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Coping In the Corporation: Sex Role Constraints
Author(s) -
Wiley Mary Glenn,
Bkilson Arlene
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
journal of applied social psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.822
H-Index - 111
eISSN - 1559-1816
pISSN - 0021-9029
DOI - 10.1111/j.1559-1816.1982.tb00844.x
Subject(s) - psychology , corporation , social psychology , predictive power , personality , coping (psychology) , socialization , big five personality traits , power (physics) , developmental psychology , clinical psychology , political science , philosophy , physics , epistemology , quantum mechanics , law
In this paper, the predictive power of status‐based and socialization‐based explanations of the differential rewards accruing to men and women in the corporate world are compared. Ninety‐five experienced managers were asked to evaluate persuasive dialogues between two individuals in a corporate setting. Sex of the actor, sex of the other, and the influence technique used by the actor all affected the personality traits attributed to the influential actor. Our respondents perceived influential males as significantly more powerful, higher in corporate position, and warmer than identically described females. Implications of these and other findings for both male and female managers are discussed.