Psychosocial Processes of Discrimination Against Women in the Workplace
This work aimed to analyze the influence of stereotypes on discrimination against women. Specifically, it investigated the effects of the candidate gender (man vs. woman), the status regarding parental leave (exercising the right vs. waiving the right), and the stereotypes of competence, sociability...
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| Format: | article |
| Publication Date: | 2020 |
| Country: | España |
| Institution: | Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM) |
| Repository: | Docta Complutense |
| Language: | English |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:docta.ucm.es:20.500.14352/6859 |
| Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/6859 |
| Access Level: | Open access |
| Keyword: | Gender discrimination Parental leave Sexism Social psychology Stereotypes Discriminación de género Estereotipos Licencia parental Psicología social Sexismo Feminismo Investigación social Psicología Social (Sociología) Mujer Trabajo 6309.09 Posición Social de la Mujer |
| Summary: | This work aimed to analyze the influence of stereotypes on discrimination against women. Specifically, it investigated the effects of the candidate gender (man vs. woman), the status regarding parental leave (exercising the right vs. waiving the right), and the stereotypes of competence, sociability, and morality regarding this discrimination. Consistent with previous studies, the candidate gender and the parental leave status interact and together influence discrimination against women (Study 1, f(1, 229)=22.45, p<.001). In turn, the triple interaction of candidate gender, parental leave status, and the three dimensions of stereotypes (Study 2, f(4, 587)=2.73, p=.030, ƞ²=.018) revealed that the woman who took parental leave received more positive evaluations in the three stereotypical dimensions, in comparison with to the woman who waived her right to the leave, and, at the same time, she was poorly assessed in the competence dimension, compared to the man who exercises the same right (Study 2, n=312). |
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