The Role of the Partner in Promotions to Top Positions in Belgium

Baerts, Anneleen; Deschacht, Nick; Guerry, Marie-Anne

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“…You have a family with two young children and your partner is highly educated and has a busy job. is an International Labor Organization classification tool for organizing jobs into groups according to the tasks and duties undertaken in the job and is often used to study stratification, social mobility and promotions (Baerts, Deschacht, & Guerry, 2011;Ganzeboom & Treiman, 1996).…”

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Do gender differences in career aspirations contribute to sticky floors?

Deschacht

Pauw

Baert

2017

IJM

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Data/methods -We use original data obtained using a survey and a vignette study in which participants had to score the likeliness with which they would accept job offers with different promotion characteristics. Findings -The main findings are that female young professionals have a less pronounced preference for more demanding and less routinary jobs and that this effect is mediated by the greater risk aversion and anticipated gender discrimination among women. No gender differences were found in the relative likeliness to apply for jobs that involve a promotion in terms of job authority. Limitations -The vignette method assumes that artificial settings with low stakes do not bias results. Another limitation follows from the focus on interorganizational promotions among young professionals, which raises the question to what extent the results can be generalized to broader settings.Originality/value -This article contributes to the literature on gender differences in careers by measuring the impact of employee preferences on gender differences in career decisions.

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Do gender differences in career aspirations contribute to sticky floors?

Deschacht

Pauw

Baert

2017

IJM

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“…Earlier research has provided some evidence that occupational homogeneity increases the chances of pursuing a dual career (Rusconi & Solga, 2007;Wallace & Jovanovic, 2011 Previous research on the influence of partner's resources has indeed found a positive impact on occupational mobility. Male partners' labor market resources in form of occupational status (Baerts et al, 2010;Róbert & Bukodi, 2002;Verbakel & de Graaf, 2008) or educational attainment (Baerts et al, 2010;Bernasco et al, 1998;Róbert & Bukodi, 2002) facilitate women's occupational careers.…”

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“…Baerts et al (2010) observed that men's high number of working hours reduces women's probability of promotion. Bernasco et al (1998) detected a negative effect of the husband's economic resources on the wife's labor market (re)entry, while Verbakel and de Graaf (2008) showed that a successful partner reduces the probability of also having a successful occupational career.…”

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“…The importance of a partner's social capital for individual chances of upward occupational mobility has only been tested in some studies to date (Baerts, Deschacht, & Guerry, 2010;Bernasco, de Graaf, & Ultee, 1998;Róbert & Bukodi, 2002;Verbakel & de Graaf, 2008) or it has been investigated under the aspect of "dual career couples" (for an overview see Blossfeld & Drobnič, 2001) in which both partners pursue a professional career as opposed to dual-earner couples or families with a traditional breadwinner model.…”

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Headwind or Tailwind: Do Partners’ Resources Support or Restrict Promotion to a Leadership Position in Germany?

2015

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DFG Research Center (SFB) "From Heterogeneities to Inequalities"Whether fat or thin, male or female, young or old -people are different. Alongside their physical features, they also differ in terms of nationality and ethnicity; in their cultural preferences, lifestyles, attitudes, orientations, and philosophies; in their competencies, qualifications, and traits; and in their professions. But how do such heterogeneities lead to social inequalities? What are the social mechanisms that underlie this process? These are the questions pursued by the DFG Research Center (Sonderforschungsbereich (SFB)) "From Heterogeneities to Inequalities" at Bielefeld University, which was approved by the German Research Foundation (DFG) as "SFB 882" on May 25, 2011.In the social sciences, research on inequality is dispersed across different research fields such as education, the labor market, equality, migration, health, or gender. One goal of the SFB is to integrate these fields, searching for common mechanisms in the emergence of inequality that can be compiled into a typology. More than fifty senior and junior researchers and the Bielefeld University Library are involved in the SFB. Along with sociologists, it brings together scholars from the Bielefeld University faculties of Business Administration and Economics, Educational Science, Health Science, and Law, as well as from the German Institute for Economic Research (DIW) in Berlin and the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg. In addition to carrying out research, the SFB is concerned to nurture new academic talent, and therefore provides doctoral training in its own integrated Research Training Group. A data infrastructure project has also been launched to archive, prepare, and disseminate the data gathered. Research Project A3 "Gender-Specific Patterns of Opportunity in Employment"This project aims to identify the mechanisms of inequality of occupational opportunities for men and women. The research is investigating different areas and phases of life and considering the role of cumulative disadvantage in family and social networks as well as in the family of origin both before and during employment. Empirically, the project is applying a cohort sequence analysis based on panel data from the German Socio-Economic Panel Study (SOEP). The AuthorsMiriam Bröckel is a member of the SFB 882 research project A3 "Gender-Specific Patterns of Opportunity in Employment". Her research focuses on couples and gendered occupational career pathways as well as on quantitative methods. Contact: miriam.broeckel@uni-bielefeld.deAnne Busch is assistant professor of sociology (labour, organisation, gender) at the Universitaet Hamburg (Hamburg University). Prior to this she was a member of the SFB 882 research project A3 "Gender-specific Patterns of Opportunity in Employment". Furthermore, she worked for several years as a research associate in the Socio-Economic Panel Study (SOEP) at DIW Berlin. Her research interests include gender inequality on the labor market, occupational sex segregation, and quant...

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“…There are various studies that have examined the effects of partner's resources on upward occupational moves (see, for instance, Baerts et al, 2010;Bröckel et al, 2012;Verbakel and de Graaf, 2008;Róbert and Bukodi, 2002;Holst and Busch, 2010). These studies have provided evidence on the significant and gender-specific role of the partner's resources and the relation between partners' resources in occupational careers.…”

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Shall I Help You My Dear? Examining Variations in Social Support for Career Advancement within Partnerships

Golsch

2012

SSRN Journal

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Standard-Nutzungsbedingungen:Die Dokumente auf EconStor dürfen zu eigenen wissenschaftlichen Zwecken und zum Privatgebrauch gespeichert und kopiert werden.Sie dürfen die Dokumente nicht für öffentliche oder kommerzielle Zwecke vervielfältigen, öffentlich ausstellen, öffentlich zugänglich machen, vertreiben oder anderweitig nutzen.Sofern die Verfasser die Dokumente unter Open-Content-Lizenzen (insbesondere CC-Lizenzen) zur Verfügung gestellt haben sollten, gelten abweichend von diesen Nutzungsbedingungen die in der dort genannten Lizenz gewährten Nutzungsrechte. Terms of use: Documents in SOEPpapers on Multidisciplinary Panel Data Research at DIW BerlinThis series presents research findings based either directly on data from the German SocioEconomic Panel Study (SOEP) or using SOEP data as part of an internationally comparable data set (e.g. CNEF, ECHP, LIS, LWS, CHER/PACO). SOEP is a truly multidisciplinary household panel study covering a wide range of social and behavioral sciences: economics, sociology, psychology, survey methodology, econometrics and applied statistics, educational science, political science, public health, behavioral genetics, demography, geography, and sport science.The decision to publish a submission in SOEPpapers is made by a board of editors chosen by the DIW Berlin to represent the wide range of disciplines covered by SOEP. There is no external referee process and papers are either accepted or rejected without revision. Papers appear in this series as works in progress and may also appear elsewhere. They often represent preliminary studies and are circulated to encourage discussion. Citation of such a paper should account for its provisional character. A revised version may be requested from the author directly.Any opinions expressed in this series are those of the author(s) and not those of DIW Berlin.Research disseminated by DIW Berlin may include views on public policy issues, but the institute itself takes no institutional policy positions. of career development and current job of both partners. Family-specific variables and regional differences are also taken into account. The results of the analysis, although cross-sectional,give some initial insights into patterns of social support within couples.

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The Role of the Partner in Promotions to Top Positions in Belgium

Cited by 10 publications

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Do gender differences in career aspirations contribute to sticky floors?

Do gender differences in career aspirations contribute to sticky floors?

Headwind or Tailwind: Do Partners’ Resources Support or Restrict Promotion to a Leadership Position in Germany?

Shall I Help You My Dear? Examining Variations in Social Support for Career Advancement within Partnerships

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