TITLE:
The Impact of Diversity Climate for Women on Female Employees’ Intentions to Stay: A Cross-Cultural Study on South Korea and Norway
AUTHORS:
Hyo-Sook Kim
KEYWORDS:
Diversity Climate, Women Workforce, Societal Culture, Masculinity-Femininity, Intent to Stay
JOURNAL NAME:
American Journal of Industrial and Business Management,
Vol.7 No.1,
January
3,
2017
ABSTRACT: The purpose
of this research was to examine what factors influence female workers’
intentions to stay with their employer. The effect of diversity climate for
women on female employees’ intentions to stay was investigated. Also, based on
compensation theory, this study hypothesized the moderation effect of a
societal culture, especially Hofstede’s masculinity-femininity dimension, on
the association between diversity climate for women and female employees’
intentions to stay. An experiment was conducted to test the hypotheses of this
research using South Korea and Norway as study venues. The results revealed
that there was a positive association between diversity climate for women and
female employees’ intentions to stay. Moreover, in the investigation of
societal masculinity’s moderating role, it was shown that diversity climate for
women was highly influential in strengthening the intent to stay for female
employees from a masculine society. On the other hand, for those from a
feminine society, the impact of diversity climate for women was not as strong
as for those from a masculine society. By clarifying the role that a societal
culture played in female workers’ intentions to stay with their employing
organization, the results of this study emphasized the importance of supportive
contexts not only at work, but also within a society.