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Social expectations, gender and job satisfaction: Front‐line employees in C hina's retail sector
Author(s) -
Huang Qihai,
Gamble Jos
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
human resource management journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.44
H-Index - 77
eISSN - 1748-8583
pISSN - 0954-5395
DOI - 10.1111/1748-8583.12066
Subject(s) - job satisfaction , context (archaeology) , front line , ideology , demographic economics , labour economics , work (physics) , business , psychology , marketing , social psychology , economics , political science , politics , mechanical engineering , paleontology , law , biology , engineering
This study aims to enhance our understanding of gender and employment in C hina. Analysing data collected from over 1,800 employees at 22 foreign‐invested and locally owned retail stores in eight C hinese cities, it firstly explores whether, like their counterparts in Western countries, female employees have higher levels of job satisfaction than their male colleagues. Secondly, it distinguishes the key differential predictors of female and male employees' job satisfaction levels. This article extends gender role theory on job satisfaction by showing how traditional values, the structure of work and a nation's dominant gender ideology combine to shape women and men's job satisfaction and work experiences in a transitional context.