The relationship of gender attitudes and career orientations of men and women at the initial stages of career building

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Keywords:

gender attitude, career orientation, vertical career, horizontal career, sexism, normative gender attitude

Abstract

The influence of gender attitudes on the career building of men and women is analyzed in the article. The article reveals such phenomena as sexism, objectification, gender role conflicts, ect. These phenomena illustrate the relationship of gender attitudes and the professional realization of men and women. The results of the empirical study of the relationship between gender attitudes and career orientations of male and female students and young professionals are presented in the article. The vertical career orientation of men and women at the initial stages of career building is positively correlated with sexist attitudes towards women, normative attitudes towards men and the traditional differentiation of male and female roles.

Author Biographies

  • Yuliya S. Smirnova, Belarusian State University, 4 Niezaliežnasci Avenue, Minsk 220030, Belarus

    PhD (psychology), docent; associate professor at the department of psychology, faculty of philosophy and social sciences

  • Yuliya V. Zaitseva, Belarusian State University, 4 Niezaliežnasci Avenue, Minsk 220030, Belarus

    postgraduate student at the department of psychology, faculty of philosophy and social sciences

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2019-10-17

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No. 3 (2019): Journal of the Belarusian State University. Philosophy and Psychology

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Social Psychology

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Smirnova, .Y.S. and Zaitseva, Y.V. 2019. The relationship of gender attitudes and career orientations of men and women at the initial stages of career building. Journal of the Belarusian State University. Philosophy and Psychology. 3 (Oct. 2019), 82–90.