• DOI:10.1007/S11199-013-0339-3
Corpus ID: 144321429

Men’s (Mis)Perceptions of the Gender Threatening Consequences of Unemployment

@article{Michniewicz2014MensO,
  title={Men’s (Mis)Perceptions of the Gender Threatening Consequences of Unemployment},
  author={Kenneth S. Michniewicz and Joseph A. Vandello and J. Bosson},
  journal={Sex Roles},
  year={2014},
  volume={70},
  pages={88-97}
}

Kenneth S. Michniewicz, Joseph A. Vandello, J. Bosson

Published 2014

Psychology

Sex Roles

Given the importance of work to the male gender role, the recent U.S. economic recession (in which men accounted for over 70 % of jobs lost; Boushey 2009) provided a window into the role of employment in men’s identities. We examined men’s and women’s beliefs about the effects of involuntary unemployment on others’ evaluations of them (i.e., metaperceptions). Specifically, participants evaluated targets (other people or themselves) on prescriptive and proscriptive traits linked to gender (see… CONTINUE READING

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