PSYC 320 Lecture Notes - Escalator, Glass Ceiling, Social Comparison Theory
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Konrad"s meta analysis: found that there are sex differences that happen to be very small. The highest value is in favor of males; solitude (working alone), second biggest d value favoring males (earnings; concern for their salary). This isnt supported in the research: social comparison standards: most supported by research! perhaps women have lower expectations because their comparison group/reference group to see what they should be making is comprised of females who earn less. If you are comparing yourself to people of the same sex who are paid less, you will devalue your work and expect a lower salary. Differing salaries for similar work, opportunity to attend courses, workshops, other things which facilitate promotion. Glass ceiling: an invisible barrier that females face when they want to advance to higher positions. Glass escalator: explains males who have occupations in female oriented/dominated work. They are advancely promoted to higher status roles in largely female dominated professions.
