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JOB ORIENTATION OF MALES AND FEMALES: ARE SEX DIFFERENCES DECLINING?
Author(s) -
BRENNER O. C.,
TOMKIEWICZ JOSEPH
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
personnel psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 6.076
H-Index - 142
eISSN - 1744-6570
pISSN - 0031-5826
DOI - 10.1111/j.1744-6570.1979.tb02344.x
Subject(s) - psychology , preference , social psychology , homogeneous , similarity (geometry) , variance (accounting) , orientation (vector space) , interpersonal communication , developmental psychology , demography , statistics , physics , geometry , mathematics , accounting , artificial intelligence , sociology , computer science , business , image (mathematics) , thermodynamics
Sex differences in job orientation found by Manhardt (1972) were explored to determine if they still exist, or if a trend toward similarity as found in studies on traits and behaviors prevails. Significant sex differences were found on 8 of 25 job characteristics, compared with 11 found by Manhardt. In the original study, factor analysis indicated that males value long‐range career objectives while females prefer a comfortable working environment and pleasant interpersonal relationships. This study extracted similar factors which explained twice the variance found in the original. However, sex differences on factor preference were mixed. Further, results show that males are less homogeneous in their preference than are females, a complete reversal of results found previously. Implications for personnel managers in handling differences on job orientation of males and females are discussed.