Ethnic Differences in the Relationship between Job Satisfaction and Sex-Role Conflict among Hispanic and Nonhispanic White Individuals

Abstract

The study compared sex-role conflict and job satisfaction scores and correlations among a broad sample of 71 Cuban and Central American Hispanic and 120 nonHispanic men and women working in the South Florida area. Analysis showed that the Hispanic respondents had lower satisfaction with pay, supervision, and co-workers, but were similar to nonHispanic white subjects in sex-role conflict and satisfaction with work and promotion. For the Hispanic groups, sex-role conflict was not correlated with any facet of job satisfaction, but for nonHispanic white groups sex-role conflict was correlated with satisfaction with work, pay, promotion, and supervision.

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