Presentations
Location
Schewel Hall Room 232
Access Type
Event
Entry Number
106
Start Date
4-6-2016 2:45 PM
End Date
4-6-2016 3:00 PM
Abstract
The study will examine gender in the workplace, focusing on the impact of gender in a scenario where one fails at their occupational duties. Women have been making significant strides in the past few decades to achieve a higher level of equality in the workplace. However, the glass ceiling is believed to continuously hold women back in particular occupations. Additionally, certain occupations have become associated with a particular gender. When one enters into a gender incongruent occupation they may face higher levels of scrutiny. The present study will focus on attribution theory which describes why certain types of people are given a particular set of attributes in evaluations. The participants will be presented a series of vignettes which depict either a male or female on the job (as either a nurse, teacher, CEO, or police officer) in which a significant mistake is made (a patient going into cardiac arrest, losing a student on a field trip, making an accounting error leading to a tax audit, or allowing a suspect to escape). The results should support the hypothesis that when one is in a gender incongruent occupation, attribution theory puts them at a disadvantage in workplace performance evaluations.
Primary Faculty Mentor(s)
Dr. Virginia A. Cylke
It's Not Your Fault, it's Your Gender: Blame in the Workplace as it is Attributable to Gender
Schewel Hall Room 232
The study will examine gender in the workplace, focusing on the impact of gender in a scenario where one fails at their occupational duties. Women have been making significant strides in the past few decades to achieve a higher level of equality in the workplace. However, the glass ceiling is believed to continuously hold women back in particular occupations. Additionally, certain occupations have become associated with a particular gender. When one enters into a gender incongruent occupation they may face higher levels of scrutiny. The present study will focus on attribution theory which describes why certain types of people are given a particular set of attributes in evaluations. The participants will be presented a series of vignettes which depict either a male or female on the job (as either a nurse, teacher, CEO, or police officer) in which a significant mistake is made (a patient going into cardiac arrest, losing a student on a field trip, making an accounting error leading to a tax audit, or allowing a suspect to escape). The results should support the hypothesis that when one is in a gender incongruent occupation, attribution theory puts them at a disadvantage in workplace performance evaluations.
https://digitalshowcase.lynchburg.edu/studentshowcase/2018/presentations/104
