En lovande karriär eller hotande barriär? En studie om glastaket på universitetsnivå
(2019) PSYK11 20191Department of Psychology
- Abstract (Swedish)
- I Sverige har kvinnor högre utbildningsnivå än män samt är i klar majoritet bland universitetsstudenter. Trots detta är kvinnor i tydlig minoritet på arbetslivets topp. När studierna är klara och arbetslivet tar vid skiftar dominansen. Vad händer på vägen? Termen “glastak” refererar till de hinder som finns för kvinnor att nå toppjobb. Studien ämnade undersöka om det fanns tecken på att glastaket existerar redan på universitetsnivå. Syftet var således att öka förståelse för om det bland universitetsstudenter finns könsskillnader i syn på framtida arbetsliv och nivå av stereotyphot och self-efficacy, samt hur tankar kring chefsposition och inkomstnivå relaterar till stereotyphot och self-efficacy i termer av mediering. Detta undersöktes... (More)
- I Sverige har kvinnor högre utbildningsnivå än män samt är i klar majoritet bland universitetsstudenter. Trots detta är kvinnor i tydlig minoritet på arbetslivets topp. När studierna är klara och arbetslivet tar vid skiftar dominansen. Vad händer på vägen? Termen “glastak” refererar till de hinder som finns för kvinnor att nå toppjobb. Studien ämnade undersöka om det fanns tecken på att glastaket existerar redan på universitetsnivå. Syftet var således att öka förståelse för om det bland universitetsstudenter finns könsskillnader i syn på framtida arbetsliv och nivå av stereotyphot och self-efficacy, samt hur tankar kring chefsposition och inkomstnivå relaterar till stereotyphot och self-efficacy i termer av mediering. Detta undersöktes genom en survey-metod där en internetbaserad enkät skickades ut till universitetsstudenter. Resultaten visade inga signifikanta könsskillnader i vilja att besitta hög chefsposition, kvinnliga studenter uppskattade det dock som signifikant mindre sannolikt att bli höginkomsttagare än manliga. Kvinnliga studenter upplevde också ett signifikant starkare stereotyphot än manliga, inga signifikanta könsskillnader hittades dock i self-efficacy. Vidare medierade self-efficacy också partiellt relationen mellan kön och inkomst. Slutsatsen drogs att det finns tecken på att glastaket delvis existerar på universitetsnivå i form av stereotyphot. Jämställdhet kan dock tänkas bidra till studenternas liknande ambitioner och självförmåga. (Less)
- Abstract
- Women in Sweden have a higher level of education than men and are a distinct majority among university students. Despite this, women are a clear minority at the top of the labour force. When school’s out and working life begins, there is a shift in the dominance. What happens along the way? The term “glass ceiling” refers to the obstacles that exist for women to reach top jobs. The study intended to investigate whether there are indications that the glass ceiling exists already at university level. The purpose was thus to increase understanding of whether there are gender differences among university students in their view of future working life and level of stereotype threat and self-efficacy, as well as how thoughts about managerial... (More)
- Women in Sweden have a higher level of education than men and are a distinct majority among university students. Despite this, women are a clear minority at the top of the labour force. When school’s out and working life begins, there is a shift in the dominance. What happens along the way? The term “glass ceiling” refers to the obstacles that exist for women to reach top jobs. The study intended to investigate whether there are indications that the glass ceiling exists already at university level. The purpose was thus to increase understanding of whether there are gender differences among university students in their view of future working life and level of stereotype threat and self-efficacy, as well as how thoughts about managerial position and income level relate to stereotype threat and self-efficacy in terms of mediation. This was investigated through a survey method in which an internet-based survey was sent out to university students. The results showed no significant gender differences regarding ambition to possess a high management position, but that female students estimated it to be significantly less likely to be high income earners than men. Female students also experienced a significantly stronger stereotype threat than male students, but no significant gender differences were found regarding self-efficacy. Furthermore, self-efficacy also partially mediated the relationship between gender and income. The conclusion was drawn that there are indications that the glass ceiling partly exists at university level in the shape of stereotype threat. However, equality can be thought to contribute to the students' similar ambitions and self-efficacy. (Less)
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- author
- Holgersson, Elin LU and Andersson Bergill, Alma LU
- supervisor
- organization
- course
- PSYK11 20191
- year
- 2019
- type
- M2 - Bachelor Degree
- subject
- keywords
- glastaket, stereotyphot, self-efficacy, chefsposition, inkomstnivå, jämställdhet, glass ceiling, stereotype threat, manager position, income level, equality
- language
- Swedish
- id
- 8979436
- date added to LUP
- 2019-06-10 09:29:30
- date last changed
- 2019-06-10 09:29:30
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abstract = {{Women in Sweden have a higher level of education than men and are a distinct majority among university students. Despite this, women are a clear minority at the top of the labour force. When school’s out and working life begins, there is a shift in the dominance. What happens along the way? The term “glass ceiling” refers to the obstacles that exist for women to reach top jobs. The study intended to investigate whether there are indications that the glass ceiling exists already at university level. The purpose was thus to increase understanding of whether there are gender differences among university students in their view of future working life and level of stereotype threat and self-efficacy, as well as how thoughts about managerial position and income level relate to stereotype threat and self-efficacy in terms of mediation. This was investigated through a survey method in which an internet-based survey was sent out to university students. The results showed no significant gender differences regarding ambition to possess a high management position, but that female students estimated it to be significantly less likely to be high income earners than men. Female students also experienced a significantly stronger stereotype threat than male students, but no significant gender differences were found regarding self-efficacy. Furthermore, self-efficacy also partially mediated the relationship between gender and income. The conclusion was drawn that there are indications that the glass ceiling partly exists at university level in the shape of stereotype threat. However, equality can be thought to contribute to the students' similar ambitions and self-efficacy.}},
author = {{Holgersson, Elin and Andersson Bergill, Alma}},
language = {{swe}},
note = {{Student Paper}},
title = {{En lovande karriär eller hotande barriär? En studie om glastaket på universitetsnivå}},
year = {{2019}},
}