Diferencias en función del sexo en la orientación normativa hacia el trabajoEl trabajo como derecho y como obligación

  1. Calvo Salguero, Antonia
  2. Aguilar Luzón, María del Carmen
  3. García Martínez, José Miguel Ángel
Journal:
Revista de psicología del trabajo y de las organizaciones = Journal of work and organizational psychology

ISSN: 1576-5962

Year of publication: 2004

Volume: 20

Issue: 1

Pages: 47-64

Type: Article

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Abstract

The main aim of this study was to verify if any gender differences exist in normative orientation towards work. Like wise, we analyzed the impact of the occupational level on the evaluations of normative orientations towards work. A sample of 267 workers -128 malesand 139 females- was chosen from three different jobs. Results reveal that there were no sig-nificant gender differences in normative orientation towards work as a right nor in normative orientation towards work as a obligation. Nevertheless, significant differences were foundwith regard to occupational level, in such a way that workers who held jobs with a loweroccupational level showed a higher evaluation of work as an obligation than those who heldjobs with a higher occupational level.

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