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Global Perspectives on Women and Work
Author(s) -
Folberg Abigail M.
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of social issues
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.618
H-Index - 122
eISSN - 1540-4560
pISSN - 0022-4537
DOI - 10.1111/josi.12396
Subject(s) - harassment , work (physics) , gender equality , gender studies , democracy , political science , psychology , public relations , sociology , social psychology , politics , engineering , mechanical engineering , law
Abstract The vast majority of psychological research on gender and work focuses on WEIRD (i.e., Western, Educated, Industrialized, Rich, and Democratic) women, which impedes global efforts to promote gender equality and devalues the experiences of the majority of working women across the world. In this article, I first review cross‐cultural psychological research on gender and work in three general domains: stereotyping and gender roles, discrimination, harassment, and women's efforts to effect change, and the effects of public and organizational policies on women's work lives. I then highlight how contributions to the present issue of the Journal of Social Issues expand our understanding of working women in non‐WEIRD contexts. I conclude with recommendations for future study and a call for more work that recognizes the experiences and perspectives of women in the global majority.