Stress and gender in unemployed female and male managers

Citation
Sl. Fielden et Mj. Davidson, Stress and gender in unemployed female and male managers, APPL PSYC, 50(2), 2001, pp. 305-334
Citations number
46
Categorie Soggetti
Psycology
Journal title
APPLIED PSYCHOLOGY-AN INTERNATIONAL REVIEW-PSYCHOLOGIE APPLIQUEE-REVUE INTERNATIONALE
ISSN journal
0269994X → ACNP
Volume
50
Issue
2
Year of publication
2001
Pages
305 - 334
Database
ISI
SICI code
0269-994X(200104)50:2<305:SAGIUF>2.0.ZU;2-X
Abstract
The purpose of this pioneering study was to investigate the overall impact of unemployment on female managers compared to their male counterparts, an area which to date has received no specific attention. A questionnaire was designed based on a review of the relevant literature and content analysis of in-depth interviews with 40 unemployed managers. This was distributed to the 80 government run Executive Job Clubs located throughout England, and was used to gain quantitative data exploring respondents' experiences of un employment in terms of sources of stress, stress moderators, and stress out comes. Completed questionnaires were received from 115 female and 169 male unemployed managers registered at 46 Executive Job Clubs (return rate 47%). Multiple regression techniques were used to develop individual and compara tive models of unemployment for unemployed female and male managers. The fi ndings indicated that unemployed female managers encountered substantially greater sources of stress than their male counterparts in all aspects of un employment. Increased stressors and less effective stress moderators result ed in female managers experiencing significantly poorer mental wellbeing an d greater negative physical effects during unemployment than their male cou nterparts. Recommendations are made to key organisations.