HCBE Faculty Articles
Title
Attitudes towards Women and Values in Argentina, Brazil, Colombia and Mexico
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-1-2009
Publication Title
Employee Relations
ISSN or ISBN
0142-5455
Volume
31
Issue/Number
3
First Page
227
Last Page
244
Abstract/Excerpt
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to report results from an exploratory, empirical research study that describes personal values and attitudes toward women, two themes that strongly impact employment relations and a wide variety of management issues. Design/methodology/approach: Well-established measures for the major themes for this paper were used in constructing a questionnaire. Data collection instruments were vetted for content, translated and back-translated, and applied by native researchers, who also contributed local expertise to the paper. Findings: Female respondents across all four countries were more egalitarian in their attitudes towards women in the workforce than were men. Additionally, Colombian respondents had more egalitarian attitudes towards women scores, followed by Brazilians and Argentineans; Mexicans exhibited the least egalitarian attitudes toward women. Originality/value: This is the first empirical study that links two well-validated constructs (personal values and attitudes toward women) in samples from the largest Latin American countries.
NSUWorks Citation
Greenwood, Regina A.; Olivas-Lujan, Miguel; Monserrat, Silvia Ines; Ruiz-Gutierrez, Jaime; Madero, Sergio; Murphy, Edward F.; and Santos, Neusa, "Attitudes towards Women and Values in Argentina, Brazil, Colombia and Mexico" (2009). HCBE Faculty Articles. 75.
https://nsuworks.nova.edu/hcbe_facarticles/75
