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Sex, Ethnicity, and Socioeconomic Status on Attitudes Toward Women As Managers and Perceived Career Impediment: A Study of Young Adults In Malaysia

Voon, Li Teng
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=csu1528192438862766

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2018, Master of Arts in Psychology, Cleveland State University, College of Sciences and Health Professions.
The current study aims at examining the effects of sex, race, and socioeconomic status on young Malaysians; attitudes toward women as managers and the perceived barriers to their own careers. This paper also examined a moderated mediation, with the moderator being the working status of an individual's mother and the mediator being gender role attitudes. A great wealth of research in this area has been conducted in the Western culture, but much less is known about Malaysia and its young adults. This study provides a historical and sociocultural overview of Malaysia, and how its unique sociopolitical and societal structure impacts the relationships among the variables. Results indicated that women have more favorable and positive attitudes toward women as managers than their male counterparts; individuals who have higher socioeconomic status have more favorable and positive attitudes toward women as managers, and individuals with higher socioeconomic status also seem to perceive fewer barriers to employment than those with lower socioeconomic status. Results also indicated that contrary to what previous literature have demonstrated, the working status of an individual's mother did not play a significant role in the relationship of the examined variables. This paper also discusses some practical implications for policy makers and organizations.
Chieh-Chen Bowen, PhD (Committee Chair)
Kenneth Vail , PhD (Committee Member)
Michael Horvath, PhD (Committee Member)
119 p.
Psychology; Quantitative Psychology; Sociology
Attitudes toward women as managers, career-related barriers, gender role attitudes, maternal employment, sex, ethnicity, socioeconomic status

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  • Voon, L. T. (2018). Sex, Ethnicity, and Socioeconomic Status on Attitudes Toward Women As Managers and Perceived Career Impediment: A Study of Young Adults In Malaysia [Master's thesis, Cleveland State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=csu1528192438862766

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Voon, Li Teng. Sex, Ethnicity, and Socioeconomic Status on Attitudes Toward Women As Managers and Perceived Career Impediment: A Study of Young Adults In Malaysia. 2018. Cleveland State University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=csu1528192438862766.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Voon, Li Teng. "Sex, Ethnicity, and Socioeconomic Status on Attitudes Toward Women As Managers and Perceived Career Impediment: A Study of Young Adults In Malaysia." Master's thesis, Cleveland State University, 2018. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=csu1528192438862766

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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