Abstract
The study investigates the mediating effect of sex role typing on the relationship between sex and preferences for work values. A total of 192 boys and 292 girls in the 11th grade responded to questionnaires which included measures of eight work values, Bem Sex Role Inventory, biographical data, and two sociopsychological factors—social desirability (the willingness to please others) and subjective norm (the perceived influence of significant others). Results demonstrated that less than 50% of the boys and girls were classified as masculine and feminine, respectively. The sex role typing mediated the relationship between sex and preference for socially oriented work values. Both the feminine and the androgynous types showed high preferences for socially oriented work values. In addition, the perceived influence of significant others, as measured by the subjective norm, was related to the preferences given to four of the values. Sex had a direct effect on two values only—independence and leisure. Unlike the traditional sex role stereotypes, girls showed higher preferences for independence and lower preferences for leisure than boys. The trend for the six other values is toward a congruence between boys and girls in their value preferences.
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