This study examines the relationship of gender proportions and a variety of work experiences, work and extra‐work satisfactions and indicators of psychological wellbeing among 324 female and 134 male psychologists. Data were collected using questionnaires completed anonymously. Female psychologists indicated a higher proportion of females in their workplaces than did male psychologists. Both female and male psychologists indicated more women at lower than at higher organizational levels. Male psychologists were older, had longer job and employer tenure, were at higher organizational levels, earned more income and were more likely to be married. Measures of gender proportions were generally uncorrelated with work experiences, work and non‐work satisfactions and psychological wellbeing among both female and male psychologists.
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Women In Management Review
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Do gender proportions matter?
Ronald J. Burke
Ronald J. Burke
Ronald J. Burke is Professor of Organizational Behaviour in the School of Business, York University, Toronto, Canada.
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Publisher: Emerald Publishing
Online ISSN: 1758-7182
Print ISSN: 0964-9425
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2003
Women In Management Review (2003) 18 (5): 267–275.
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Burke RJ (2003), "Do gender proportions matter?". Women In Management Review, Vol. 18 No. 5 pp. 267–275, doi: https://doi.org/10.1108/09649420310485104
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