Societal Institutions and Work and Family Gender-Role Attitudes
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2012-12
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Stickney, L. T., & Konrad, A. M. (2012). Societal Institutions and Work and Family Gender-Role Attitudes. Organization Management Journal, 9(4), 236-246. doi:10.1080/15416518.2012.738528
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We examine associations between societal-level policies and gender-role attitudes using nationally representative International Social Survey Program (ISSP) data sets from 14 countries in 1994 and 2002. Hierarchical linear modeling (HLM) findings indicated that tax policies favoring dual-earner families were associated with greater egalitarianism in gender-role attitudes, while the relationship between parental leave times and individual gender-role attitudes was curvilinear in 2002. Low and high parental leave times were associated with traditionalism in gender-role attitude, while mid-length leaves were associated with egalitarianism. The findings support an institutional perspective on gender-role attitudes and suggest that public policies have sufficient impact on people's interests and experiences to influence their gender-role views.