Year: 2010
Type: article
Abstract: Decades of research, and even the Federal government, have recognized the existence of the so-called glass ceiling (U. S. Department of Labor, 1991).Some contemporary investigations have speculated that women are discriminated against in the workplace when there is a misalignment between the type job or job requirements and the stereotypical traits associated with sex and gender (Heilman, 1983;Eagly & Karau, 2002).However, such explanations are invalidated when considering males who work in female-dominated or feminine gender-typed jobs.The preferential treatment of men in female-dominated jobs has come to be known as the glass escalator (Williams, 1992).The glass escalator phenomenon stands in contrast to theories and hypotheses that suggest norm violations are responsible for backlash against individuals who pursue outof-role careers (i.e., male nurses or female managers).Additional research is needed to explain the differences between male and female norm violation effects.To achieve this goal, the current study modified and extended the penalties for success research conducted by Heilman et al. (2004) to include reactions to males who pursue work in feminine gender-typed jobs.A secondary objective of the current study was to examine a potential explanation as to why male norm violators might be viewed more positively than female norm violators.It was predicted that males in feminine
Author: Samantha Morris
Institution: Ohio University
Language: English
Subfield: Gender Studies
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W106212440