ABSTRACT

This study explores the relationship between ambivalent sexism, narcissism and attitudes towards women managers. Students from the Department of Business Administration in the Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences at Anadolu University Eskişehir were selected as participants with the purpose of investigating the effect of hostile and benevolent attitudes, as well as narcissistic personality traits on attitudes towards women managers. Narcissistic Personality Inventory, Ambivalent Sexism Scale and Attitude Scale towards Women Managers were used as a data collection tool in the study. The study was conducted with a total of 239 participants, including 115 males with an average age of 22,72 SD = 1,5 and 124 women with an average age of 22,18 SD = 1,3 . Correlation and hierarchical regression analysis were conducted on male and female participants to find out the effect of sexist ideologies and narcissism on attitudes towards women managers. It was found that hostile sexism attitudes and narcissistic characteristics of female participants negatively affect the attitude towards women managers. It was found that only hostile sexism had a negative effect on male attitudes towards women managers. It is important to examine the effect of narcissistic personality traits on the formation of negative attitudes of women towards their fellows, by establishing a connection with benevolent sexism