Turkish college students' attitudes toward women managers: The effects of patriarchy, sexism, and gender differences

Sakalli-Ugurlu N., BEYDOGAN B.

JOURNAL OF PSYCHOLOGY, vol.136, no.6, pp.647-656, 2002 (SSCI) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 136 Issue: 6
  • Publication Date: 2002
  • Doi Number: 10.1080/00223980209604825
  • Journal Name: JOURNAL OF PSYCHOLOGY
  • Journal Indexes: Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.647-656
  • Keywords: attitudes, benevolent sexism, gender differences, gender stereotypes, hostile sexism, patriarchy, women managers, BENEVOLENT SEXISM, ROLE STEREOTYPES, HOSTILE
  • Middle East Technical University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

The authors examined how patriarchy, sexism, and gender influence Turkish college students' attitudes toward women managers. Turkish undergraduate students (N = 183) from Middle East Technical University completed questionnaires measuring attitudes toward women managers as well as attitudes toward the concepts of hostile and benevolent sexism and support for patriarchy. Participants were of upper- or middle-class Turkish backgrounds. The results showed that male participants exhibited less positive attitudes toward women managers than did female participants. In addition, participants who held more favorable attitudes toward patriarchy and who scored high on hostile sexism also held less positive attitudes toward women managers than those who held less favorable attitudes toward patriarchy and who scored low, on hostile sexism, A regression analysis showed that support for patriarchy and hostile sexism was more important for explaining less favorable attitudes toward women managers than was benevolent sexism.