Impact of Co-Workers and Supervisors on Employee Support for Gender Diversity Policies

Abstract

This current research study investigated the relationship between endorsement and activism of gender diversity policies, along with exploring the assumption that supervisor and co-worker activism moderate the relationship between participants’ endorsement and activism of gender diversity policies. The participants of this study are 154 employees from different organizations who worked in a company that has gender diversity policies in place. Data were collected through an online questionnaire with a reliance on snowball sampling. The results show that there is a significant relationship between participants’ endorsement and activism of gender diversity policies, however, both supervisor and co-worker activism were not found to moderate this relationship. These findings suggest that there is a significant link between attitudinal support (endorsement) and behavioral support (activism) of gender diversity policies, and this relationship is not contingent upon the perceived activism of both supervisors and co-workers.