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Sexually objectifying work environments and affective commitment in a sample of Italian waitresses: The mediating role of anxiety and job satisfaction

BACKGROUND: Sexual objectification can assume various forms, from interpersonal to cultural and environmental ones. Previous research has highlighted how working in sexually objectifying environments (SOEs) can lead female workers to experience negative feelings (i.e. anxiety, job dissatisfaction)....

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Autores principales: Cabras, Cristina, Sechi, Cristina, Mula, Silvana
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: SAGE Publications 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9608052/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36310825
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/22799036221120495
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Sechi, Cristina
Mula, Silvana
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description BACKGROUND: Sexual objectification can assume various forms, from interpersonal to cultural and environmental ones. Previous research has highlighted how working in sexually objectifying environments (SOEs) can lead female workers to experience negative feelings (i.e. anxiety, job dissatisfaction). The study’s main aim was to investigate the relationships between sexually objectifying work environments, job satisfaction, anxiety, and affective commitment. DESIGN AND METHOD: In this study, we investigated the role of working in sexually objectifying environments (i.e. bars and pubs) in triggering female workers’ (i.e. waitresses) feelings of anxiety and in decreasing their job satisfaction and their affective organizational commitment. Our hypothesis was tested through a mediation model with a sample of (N = 546) Italian restaurant/bar waitresses. RESULTS: The results supported a model in which sexually objectifying environments had a direct effect on job satisfaction and both direct and indirect effects on anxiety. Further, sexually objectifying environments indirectly affected affective commitment through both anxiety and job satisfaction. CONCLUSION: Working in a perceived sexually objectified environment can raise waitresses’ feelings of anxiety and job satisfaction. These feelings, in turn, negatively affect workers’ affective commitment toward their workplace. The limitations and implications of this study were discussed. The main implication concerns the need to implement people’s awareness of the existence of SOEs and the harmful effects they may have on women.
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spelling pubmed-96080522022-10-28 Sexually objectifying work environments and affective commitment in a sample of Italian waitresses: The mediating role of anxiety and job satisfaction Cabras, Cristina Sechi, Cristina Mula, Silvana J Public Health Res Article BACKGROUND: Sexual objectification can assume various forms, from interpersonal to cultural and environmental ones. Previous research has highlighted how working in sexually objectifying environments (SOEs) can lead female workers to experience negative feelings (i.e. anxiety, job dissatisfaction). The study’s main aim was to investigate the relationships between sexually objectifying work environments, job satisfaction, anxiety, and affective commitment. DESIGN AND METHOD: In this study, we investigated the role of working in sexually objectifying environments (i.e. bars and pubs) in triggering female workers’ (i.e. waitresses) feelings of anxiety and in decreasing their job satisfaction and their affective organizational commitment. Our hypothesis was tested through a mediation model with a sample of (N = 546) Italian restaurant/bar waitresses. RESULTS: The results supported a model in which sexually objectifying environments had a direct effect on job satisfaction and both direct and indirect effects on anxiety. Further, sexually objectifying environments indirectly affected affective commitment through both anxiety and job satisfaction. CONCLUSION: Working in a perceived sexually objectified environment can raise waitresses’ feelings of anxiety and job satisfaction. These feelings, in turn, negatively affect workers’ affective commitment toward their workplace. The limitations and implications of this study were discussed. The main implication concerns the need to implement people’s awareness of the existence of SOEs and the harmful effects they may have on women. SAGE Publications 2022-10-26 /pmc/articles/PMC9608052/ /pubmed/36310825 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/22799036221120495 Text en © The Author(s) 2022 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits non-commercial use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access pages (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage).
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title_fullStr Sexually objectifying work environments and affective commitment in a sample of Italian waitresses: The mediating role of anxiety and job satisfaction
title_full_unstemmed Sexually objectifying work environments and affective commitment in a sample of Italian waitresses: The mediating role of anxiety and job satisfaction
title_short Sexually objectifying work environments and affective commitment in a sample of Italian waitresses: The mediating role of anxiety and job satisfaction
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9608052/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36310825
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/22799036221120495
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