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Gendered Help at the Workplace: Implications for Organizational Power Relations
Lily Chernyak-Hai, Ronit Waismel-Manor1
1School of Behavioral Sciences, Netanya Academic College, Netanya, Israel.
Psychological Reports
|May 1, 2018
Summary
Gender influences workplace help. Men are expected to provide autonomy-oriented help, especially to women. Women prefer receiving autonomy-oriented help regardless of the giver's gender, impacting organizational citizenship behavior (OCB) and power dynamics.
Area of Science:
- Workplace Psychology
- Organizational Behavior
- Gender Studies
Background:
- Organizational Citizenship Behavior (OCB) is well-researched, but often overlooks diverse help-giving types and their consequences.
- Help-giving acts can be categorized by their impact on independent coping: autonomy-oriented (empowering) and dependency-oriented (disempowering).
Purpose of the Study:
- To investigate how gender influences the perception and provision of different types of workplace help.
- To explore gender differences in preferences for receiving autonomy- and dependency-oriented help.
Main Methods:
- A pilot study identified distinct autonomy- and dependency-oriented help acts.
- Two subsequent studies surveyed participants on their perceptions of who gives what type of help and who they prefer to receive help from, considering gender.
Main Results:
- Respondents perceived men as more likely to provide autonomy-oriented help, particularly to women.
- No significant gender differences were found in the perception of dependency-oriented help provision.
- Women expressed a stronger preference for receiving autonomy-oriented help compared to men, irrespective of the helper's gender.
Conclusions:
- Gender stereotypes appear to shape expectations regarding autonomy-oriented help in the workplace.
- Findings suggest nuanced gender dynamics in help-giving and receiving, with implications for workplace power relations and OCB.
- Understanding these gendered perceptions of help is crucial for fostering equitable and empowering work environments.
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