Job satisfaction and gender: how these differences impact the organizational climate. A systematic review

Abstract

Women are gaining more and more space in the world of work, but differences persist in areas such as job satisfaction, gender stereotypes in the workplace, as well as difficulties in accessing professional promotion. This study is a systematised review of the literature on gender, climate and job satisfaction. It answers the question of whether there are studies that indicate differences in work climate and job satisfaction that can be attributed to gender. As a methodology, the SALSA strategy was used to organise the systematic search and the findings, 345 documents were analysed from the WOS, ERIC, DIALNET and SCIELO databases, of which 60 met the selection criteria described in the study and were published between 2011 and 2021. These documents correspond to scientific journal articles and conference papers, are mostly quantitative studies (78%), from five different continents and cover various economic areas. Some findings allow us to indicate that cultural biases have an impact on the way in which organisations implement policies to facilitate the integration of women; where there is gender discrimination perceived by women, both men and women rate the working environment at low levels; the higher the level of academic and professional training of women, job satisfaction tends to go down, as they are more aware of gender biases in the organisation.