cross-cultural research
Cross Cultural Study of Attitudes About Work and Gender Roles
Background Papers
A. Gender-Role Attitudes: ATW, Macho, Neosexism, Modern Sexism, Ambivalent Sexism

Feather, N.T. (2004). Value correlates of ambivalent attitudes toward gender relations. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 30. 3-12.

Glick, P., & Fiske, S.T. (2001b). An ambivalent alliance: Hostile and benevolent sexism as complementary justifications for gender inequality. American Psychologist, 56. 109-118.

Glick, P., & Fiske, S.T. (1996). The Ambivalent Sexism Inventory: Differentiating hostile and benevolent sexism. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 70. 491-512.

Frieze, I.H., Ferligoj, A., Kogovsek, T., Rener, T., Horvat, J., & Sarlija, N. (2003). Gender-Role in univeristy students in the United States, Slovenia, and Croatia. Psychology of Women Quarterly, 27. 256-261.

McHugh, M. C., & Frieze, I. H. (1997). The measurement of gender-role attitudes. Psychology of Women Quarterly, 21, 1-16.

Spence, J. T. & Hahn, E. D. (1997). The attitudes toward women scale and attitude change in college students. Psychology of Women Quarterly, 21, 17-34.

Tougas, F., Brown, R., Beaton, A. M., & Joly, S. (1995). Neosexism: Plus ca change, plus c'est pareil. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 21, 842-850.

Helmreich, R. L. & Spence, J. T. (1978). The Work and Family Orientation Questionnaire: An objective instrument to assess components of achievement motivation and attitudes toward family and career. JSAS Catalog of Selected Documents in Psychology, 8, MS #1677.


B. Motivation: Achievement, Power, Affiliation, Intimacy

Frieze, I.H. & Boneva, B.S. (2001). Power motivation and motivation to help others. In A. Y. Lee-Chai & J. A. Bargh (Eds.), The use and abuse of power: Multiple perspectives on the causes of corruption. (pp. 75-89). Philadelphia, PA: Psychology Press.

Helmreich, R. L. & Spence, J. T. (1978). The Work and Family Orientation Questionnaire: An objective instrument to assess components of achievement motivation and attitudes toward family and career. JSAS Catalog of Selected Documents in Psychology, 8, MS #1677.

McClelland, D. C. (1987). Human Motivation. New York: Cambridge University Press.


C. Work and Family Centrality

Kanungo, R. N. (1982). Measurement of job and work involvement. Journal of Applied Psychology, 67, 341-349.

Misra, S., Ghosh, R., & Kanungo, R. N. (1990). Measurement of family involvement: A cross-national study of managers. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 21, 232-248.

Misra, S., Kanungo, R. N., von Rosenstiel, L., & Stuhler, E. A. (1985). The motivational formulation of job and work involvement: A cross-national study. Human Relations, 38, 501-518.

D. Job Motivations and Job Descriptions

Browne, B. A. (1997). Gender and preferences for job attributes: A cross cultural comparison. Sex Roles, 37, 61-71.

Hackman, J. R. & Oldham, G. R. (1975). Development of the job diagnostic survey. Journal of Applied Psychology, 50, 159-170.

MOW International Research Team. (1987). The meaning of working. New York: Academic Press.

Murrell, A. J., Frieze, I. H., & Frost, J. L. (1991). Aspiring to careers in male- and female-dominated professions: A study of black and white college women. Psychology of Women Quarterly, 15, 103-126.

E. Self Esteem

Jarosová, E., Pauknerová, D., Skibová, J., Frieze, I.H., Ferligoj, A. (in press, 2002). Sebehodnocení a výkonová motivace ceských vysokoskolských studentu - ekonomu (ve srovná se studenty ze Slovinska a USA). Psychologie v ekonomické praxi, XXXVII. [Self Esteem and Achievement Motivation in Czech University Students of Economics (in comparison with students from Slovenia and the U.S.A.)].

Rosenberg, M. (1965). Society and the adolescent self-image. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press.

F. Attitudes About Socialism

Newcomb, T.M. (1943). Personality and social change. New York: Dryden.

G. Other Personality Measures

Baratt, E.S. (1994). Impulsivity: Integrating cognitive, behavioral, biological, and environmental data. The Impulsive Client: Theory, Research, and Treatment. 39-56.

Walker, I. & Gibbins, K. (1989). Expecting the unexpected: An explanation of category width. Conceptual Motor Skills, 68. 715-24.



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