalgic, Tevfik, Alas, Ruth, Potocan, Vojko, Dharmasiri, Ajantha S., Fang, Yongqing, Burns, Calvin ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5435-3114 and Crowley-Henry, Marian (2022) The impact of gender-role-orientations on subjective career success: a multilevel study of 36 societies. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 138:103773. ISSN 0001-8791 (Print), 1095-9084 (Online) (doi:10.1016/j.jvb.2022.103773)

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Abstract

We investigate the relationships between gender-role-orientation (i.e., androgynous, masculine, feminine and undifferentiated) and subjective career success among business professionals from 36 societies. Drawing on the resource management perspective, we predict that androgynous individuals will report the highest subjective career success, followed by masculine, feminine, and undifferentiated individuals. We also postulate that meso-organizational culture and macro-societal values will have moderating effects on gender role's impact on subjective career success. The results of our hierarchical linear models support the hypothesized hierarchy of the relationships between gender-role-orientations and subjective career success. However, we found that ethical achievement values at the societal culture level was the only variable that had a positive moderating impact on the relationship between feminine orientation and subjective career success. Thus, our findings of minimal moderation effect suggest that meso- and macro-level environments may not play a significant role in determining an individual's perception of career success.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: gender-role-orientation, conservation of resources, BEM sex role inventory (BSRI), Hierarchical linear modeling (HLM), subject career success, psychological androgyny
Subjects: B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology
H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General)
Faculty / School / Research Centre / Research Group: Faculty of Education, Health & Human Sciences
Faculty of Education, Health & Human Sciences > Institute for Lifecourse Development
Faculty of Education, Health & Human Sciences > Institute for Lifecourse Development > Centre for Professional Workforce Development
Faculty of Education, Health & Human Sciences > School of Human Sciences (HUM)
Last Modified: 08 Jan 2025 09:24
URI: http://gala.gre.ac.uk/id/eprint/42660

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