This study aims to examine whether there is gender differences in job attitudes(i.e. job satisfaction, organizational commitment, work role centrality) and job performance, and whether those differences, if any, may be related to sex discrimination in...
This study aims to examine whether there is gender differences in job attitudes(i.e. job satisfaction, organizational commitment, work role centrality) and job performance, and whether those differences, if any, may be related to sex discrimination in personnel management practices and personal experiences of sex discrimination.
In order to pursue above research questions, questionnaire survey was conducted for 600 workers in several different industries including manufacturing firms, banks, and high schools. The main results of One-way ANOVA are as follows:
(1) For administrative worker group, job satisfaction of female was found to be lower than that of male.
(2) For production worker group, organizational commitment of female was higher than that of male.
(3) For professional worker group, overall job attitudes including job satisfaction, organizational commitment, and work role centrality were found to be higher than those of male workers.
(4) Sex discriminations in personnel management and personal experiences of sex discrimination were highest for administrative worker group and lowest for the professional worker group.
The above results suggest that females' poor job attitudes may be related to sex discrimination practices in the workplace. The implications of the these results and future research directions are discussed in the conclusion.