Gender Attitudes in Business Students
An Analysis of Beliefs, Values, and Attitudes Relative to Gender and Professions
Significance and Conclusion
There is a body of evidence that suggests many disparities in the representation of gender in certain segments of the academic and business professions. For example, previous research has indicated that women, on average, are less likely to attend business school than males and are also less likely to hold high-ranking positions in organizations. Although there are many factors that are involved in such trends, and many societies have made significant progress towards minimizing the gender gaps, there is still much to be understood about the challenges that women face into entering into certain professions. This research will consider whether there is differences inherent in the genders that could help explain the outcomes that have been observed in various professions. The proposal outlines a research plan that will investigate differences in beliefs, attitudes, and values relative to work in a population of business students and contrast these differences with a student population majoring in a different academic discipline.
Presentation of the Topic
There is a body of research that has examined ethic values and beliefs along gender lines in many different circumstances. Personal and professional values and/or beliefs about the world and cultural norms can have many implications for life in general, as well as in specific endeavors such as educational achievement or professional development. Many of these beliefs or ethical positions are typically are passed down through the generations and are frequently challenges when people reach major milestones in their lives. For example, after a transition to college, a student will often have to reconcile new information with their previous beliefs, revise them so that they fit with the new information, and in some cases beliefs are replaced with new individual beliefs or entire belief systems.
In many cases beliefs and values, coupled with attitudes towards work, can determine what kind of profession or occupation that you might seek in your life. Furthermore, many of factors seem to be correlated or mediated by different aspects of gender and gender norms that are present in society. For example, there may be different preferences among gender towards positions that could compromise their ethics, types of expectations that are perceived about behaviors associated gender roles in organizations, and even the style of leadership that is used by member of different sexes, as the research suggests. Although, some research has been conducted about the differences that are apparent in genders, attitudes towards work, and personality profiles that have studied women in leadership roles, there does not appear to be much research in the literature that is target on these factors in new generations of female business students and their motivations for studying these practices.
Research Question
How have women's attitudes, beliefs, and values changed over time relative to the perceptions of a position in a business environment? What is the current view about the glass ceiling among female business students and has its salience been reduced?
Are there behavioral profiles that are more common in the new generation of business students? At varying levels of study?
Are female students taking on male attributes to be successful in this environment? Such as being more willing to making ethically compromising decisions that they perceive will be required to be successful? Or are they beginning to craft their own style?
H1. It is hypothesized that women are beginning to adopt more masculine traits at a greater rate as more and more women have accepted leadership roles and have influenced the overall business culture.
H2. It is hypothesized that the behavioral profiles will reveal many commonalities in female business students. It is also hypothesized that women who are at higher levels will have higher levels of the traits associated with leadership in business such as individualism, extraversion, agreeableness, and neuroticism among others.
H3. It is hypothesized that the normalization of female leadership and the change in cultural norms and barriers related to women will attract women to these opportunities and there will be an increased willingness among potential students to accept these roles and thus there will be a high percentage of female students enter into business programs. It is also hypothesized that even though a trend may exist in which male and females are closer in nature than previous generations, there will still be some differentiation between men and women.
Literature Review
There is a body of research...
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