Why so Few? The Relationship of Work-Life Balance And Stereotype Threat With Job Satisfaction And Turnover Intention in Female STEM Employees Moderated by Professional Self-Efficacy
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2020-08-10
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en
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Although media and research stress the importance of closing the gender gap in the maledominated
field of STEM, little is known about the reasons why there are so few women
working in a STEM-related job. The present study focused on identifying predictors (worklife
balance & stereotype threat) of job satisfaction and turnover intention in female STEM
employees and whether professional self-efficacy (PSE) potentially moderates the
relationship between the predictors and the dependent variables. Work-life balance and
stereotype threat were neither related to job satisfaction nor turnover intention and PSE was
not found to be a moderator between these variables. However, PSE was found to have a
direct, positive effect on job satisfaction. The current study does not only contribute to what
is known to impact female STEM employees’ job satisfaction and turnover intention but also
gives valuable practical implications on how companies can improve their employees’ job
satisfaction.
Keywords: job satisfaction, turnover intention, female STEM employees, work-life
balance, stereotype threat, professional self-efficacy
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