Giovanna Montiel, & Dr. & Dr. Lindsey Trimble O’Connor
Perceived advancement potential between men and women affects individual outcomes and may affect their aspiration for future career expectations. Gender plays a big role when it comes to job perceptions, affecting opportunities to advance in the workplace, and women being more disadvantaged than men. To further analyze this topic I asked the following research question: Are women more likely to perceive advancement potential when they feel supported by their supervisors than men? I then hypothesized that women who feel support from their supervisors will perceive more advancement potential than men who feel support from their supervisors. Supervisors’ support will be less important for men’s advancement potential. I conducted a secondary data analysis using the 2016 National Study of the Changing Workforce, restricting my sample to 1,516 male and female participants. I estimated two Pearson’s Correlations and my findings indicated no gender differences, having support from their supervisors benefits both males’ and females’ advancement potential perceptions. Assuming this is right and there is no support for my hypothesis. Further research should look into the occupations of these males and females. Looking into the occupations of these individuals will allow us to see the position they started at, their current positions, and how long it took them to get to their current positions. We will also be able to then compare their line of work.