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Women rate the competence of their occupational role higher than men do: Evidence from two different samples
Mid Sweden University, Faculty of Human Sciences, Department of Psychology and Social Work.ORCID iD: 0000-0001-8754-4657
2023 (English)In: Current Psychology, ISSN 1046-1310, E-ISSN 1936-4733, Vol. 42, no 17, p. 14542-14554Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

Gender stereotypes play a potent role in how the work of men and women is perceived and valued. Stereotypes also influence the way people look upon themselves. In the present research, two studies are reported where men and women at work rated the degree of warmth and competence of a person with their own occupation, and how they think people in general would perceive a person in the same occupation. A wider gap between own perceptions and that of people in general was expected for women than for men, as it was assumed that the view of other people’s perceptions would serve as a proxy for stereotype threat for women. Study 1 comprised 449 participants (74 % women) working within the public sector, mainly in social, caring, and education professions, and Study 2 comprised a convenience sample of 189 participants (70 % women) from a variety of sectors and professions. Both studies yielded consistent results; contradictory to what was expected, men and women did not differ in terms of how they thought people in general would perceive the competence of their occupation, instead women rated the competence of their own occupation higher than men did, even after controlling for type of occupation and educational level. Warmth displayed only minor gender differences. The results are discussed in relation to research on counter-reactions against stereotype threat, how the concept of competence could be understood, as well as other possible explanations of the unexpected results. 

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2023. Vol. 42, no 17, p. 14542-14554
Keywords [en]
competence, gender stereotypes, occupations, stereotype threat, warmth
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Gender Studies Psychology
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URN: urn:nbn:se:miun:diva-44245DOI: 10.1007/s12144-022-02730-xISI: 000750470300002Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85123873033OAI: oai:DiVA.org:miun-44245DiVA, id: diva2:1636007
Available from: 2022-02-08 Created: 2022-02-08 Last updated: 2023-06-29Bibliographically approved

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