Data and literature linkages to findings
| Findings | Research question | Categories | Themes and Sub-themes | References |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Communal women experience to a greater negative extent than agentic women | Research question 1 | -Negative consequences -Tension induced resulting experiences -Tension causing actions -Tensions from treatment Tension caused by presence of others -Personal life influences -Relational alleviating factors | -Theme 1: tension manifestations | Eagly and Karau (2002); Zheng et al. (2018a); Arnold and Loughlin (2019); Badura et al. (2018) |
| Individual context, namely, authenticity and awareness, mediate the effects of tensions and make them easier to manage | Research question 2 | -Feminine soft power -Being yourself -Courage -Awareness enables balance -Open and growth mindset -Self-help mechanisms -Understand the context | -Subtheme 3.1: authenticity -Subtheme 3.2: awareness | Gardner et al. (2005); Caldwell and Hayes (2016) |
| Feedback as an organisational context can be used as a mechanism to effect change in how woman experience tensions | Research question 3 | -Organisational environmental tensions -Organisational influences -Organisational alleviating factors -Tension causing feedback -Feedback processes -Feedback alleviating factors | -Subtheme 2.1: organisational influences -Subtheme 2.2: feedback influences | Doldor et al. (2019); Dimotakis et al. (2017); Dzubinski et al. (2019); |
| Woman can respond to tensions in one of two strategies: adapting to the situation paradoxically or creating their own conducive environment | Research question 2 | -Accept presence of tensions -Attain balance -Create conducive environment | -Subtheme 4.1: environmental –adaptation -Subtheme 4.2: creation of conducive environment | Kutz (2008); Shin et al. (2016); Smith and Lewis (2011); Zheng et al. (2018b) |
| Findings | Research question | Categories | Themes and Sub-themes | References |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Communal women experience to a greater negative extent than agentic women | Research question 1 | -Negative consequences | -Theme 1: tension manifestations | |
| Individual context, namely, authenticity and awareness, mediate the effects of tensions and make them easier to manage | Research question 2 | -Feminine soft power | -Subtheme 3.1: authenticity | |
| Feedback as an organisational context can be used as a mechanism to effect change in how woman experience tensions | Research question 3 | -Organisational environmental tensions | -Subtheme 2.1: organisational influences | |
| Woman can respond to tensions in one of two strategies: adapting to the situation paradoxically or creating their own conducive environment | Research question 2 | -Accept presence of tensions | -Subtheme 4.1: environmental –adaptation |
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