A Cross-Country Comparison of Gender Traditionalism in Business Leadership: How Supportive Are Female Supervisors?
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AFILIAÇÃO(ÕES) | Radboud University Medical Center |
ANO | 2021 |
TIPO | Artigo |
PERIÓDICO | Work, Employment and Society |
ISSN | 0950-0170 |
E-ISSN | 1469-8722 |
EDITORA | Annual Reviews (United States) |
DOI | 10.1177/0950017019892831 |
CITAÇÕES | 3 |
ADICIONADO EM | 2025-08-18 |
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Resumo
This study investigates whether female supervisors hold less traditional attitudes towards gender in business leadership than male supervisors and non-supervisors, and whether these attitudinal differences vary between countries. It uses the sociological notions of self-interest and exposure and a multilevel approach to advance and expand the investigation of gender attitudes in the domain of business leadership. Two recent waves of the World Values Survey (2005/2009; 2010/2014) for 22 OECD countries were analysed with multilevel logistic regression. Findings indicated less gender traditionalism among female supervisors and among people living in countries with a larger share of women in managerial positions and a less traditional normative climate towards working women. No such attitudinal differences between individuals were found when comparing countries with and without a national legislative gender quota policy. Finally, men's attitudes towards gender traditionalism in business leadership appeared to be more susceptible to the country context than those of women.