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Do Women Want to Break the Glass Ceiling? A Study of their Career Orientations and Gender Identity in The Netherlands

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  • Sandra G. L. Schruijer

    (Utrecht School of Governance, Utrecht University)

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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.

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  • Sandra G. L. Schruijer, 2006. "Do Women Want to Break the Glass Ceiling? A Study of their Career Orientations and Gender Identity in The Netherlands," management revue. Socio-economic Studies, Rainer Hampp Verlag, vol. 17(2), pages 143-154.
    • Handle: RePEc:rai:mamere:1861-9908_mrev_2006_02_schruijer
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    1. Thomas M. Schneidhofer & Michael Schiffinger & Wolfgang Mayrhofer, 2010. "Mind the (Gender) Gap. Gender, Gender Role Types, and Their Effects on Objective Career Success over Time," management revue - Socio-Economic Studies, Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG, vol. 21(4), pages 437-457.
    2. Hailan Yang & Stephen Morgan, 2010. "Development of China’s State-controlled Firms.The Case of the Consumer Electronics Sector," management revue. Socio-economic Studies, Rainer Hampp Verlag, vol. 21(4), pages 437-457.
    3. Anoop Maithani & Manisha Misra & Saaylee Potnis & Shringar Bhuwania, 2012. "The Effect of Gender on Perception of Glass Ceiling, Mediated by SRO and Attitude toward Women as Managers," Management and Labour Studies, XLRI Jamshedpur, School of Business Management & Human Resources, vol. 37(2), pages 107-123, May.

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    Keywords

    Gender Identity; Career Orientations;

    JEL classification:

    • F23 - International Economics - - International Factor Movements and International Business - - - Multinational Firms; International Business
    • J53 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Labor-Management Relations, Trade Unions, and Collective Bargaining - - - Labor-Management Relations; Industrial Jurisprudence
    • M10 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Business Administration - - - General

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