Gender Attitudes in the World of Work: Cross-cultural Comparison

• In Event: 308 - Section on Sociology of Sex and Gender Refereed Roundtable Session and Business Meeting
  In Refereed Roundtable 60min: Table 08. Gender, Work and Family: Session I

Abstract

I aim to reveal the effect of job characteristics upon gender attitudes of employed across countries with different participation of women in educational and labor market activities using the 5th wave of World Values Survey (2005-2008). As results of multilevel regression analysis indicate, higher occupational status as well as higher job independence and creativity lead to more egalitarian gender attitudes. Self-employed and part-time workers have more traditional gender attitudes. On the country-level, the higher is ratio of female to male tertiary enrollment, the more egalitarian work-related gender attitudes are. In countries with a more extensive involvement of women in education and labor market activities, educational and job-related characteristics impact gender attitudes to a lesser extent. The results emphasize the importance of cultural status and using cultural resources in one’s job as well as the importance of social environment in forming gender attitudes.

Author

• Natalia Soboleva, National Research University Higher School of Economics