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rndÊÌ'stånd. The probl ern ba=iceì ì y involves a rì a=h betr^lEen
iemale sÐEial iu;tion and r,ål ueE and the rnal e or-gäniiational
cuìtr-tre with its rlascltl ine t'rlles o{ ':år.eer adv¡ncerlent (5chr.¡ar.ti.
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[tinert Íonal HyÞotheses
6enerel Iinectional Hypothesis
It is hvpothesired that a pnirnany uontributon tn the
*rttr'ition n¡tes årnong pnofessinnaì rrJornen is the conf lirtins
subunivenses o+ maleE and {ernal es r¡¡ithin thE ongåniiation. The
c¡nf I ict Ís not neces=-rni I'¡ betr.reen rnal es and iemal e= but arises
hecause the orqenirationar cltr tune embodies the rnascr-rr ine nnl e.
Inso{an aE {ernal es i.r-e unable on unwil I ins to a.ppnehend and
cleim f er thernEeì ves the traditionaì rnaìe genden rui e, thene wi ì I
be conf I ict between them and the ongån í:at ional cul t¡_rr-e .
It Ís
pt-oposed that this conilict anises out oi the inhenent difienences
betþreen the traditional rnaìe genden noìe, r.¡hich is also the
orgåni:ational nole. and the modenn iernale genden nale.
Srecif ic [tinectional Hypotheses
It was pnoposed that ¡t least thnee specÍiic aspects oi the
mascutline ongani:-etion contnibuted to the attrition
of
prof essional r.rornEn. These h,eFÊ the I aclL o{ år{åneness oi I inl:s
betr.leen worL and iamiìy. the depensonal i:*rtion of the worllpl sce
snd invisibl e b¡nniens to' advancernent. riiven that this reseench
wås e;iÞloratory in nature, the hypotheses r.rer-e designed to be
dinectronal hypotheses onìy, that- is, hypotheses th¡t wnurìd EËnvE
f.rt gr-ride thP ne=earch and the qlte=tionning ¡.or-rte and thei- r.rnr-rl,l