Keywords
Sex discrimination against women, Women executives
Abstract
An in-basket exercise was used to investigate the effects of sex-role stereotypes on selection evaluations of applicants for a management position. The independent variables consisted of (a) sex of the applicant (e.g. Janet N. Davis, James N. Davis) (b) the raters attitude toward women in management positions as measured by a questionnaire, and finally (c) the quality of information (e.g. biographical or behavioral). On the basis of information provided, 28 male and female subjects evaluated the applicants performance potential and suitability for a particular management position. The results confirmed the hypothesis that attitude toward women in management creates a discriminatory impact toward women on certain management dimensions when the evaluator is forced to predict behavior based on biographical information. However, when actual behavioral data about job performance is made available, discriminatory effects appear to be eliminated. Implications of these results are discussed.
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Graduation Date
1976
Advisor
Frank, Fredric D.
Degree
Master of Science (M.S.)
College
College of Social Sciences
Degree Program
Industrial Psychology
Format
Pages
105 p.
Language
English
Rights
Public Domain
Length of Campus-only Access
None
Access Status
Masters Thesis (Open Access)
Identifier
DP0013095
Subjects
Sex discrimination against women, Women executives
STARS Citation
Steinberger, Arlette Ada, "Effects of Attitude Toward Women in Management and Applicant Information on a Male and Female Applicant for a Management Position" (1976). Retrospective Theses and Dissertations. 257.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/rtd/257
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