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Do Women Choose Different Jobs From Men? Mechanisms Of Application Segregation In The Market For Managerial Workers, Roxana Barbulescu, Matthew Bidwell
Do Women Choose Different Jobs From Men? Mechanisms Of Application Segregation In The Market For Managerial Workers, Roxana Barbulescu, Matthew Bidwell
Roxana Barbulescu
This paper examines differences in the jobs for which men and women apply in order to better understand gender segregation in managerial jobs. We develop and test an integrative theory of why women might apply to different jobs than men. We note that constraints based on gender role socialization may affect three determinants of job applications: how individuals evaluate the rewards provided by different jobs, whether they identify with those jobs, and whether they believe that their applications will be successful. We then develop hypotheses about the role of each of these decision factors in mediating gender differences in job …
Identity As Narrative: Prevalence, Effectiveness And Consequences Of Narrative Identity Work In Macro Work Role Transitions, Herminia Ibarra, Roxana Barbulescu
Identity As Narrative: Prevalence, Effectiveness And Consequences Of Narrative Identity Work In Macro Work Role Transitions, Herminia Ibarra, Roxana Barbulescu
Roxana Barbulescu
Self-narratives—stories that make a point about the narrator—help people revise and reconstruct identities during work role transitions. We propose a process model in which people draw on narrative repertoires to engage in narrative identity work in role-related interactions. Using feedback from their interactions, they revise both the stories and repertoires. Successful completion of the transition is facilitated by enduring and coherent repertoire changes to express the new role identity.