Gender Differences in Preferences for Meaning at Work

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Burbano, Vanessa; Padilla, Nicolas; Meier, Stephan
• 署名单位: Columbia University; University of London; London Business School
• 刊物名称: AMERICAN ECONOMIC JOURNAL-ECONOMIC POLICY
• ISSN/ISSBN: 1945-7731
• DOI: 10.1257/pol.20220121
• 发表日期: 2024
• 页码: 61-94
• 关键词: corporate social-responsibility; job; women; performance; men; MARKET; CHOICE; gap; segregation; COMPETITION

摘要

Scholars have examined whether preferences for job characteristics help explain why men and women sort into different occupations but have overlooked preferences for meaning at work. We first document gender differences in preferences for meaning in a large-scale survey covering individuals in 47 countries. We then conduct a choice-based conjoint analysis of a cohort of MBA students at a leading business school to study gender differences in preferences for meaning compared to other job attributes. We show that gender differences in preferences for meaning at work are widespread and partly explain gender differences in behavioral outcomes, including industry of work.