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Effect of Sex Role Orientation on Job Satisfaction Among Female Government Administrative Officers


 

The present study was undertaken to see the effect of sex role orientation on job satisfaction among female government administrative officers. A total of 100 female government administrative officers from the state of Rajasthan served as sample for the study. To attain the objectives of the study, two psychometric instruments—the Bern Sex role Inventory (Bern 1981) and the Job Satisfaction Index by Brayfield and Rothe (1951) —were administered to the sample population to obtain data pertaining to the sex role orientation and job satisfaction variables. The data were analysed in terms of the t-test. The results of the study revealed that female administrative officers with androgynous sex role orientation were higher on job satisfaction as compared to female administrative officers with masculinity sex role orientation.
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The present study was undertaken to see the effect of sex role orientation on job satisfaction among female government administrative officers. A total of 100 female government administrative officers from the state of Rajasthan served as sample for the study. To attain the objectives of the study, two psychometric instruments—the Bern Sex role Inventory (Bern 1981) and the Job Satisfaction Index by Brayfield and Rothe (1951) —were administered to the sample population to obtain data pertaining to the sex role orientation and job satisfaction variables. The data were analysed in terms of the t-test. The results of the study revealed that female administrative officers with androgynous sex role orientation were higher on job satisfaction as compared to female administrative officers with masculinity sex role orientation.

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