scholarly journals Exploring stereotypical perceptions of female players in digital gaming contexts

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Linda Katherine Kaye ◽  
Claire E. Gresty ◽  
Natasha Stubbs-Ennis
Keyword(s):  
Social Identity ◽  
Gender Role ◽  
Gender Stereotypes ◽  
Online Questionnaire ◽  
Digital Gaming ◽  
Gender Role Beliefs ◽  
Sexist Attitudes ◽  
Number Of Factors ◽  
Perceptions And Attitudes ◽  
And Gender

Gender stereotypes are still reported to exist in digital gaming contexts, despite the fact that participation of females is relatively equal to that of males. The current research explored a number of factors and their impact upon stereotypical perceptions and attitudes towards female players. This included; avatar gender, gender identity by gaming context, as well as more general gender-role beliefs. We undertook two studies, each utilising an online questionnaire targeted towards online players. Study 1 recruited online gamers (N= 489), and compared competence perceptions of players which varied by player gender (male, female) and avatar gender (male, female), whereby four conditions were established. Overall, player competence was perceived to be highest when male avatars were used, specifically when female players were depicted in this way. Study 2 explored the relationships between male social identity and gender-role beliefs, with sexist attitudes in gaming, and whether this varied by gaming context (MMO vs FPS). Male online gamers (N = 193) were recruited, of which 112 were MMO players and 81 were FPS players. It was found that identifying as male social identity was not related to sexist attitudes in either gaming context. However, more general gender-role beliefs were related to sexist attitudes. The findings indicate that although certain stereotypes exist (e.g., competence perceptions), these are not necessarily harvested by players’ identities within communities but may derive through more operational functions such as avatar gender.

Women and Men in Accounting Textbooks: Exploring the Hidden Curriculum

2007 ◽  
Vol 22 (3) ◽  
pp. 459-480 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wendy M. Tietz
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Gender Role ◽  
Gender Stereotypes ◽  
Hidden Curriculum ◽  
Qualitative Approach ◽  
Accounting Faculty ◽  
Introductory Accounting ◽  
And Gender

The purpose of this study is to examine the representation of gender in introductory accounting textbooks. A content analysis of the homework items, the pictures, and the stories contained in 19 introductory accounting textbooks was conducted using both a quantitative and a qualitative approach. The results show that women and men are represented very differently throughout textbooks, thereby reinforcing gender stereotypes and gender role stratification. Given the accounting profession's explicit desire to increase diversity, accounting faculty need to be more aware of the implicit messages conveyed by our pedagogical materials.

Workaholism and organizational citizenship behaviors: exploring gender role beliefs

2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 413-425
Author(s):  
Shahnaz Aziz ◽  
Christina Pittman ◽  
Karl Wuensch
Keyword(s):  
Gender Role ◽  
Organizational Citizenship ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Educational Institution ◽  
Organizational Citizenship Behaviors ◽  
Work Behavior ◽  
Citizenship Behaviors ◽  
Gender Role Beliefs ◽  
Content Type ◽  
And Gender

PurposeThe purpose of the current study was to examine the relationships among workaholism, organizational citizenship behaviors (OCBs) and gender role beliefs.Design/methodology/approachData were collected, through administration of an online survey, from 409 faculty and staff at a large Southeastern university.FindingsWorkaholism and OCBs were negatively related. Additionally, both feminine and masculine role beliefs were associated with OCBs.Research limitations/implicationsFuture researchers may benefit from examining a sample outside an educational institution.Social implicationsAs our society continues to change, gender role beliefs will become less restricted to our biological genders and it will become essential for organizations to understand how they relate to work behavior (e.g. OCBs). Namely, androgyny may be a desirable trait for employees.Originality/valueThis is the first study to investigate the relationships among workaholism, OCBs and gender role beliefs.

scholarly journals Are Sexist Attitudes and Gender Stereotypes Linked? A Critical Feminist Approach With a Spanish Sample

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rubén García-Sánchez ◽  
Carmen Almendros ◽  
Begoña Aramayona ◽  
María Jesús Martín ◽  
María Soria-Oliver ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Gender Stereotypes ◽  
Sexist Attitudes ◽  
Critical Feminist ◽  
And Gender

scholarly journals Is ambition a gendered issue? Students´ vs employees´ antecedents of Ambition about Leadership

2021 ◽  
Vol 37 (2) ◽  
pp. 352-360
Author(s):  
Esther Lopez-Zafra ◽  
Nicolás Sánchez-Álvarez ◽  
Isabel Carmona-Cobo
Keyword(s):  
Negative Affect ◽  
Gender Role ◽  
Positive Affect ◽  
Gender Stereotypes ◽  
Negative Emotions ◽  
Leadership Position ◽  
Las Mujeres ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Core Self ◽  
The Impact

Los obstáculos a lo largo de la carrera de las mujeres demuestran que su ambición de convertirse en líder es compleja porque está influenciada por los estereotipos y roles de género. En este estudio, se les pidió a 625 participantes (54.24% mujeres) de dos categorías (379 estudiantes y 246 empleados) que imaginaran cómo reaccionarían ante un ascenso a una posición de liderazgo y posteriormente, completaron un cuestionario que incluía sus creencias sobre las consecuencias -evaluaciones, ambición, emociones positivas y negativas e ideología de roles de género. Los estudiantes fueron más ambiciosos que los empleados, independientemente de su género. Sin embargo, al analizar el impacto de la ambición en la decisión de aceptar una posición de liderazgo, observamos que el afecto positivo generado al imaginar una promoción es el aspecto clave para finalmente decidir aceptar la promoción, tanto en estudiantes como en empleados. Sin embargo, en los estudiantes, independientemente de su género, la decisión se predice por afecto negativo, evaluaciones de auto-concepto, pero no por niveles de ambición. Obstacles along women career demonstrate how ambition for becoming a leader is complex because it is influenced by gender stereotypes and roles. In this study, 625 participants (54.24% women) from two statuses (379 students and 246 employees) were asked to imagine how they would react to a promotion to a leadership position and then completed a questionnaire including their beliefs about the consequences, core self-evaluations, ambition, positive and negative emotions, and gender role ideology. Students were more ambitious than employees, regardless of their gender. However, when analyzing the impact of ambition on the decision of accepting a leadership position we observe that positive affect generated by imagining a promotion is the key aspect to finally decide to accept the promotion in both students and employees. However, in students, regardless of their gender, the decision is predicted by negative affect, core-self evaluations but not by levels of ambition.

Raising Feminists

1996 ◽  
Vol 20 (3) ◽  
pp. 323-340 ◽  
Author(s):  
Phyllis A. Katz
Keyword(s):  
Longitudinal Study ◽  
Young Children ◽  
Gender Role ◽  
Gender Stereotypes ◽  
Parental Behavior ◽  
And Gender

This article considers the reasons for raising feminist children, how this concept might be operationalized, and what the correlates of such gender-flexible patterns might be. The data pertinent to gender-role acquisition and gender flexibility are drawn from an ongoing longitudinal study of over 200 children and their families that originated when the children were 6 months of age and continues until they enter school at age 6. Results suggest that despite the overdetermined and inevitable learning of gender stereotypes, variation exists in the degree to which even young children subscribe to the stereotypes. These variations seem to relate to some realms of parental behavior.

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