Gender Role Flexibility: An Account of Its Effects on Career Role Projections

Gender Role Flexibility: An Account of Its Effects on Career Role Projections

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Main Author: Wilkey, Brian Mize
Language:English
Published: Miami University Honors Theses / OhioLINK 2010
Subjects:
Psychology
Gender Roles
Society
Role Congruity
Online Access:http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=muhonors1272047704
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spelling ndltd-OhioLink-oai-etd.ohiolink.edu-muhonors12720477042021-08-03T05:42:16Z Gender Role Flexibility: An Account of Its Effects on Career Role Projections Wilkey, Brian Mize Psychology Gender Roles Society Role Congruity Role congruity theory posits that men and women will remain in traditional roles to avoid societal sanctions (Diekman & Eagly, 2008). The present research examines how men and women react to being told they possess role flexibility (the ability to occupy both stereotypical and counterstereotypical roles). Participants received false feedback about possible future career roles and then answered a battery of questionnaires designed to measure affect as well as comfort in displaying role flexibility. Results showed that both men and women predicted more happiness, comfort, efficacy, and acceptance in traditional gender roles as opposed to nontraditional gender roles. I will discuss possible motives for preferring to remain in traditional roles as opposed to moving into nontraditional roles. 2010-05-07 English text Miami University Honors Theses / OhioLINK http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=muhonors1272047704 http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=muhonors1272047704 unrestricted This thesis or dissertation is protected by copyright: all rights reserved. It may not be copied or redistributed beyond the terms of applicable copyright laws.
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topic Psychology
Gender Roles
Society
Role Congruity
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Gender Roles
Society
Role Congruity
Wilkey, Brian Mize
Gender Role Flexibility: An Account of Its Effects on Career Role Projections
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