A Cross-Country Comparison of Gender Traditionalism in Business Leadership: How Supportive Are Female Supervisors?

Carly van Mensvoort, Gerbert Kraaykamp, Roza Meuleman and Marieke van den Brink
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Carly van Mensvoort: Radboud University, The Netherlands
Gerbert Kraaykamp: Radboud University, The Netherlands
Roza Meuleman: Radboud University, The Netherlands
Marieke van den Brink: Radboud University, The Netherlands

Work, Employment & Society, 2021, vol. 35, issue 4, 793-814

Abstract: 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.

Keywords: business leadership; cross-country; gender; gender role attitudes; supervisors (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.1177/0950017019892831

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