Job insecurity, stress and gender: The moderating role of gender ideology

Ruth Gaunt, Orly Benjamin

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Abstract

This study examined the complex relationships between gender, job insecurity and job-related stress. Previous findings have suggested that men experience greater job insecurity than women, and are more vulnerable to job-related stress. The current study tested the hypothesis that the gender ideology of employees moderates the effect of gender on job insecurity and stress. Data were obtained by questionnaires from a sample of 203 married employees. The results showed that traditional men experience greater job insecurity than traditional women. However, as hypothesized, egalitarian men and women exhibited similar degrees of job insecurity. Furthermore, job insecurity in traditional men and in egalitarian men and women was related to loss of control stress, financial stress and stress expressions at home, whereas traditional women were relatively protected from job-related stress. These findings illuminate the important moderating role played by gender ideology in the relationships between gender, job insecurity and stress.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)341-355
Number of pages15
JournalCommunity, Work and Family
Volume10
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - Aug 2007

Keywords

  • gender
  • gender ideology
  • job insecurity
  • stress

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