Culture & Diversity

Culture & Diversity

1. Lecture 1

   • Kanter (1976)
     • The impact of hierarchical structures on the work behavior of women and men
       • Three structural variables form the behavior of men and women in organizations
         • Opportunity structure
           • People with low mobility or blocked mobility situation tend to limit their aspirations
           • Seek pleasure and satisfaction in other things
           • Create a social peer group that they are more concerned with than their work
           • Women are more often in low mobility situations: they are stuck in their position, cannot get promoted and experience few opportunities
             • Only seems like gender differences
             • Female employees have fewer opportunities. Opportunities that exist less associated with getting higher function
           • Men receive more encouragement from leaders to work their way up.
           • Newer members and higher educated also show more motivation
             • Not just gender differences influence opportunities and motivation
         • Power structure
         • Ratio of sexes
   • Roberge & van Dick (2010)
   • Van den Brink & Benschop (2014)