Abstract
Based on the theory of universal human values proposed by Schwartz (1992, 1994), we conducted a cross-national comparison of how values at two levels (cultural values at the societal level and personal values at the individual level) affect job attribute preferences (hereafter JAPS). Comparing samples from East Asian collectivistic cultures and major Western individualistic cultures, we predict that JAPS among men and women can be influenced by both societal values and individual values. Analyzing data from three large scale cross-cultural studies, the World Value Survey (WVS), GLOBE, and the IBM study, revealed several interesting findings: i) For predicting preferences for major job attributes, two societal values (collectivism and masculinity) are useful only when their effects do not conflict with the effect of the most relevant individual value; ii) The effects of individual values are ordered by their relative importance to a given issue; iii) Individual values influence JAPS among men and women in an asymmetric way. For instance, while the value of gender stereotypes against females discourages women from selecting achievement as their job attribute, this value does not encourage more men to select the same job attribute. This new gender asymmetry may help explain other asymmetries observed in studies on gender, such as asymmetries in sex roles and the effects of gender diversity.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Academy of Management Proceedings 2015 |
Editors | Sonia Taneja |
Publisher | Academy of Management |
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Publication status | Published - 1 Jan 2015 |
Event | 75th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, AOM 2015: Opening Governance - Vancouver, Canada Duration: 7 Aug 2015 → 11 Aug 2015 https://aom.org/events/annual-meeting/past-annual-meetings/2015-opening-governance (Conference website) https://journals.aom.org/toc/amproc/2015/1 (Conference proceedings) |
Publication series
Name | Academy of Management Proceedings |
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Number | 1 |
Volume | 2015 |
ISSN (Print) | 0065-0668 |
ISSN (Electronic) | 2151-6561 |
Conference
Conference | 75th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, AOM 2015 |
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Country/Territory | Canada |
City | Vancouver |
Period | 7/08/15 → 11/08/15 |
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User-Defined Keywords
- individual values
- job attribute preferences
- Societal cultural values