Justifying gender discrimination in the workplace: The mediating role of motherhood myths

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Autor(a) principal: Verniers, Catherine
Data de Publicação: 2018
Outros Autores: Vala, Jorge
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10451/33684
Resumo: The issue of gender equality in employment has given rise to numerous policies in advanced industrial countries, all aimed at tackling gender discrimination regarding recruitment, salary and promotion. Yet gender inequalities in the workplace persist. The purpose of this research is to document the psychosocial process involved in the persistence of gender discrimination against working women. Drawing on the literature on the justification of discrimination, we hypothesized that the myths according to which women’s work threatens children and family life mediates the relationship between sexism and opposition to a mother’s career. We tested this hypothesis using the Family and Changing Gender Roles module of the International Social Survey Programme. The dataset contained data collected in 1994 and 2012 from 51632 respondents from 18 countries. Structural equation modellings confirmed the hypothesised mediation. Overall, the findings shed light on how motherhood myths justify the gender structure in countries promoting gender equality.
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spelling Justifying gender discrimination in the workplace: The mediating role of motherhood mythsGender discriminationmotherhood mythsrole of motherhoodgender equality in employmentThe issue of gender equality in employment has given rise to numerous policies in advanced industrial countries, all aimed at tackling gender discrimination regarding recruitment, salary and promotion. Yet gender inequalities in the workplace persist. The purpose of this research is to document the psychosocial process involved in the persistence of gender discrimination against working women. Drawing on the literature on the justification of discrimination, we hypothesized that the myths according to which women’s work threatens children and family life mediates the relationship between sexism and opposition to a mother’s career. We tested this hypothesis using the Family and Changing Gender Roles module of the International Social Survey Programme. The dataset contained data collected in 1994 and 2012 from 51632 respondents from 18 countries. Structural equation modellings confirmed the hypothesised mediation. Overall, the findings shed light on how motherhood myths justify the gender structure in countries promoting gender equality.Repositório da Universidade de LisboaVerniers, CatherineVala, Jorge2018-05-28T13:53:11Z20182018-01-01T00:00:00Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10451/33684engVerniers C., Vala, J. (2018). Justifying gender discrimination in the workplace: The mediating role of motherhood myths. PLoS ONE 13(1): e0190657. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.1932-6203info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2023-11-08T16:28:38Zoai:repositorio.ul.pt:10451/33684Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-19T21:48:37.477924Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse
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title Justifying gender discrimination in the workplace: The mediating role of motherhood myths
spellingShingle Justifying gender discrimination in the workplace: The mediating role of motherhood myths
Verniers, Catherine
Gender discrimination
motherhood myths
role of motherhood
gender equality in employment
title_short Justifying gender discrimination in the workplace: The mediating role of motherhood myths
title_full Justifying gender discrimination in the workplace: The mediating role of motherhood myths
title_fullStr Justifying gender discrimination in the workplace: The mediating role of motherhood myths
title_full_unstemmed Justifying gender discrimination in the workplace: The mediating role of motherhood myths
title_sort Justifying gender discrimination in the workplace: The mediating role of motherhood myths
author Verniers, Catherine
author_facet Verniers, Catherine
Vala, Jorge
author_role author
author2 Vala, Jorge
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dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Verniers, Catherine
Vala, Jorge
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Gender discrimination
motherhood myths
role of motherhood
gender equality in employment
topic Gender discrimination
motherhood myths
role of motherhood
gender equality in employment
description The issue of gender equality in employment has given rise to numerous policies in advanced industrial countries, all aimed at tackling gender discrimination regarding recruitment, salary and promotion. Yet gender inequalities in the workplace persist. The purpose of this research is to document the psychosocial process involved in the persistence of gender discrimination against working women. Drawing on the literature on the justification of discrimination, we hypothesized that the myths according to which women’s work threatens children and family life mediates the relationship between sexism and opposition to a mother’s career. We tested this hypothesis using the Family and Changing Gender Roles module of the International Social Survey Programme. The dataset contained data collected in 1994 and 2012 from 51632 respondents from 18 countries. Structural equation modellings confirmed the hypothesised mediation. Overall, the findings shed light on how motherhood myths justify the gender structure in countries promoting gender equality.
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