20.500.12556/DKUM-92425 Gender composition at work and women's career satisfaction an international study of 35 societies Drawing from status characteristics theory, we develop a multilevel model to explain the relationships between gender composition (e.g., female-female supervisor-subordinate dyads, a female majority at the next higher level, and a female majority at the same job level) in the workplace and women's career satisfaction. We hypothesise that working with a female supervisor and a female majority at the same level will be negatively related to women's career satisfaction, while a female majority at the next higher level will be positively related to women's career satisfaction. Moreover, we propose that formal societal (gender-equality) institutions and informal cultural (gender-egalitarian) values, each has a moderating effect on the impact of gender compositions on women's career satisfaction. Our results from a multilevel analysis of 2291 women across 35 societies support the three hypothesised main effects. Whereas institutions that support gender equality weaken the positive effect of working with a female majority at the next higher level, they amplify the negative effect of a female majority at the same hierarchical level. Our findings highlight the complex and paradoxical nature of gender composition effects on women's career satisfaction. We discuss the theoretical contributions of our findings and their implications for the diversity management practices of multinational enterprises. career satisfaction gender status beliefs intragender competition/ cooperation queen bee phenomenon status characteristics theory true false true Industrial Relations Services Angleški jezik Angleški jezik Znanstveno delo 2025-04-08 03:09:54 2025-07-01 13:17:27 2025-07-02 03:10:14 0000-00-00 00:00:00 2025 0 0 str. 397 - 427 iss. 2 Vol. 35 2025 0000-00-00 Zaloznikova Objavljeno NiDoloceno 2021-06-01 2024-07-30 2025-04-01 33 219826691 10.1111/1748-8583.12570 1748-8583 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/1748-8583.12570 1 2e9ae504-1416-11f0-b4ef-00155d000105 https://dk.um.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=190087 Gender_composition_at_work_and_women_s....pdf Gender_composition_at_work_and_women_s....pdf 1 62DD884E315D9769BA23CDE8EAA2E9BC 001222f9dce779ea8eade5b3d758c215832df49635323996ca2a695acb251bbb ec905bd8-566c-11f0-8520-00155d000105 https://dk.um.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=193051 Ekonomsko-poslovna fakulteta 0 0 0