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What is acceptable for women may not be for men: The effect of family conflicts with work on job‐performance ratings
Author(s) -
Butler Adam B.,
Skattebo Amie
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
journal of occupational and organizational psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.257
H-Index - 114
eISSN - 2044-8325
pISSN - 0963-1798
DOI - 10.1348/0963179042596478
Subject(s) - psychology , performance appraisal , social psychology , work–family conflict , family conflict , job performance , work (physics) , dimension (graph theory) , job satisfaction , management , mechanical engineering , mathematics , pure mathematics , engineering , economics
We conducted a laboratory study examining the effect of a family conflict with work on performance appraisal ratings given to men and women. Overall, the experience of a family conflict was associated with lower performance ratings, and ratee sex moderated this relationship. Men who experienced a family conflict received lower overall performance ratings and lower reward recommendations than men who did not, whereas ratings of women were unaffected by the experience of a family conflict. The sex bias was not evident when performance was evaluated on the more specific dimension of planning. Neither rater gender nor work‐family role attitudes moderated the sex bias. Implications for future research and practice are discussed.