Understanding Backlas against Managers: The Role of Subordinates' Sex and Self-esteem

• Main Authors: ONG, Madeline Li Xuan, PADDOCK, Elizabeth Layne, WEBSTER, Gregory D.
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2011
• Subjects: gender; self-esteem; Organizational Behavior and Theory; Psychology
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lkcsb_research/3701
• Institution: Singapore Management University

Research on gender stereotypes at work focuses on the incongruence between expectations associated with gender-typed jobs or behaviors and employees’ sex. It shows women often violate traditional female stereotypes (e.g., caretaker) when they hold jobs associated with men (e.g., manager), and thus w...