Stereotype Threat and Women's Work Satisfaction: The Importance of Role Models, 72 Countries (ICPSR 37189)

Version Date: Nov 5, 2018

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Clarissa Cortland, INSEAD

https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR37189.v1

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Summary

This research examines the psychological benefits of different sources of workplace social support in a global sample of professional women leaders (N = 1,221). We explored whether and in what way(s) social support from different workplace sources (role models, formal and informal mentors/sponsors, supportive supervisors, and peer support) predicts women's experience of stereotype threat - or concerns about confirming gender stereotypes - and subsequently their work satisfaction. We did this using cross-sectional data from a survey of international graduate business school alumnae who represented 72 countries, were mostly from Generation X (63.4% aged 35-54), reported directly to General Management or had more senior roles (64.1%) and described their work responsibilities as regional or global (66.4%). Workplace role models emerge as the only statistically reliable predictor of work satisfaction indirectly through reduced stereotype threat concerns. However, role models, informal (but not formal) mentors/sponsors, supportive supervisors, and peer support all directly predict women's work satisfaction. Implications of the benefits of workplace social support for efforts to reduce work-related gender inequities are discussed.

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Cortland, Clarissa. Stereotype Threat and Women’s Work Satisfaction: The Importance of Role Models, 72 Countries. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2018-11-05. https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR37189.v1

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Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research
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2018-11-05

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