The Interaction Between Five Factor Personality Traits And Glass Ceiling Perception
Abstract
Especially after the
Industrial Revolution, women who began to be involved more in business life can
work with men in many sectors today. However, although developments until today
enabled women to be more involved in the business sectors, they were not given
the possibility of having equal career opportunities with men. Glass ceiling
concept, which approaches this problem encountered by women in their career
life with a different perspective, is the basic research topic of this study.
This paper focuses on
glass ceiling perceptions of five-star hotel employees and it has the main
purpose of analyzing the relationship between these perceptions and five
factors personality traits. Based on this, the relationships between the
employees’ demographic characteristics and personal features, and their glass
ceiling perceptions were studied. This study was conducted with 279 five-star
hotel employees in Antalya. Descriptive research method of quantitative
research methods was used in the study. As a result of the research, it was
concluded that employees’ glass ceiling perceptions significantly differed
based on neuroticism personality trait, gender, department and experience in
tourism sector.
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Details
Primary Language
Turkish
Subjects
Psychology , Tourism (Other)
Journal Section
Research Article
Publication Date
July 7, 2017
Submission Date
July 7, 2017
Acceptance Date
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Published in Issue
Year 2017 Volume: 7 Number: 2