Song Shuang, Chang Po-Chien
School of Business, Macau University of Science and Technology, Macau 999078, China.
Behav Sci (Basel). 2025 Jan 12;15(1):59. doi: 10.3390/bs15010059.
This study investigates how benevolent sexism impedes women's career growth, focusing on the mediating roles of self-esteem and emotional exhaustion and the moderating role of career development strategies. Using a three-wave, time-lagged survey, data from 410 female employees across various industries in China were analyzed with SPSS 24.0 and Mplus 8.3. Results indicate that benevolent sexism negatively influences career growth via reduced self-esteem and increased emotional exhaustion. Moreover, career development strategies mitigate this adverse effect, weakening the relationship between benevolent sexism and career growth. Higher levels of career development strategies lessen the detrimental impact of benevolent sexism on women's professional progress. These findings enrich Cognitive-Affective Personality System theory by clarifying the mechanisms through which benevolent sexism undermines career development. They also highlight the practical significance of adopting robust career strategies to promote workplace gender equality and offer empirical insights into the broader implications of benevolent sexism on women's career advancement.
本研究探讨善意性别歧视如何阻碍女性的职业发展，重点关注自尊和情感耗竭的中介作用以及职业发展策略的调节作用。采用三波时间滞后调查，运用SPSS 24.0和Mplus 8.3对来自中国各行业的410名女性员工的数据进行了分析。结果表明，善意性别歧视通过降低自尊和增加情感耗竭对职业发展产生负面影响。此外，职业发展策略减轻了这种不利影响，削弱了善意性别歧视与职业发展之间的关系。更高水平的职业发展策略减少了善意性别歧视对女性职业进步的不利影响。这些发现通过阐明善意性别歧视破坏职业发展的机制，丰富了认知-情感人格系统理论。它们还突出了采用有力的职业策略以促进职场性别平等的实际意义，并为善意性别歧视对女性职业晋升的更广泛影响提供了实证见解。
