Self-Confidence: The Invisible Force Behind the Gender Gap
(2020) MGTN59 20201Department of Business Administration
- Abstract
- The global underrepresentation of women in the workplace is an ongoing issue. As a connection between self-confidence and career development has emerged, the topic of self-confidence has received growing attention over previous years. A gap between male and female self-confidence has been discovered and is consequently a likely cause and impact for the global gender gap, especially in high positioned jobs. This thesis analyzes the existence of a gender gap in a group of prospective managers: the Master in Management (MiM) class of 2020. To investigate the research questions, data was collected through both questionnaires and interviews. This research discovered a gender gap in self-confidence in the class. Additionally, the results confirm... (More)
- The global underrepresentation of women in the workplace is an ongoing issue. As a connection between self-confidence and career development has emerged, the topic of self-confidence has received growing attention over previous years. A gap between male and female self-confidence has been discovered and is consequently a likely cause and impact for the global gender gap, especially in high positioned jobs. This thesis analyzes the existence of a gender gap in a group of prospective managers: the Master in Management (MiM) class of 2020. To investigate the research questions, data was collected through both questionnaires and interviews. This research discovered a gender gap in self-confidence in the class. Additionally, the results confirm the hypothesis that including self-developing elements in an academic program has the ability to empower students. This study emphasizes the need for self-development in academia in order to boost the students -especially the women’s- self-confidence. (Less)
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- author
- Efe, Luisa Aylin LU and Hallegraeff, Jolein LU
- supervisor
- organization
- alternative title
- Empowering Students Through Self-Development
- course
- MGTN59 20201
- year
- 2020
- type
- H1 - Master's Degree (One Year)
- subject
- keywords
- Self-confidence, gender, gender gap, empowerment, self-development
- language
- English
- id
- 9030783
- date added to LUP
- 2020-10-16 14:29:16
- date last changed
- 2020-10-16 14:29:16
@misc{9030783, abstract = {{The global underrepresentation of women in the workplace is an ongoing issue. As a connection between self-confidence and career development has emerged, the topic of self-confidence has received growing attention over previous years. A gap between male and female self-confidence has been discovered and is consequently a likely cause and impact for the global gender gap, especially in high positioned jobs. This thesis analyzes the existence of a gender gap in a group of prospective managers: the Master in Management (MiM) class of 2020. To investigate the research questions, data was collected through both questionnaires and interviews. This research discovered a gender gap in self-confidence in the class. Additionally, the results confirm the hypothesis that including self-developing elements in an academic program has the ability to empower students. This study emphasizes the need for self-development in academia in order to boost the students -especially the women’s- self-confidence.}}, author = {{Efe, Luisa Aylin and Hallegraeff, Jolein}}, language = {{eng}}, note = {{Student Paper}}, title = {{Self-Confidence: The Invisible Force Behind the Gender Gap}}, year = {{2020}}, }