Gender Inequality at Work as a Factor of Women's Career Success

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The research is devoted to the problem of studying mechanisms of influence of gender inequality on career success of working women. The aim of the study is to find the connection between manifestations of gender inequality and resources available for development in the workplace and the career success of a woman. A socio-psychological model of success factors for working women was developed, including both the organizational environment and career resources for predicting success. The study was conducted in two phases in 2020–2021 using an online survey on a sample of women working in organizations in different fields. In the first phase (206 women aged 19 to 62), the relationships of the individual constructs of the model were tested; in the second phase (781 women aged 18 to 82), the socio-psychological model was tested by structural modelling (SEM). The results of the study confirm a positive relationship of women's career success with the availability of organizational resources (R=0.56, p

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S. G. Gurieva

St. Petersburg State University

Email: psy.journ@yandex.ru

head of the social psychology department of the faculty of psychology

Russian Federation, St. Petersburg

L. V. Mararitsa

St. Petersburg State University

Email: psy.journ@yandex.ru

Associate Professor, Chair of Social Psychology Department

Russian Federation, St. Petersburg

T. V. Kazantseva

St. Petersburg State University

Email: psy.journ@yandex.ru

Associate Professor at the Department of Social Psychology

Russian Federation, St. Petersburg

O. E. Gundelakh

St. Petersburg State University

Author for correspondence.
Email: psy.journ@yandex.ru
Russian Federation, St. Petersburg

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