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Sex differences in perceived competence: an across organizations study
Abstract
The self-perceived competence of 817 employees of federally funded social service organizations was examined. Contrary to the speculations of many previous writers, occupancy of a supervisory position, not sex, was the predictor of an individual's work-related sense of competence. Results of the study are discussed in terms of the potential negative consequences that may ensue when administrators assume, based on the previous literature, that women will manifest chronically lower estimates of their competence than will men.
Journal
(1979)
vol3
no3
pages349-358
Categories
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Diversity
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Workforce
