Women's opinion toward Affirmative Action Policies : the role of Education and Type of Policy

Diplôme Master Women's opinion toward Affirmative Action Policies : the role of Education and Type of Policy eng 2012 author Manushi Sundic Erjona 689321 director Lorenzi-Cioldi Fabio 26433 The present research examined the relationship between level of education and favorability toward affirmative action's policies targeted on women, in a female Albanian sample. The theoretical approaches of Social Identity Theory lead our interest in the investigation of the role of (a) type of affirmative action policies (b) the importance of one's professional career and (c) the importance of professional career for women in general in this relationship. The results confirmed our hypothesis of a mediator effect of the importance of one's professional career in the relationship between participant's level of education and favorability toward the affirmative action policies, but not the hypothesis concerning the mediator effect of the importance given to professional career of women in general in this relationship. Accordingly it was found that, highly educated women, compared to less educated ones, give stronger importance to their personal careers and are more favorable toward the meritocratic policies while they are less in favor of the strong affirmative action policies, like quota hiring and strong preferential treatment. Level of education Importance of personal career Importance of the career for women in general Affirmative action policies Dewey 150 Maîtrise universitaire en psychologie 108 Section de psychologie 71 false 923 Relations intergroupes et représentations sociales (RIRS) a6d4e9bd-1451-4699-b0e2-17c19a316873 Master thesis Private MANUSHI_Erjona.pdf 206280 application/pdf closedAccess Faculté de psychologie et des sciences de l'éducation / Section de psychologie

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