title: Ambivalent sexism: a tool for understanding and improving gender relations in organizations.
abstract: This study tested predictions regarding ambivalent sexism, previously studied cross-culturally, here "within-culturally", between groups from different organizational settings. Based on three samples (334 adults in general, 744 industrial employees, and 189 high school students), completing a Swedish version of the Ambivalent Sexism Inventory (ASI), the results revealed that men scored higher on hostile and benevolent sexism than women, and high school students scored higher than both adult samples on both forms of sexism. The results generally confirmed the predictions; the gender gap in benevolent sexism decreased as a function of increasing levels of general sexism and the correlation between hostile and benevolent sexism decreased with higher levels of general sexism. In fact, the groups scoring highest on general sexism displayed significant negative correlations indicating a polarized ideology of women among these groups. Implications, both theoretical and practical, derived from these results are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Social Sciences, Mid Sweden University, Sweden. ingrid.zakrisson@miun.se
authors.forename: Ingrid
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Zakrisson
authors.forename: Marie
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Anderzén
authors.forename: Fredrik
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Lenell
authors.forename: Håkan
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sandelin
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D001290:Attitude; D026686:Beneficence; D005260:Female; D006791:Hostility; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009938:Organizations; D011287:Prejudice; D012737:Sex Factors; D013240:Stereotyping; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014930:Women