Gender Features of the Attitude to the Career of Managers and Ordinary Employees

Abstract

The article considers the study of gender characteristics of the attitude to the career of managers and ordinary employees using Bem Sex-Role Inventory and Schein Career Orientation Inventory. It was revealed that the majority of managers and employees have pronounced androgynous indicators. Pronounced “male” personality traits are characteristic only for representatives of the senior management. In addition, the group of managers has a significantly less (3.98 times) feminine traits than for the group of employees. The leading career orientations of both groups are “stability of places of work,” “service or dedication to a cause” and “integration of lifestyle.” Significant statistical differences between the career orientations of managers and employees were found by the career orientation “general managerial competence” (U-Mann–Whitney test), which emphasizes the difference between managers and employees in terms of their functions. A significant negative correlation was also found between feminine indicators and the “challenge” career orientation.