Higginbotham, Glen (2014) The willingness to communicate criticism: The role of recipient gender and work role. Honours thesis, University of Southern Queensland. (Unpublished)
Abstract
The provision of feedback comes as a consequence of behaviour and performance. It must be addressed in a learning context, contributing to knowledge of behaviour. There are a number of attributes of the target and the provider that play a role in how and why criticism is provisioned. This study focuses on the characteristics of the target and provider, namely gender and roles and aims to determine if individuals are more or less willing to provide criticism reliant on the gender of the target, and if their holding of a non-traditional gender role influences this willingness. One hundred and forty participants were recruited through convenience sampling to complete a self-reported survey. The results suggested partial support for previous research. Participants were more willing to criticise a female who violates a traditional gender role compared to a woman who occupies a traditional gender role. Additionally, female participants were more willing to criticise a female Homemaker compared to male participants. This study suggests that women occupying non-traditional gender roles might receive less criticism compared to women occupying traditional roles in some contexts. Additionally, it would seem that occupying traditional or non-traditional gender roles does not affect criticism behaviour towards males. This is a concern for women, as they may not be receiving honest, yet critical feedback that is important for identifying shortcomings and provides opportunity for growth and development. Further research opportunities are discussed.
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| Item Type: | Thesis (Non-Research) (Honours) |
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| Item Status: | Live Archive |
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| Faculty/School / Institute/Centre: | Historic - Faculty of Health, Engineering and Sciences - School of Psychology, Counselling and Community (1 Jul 2013 - 31 Dec 2014) |
| Supervisors: | Carla Jeffries |
| Qualification: | Bachelor of Science (Honours) |
| Date Deposited: | 14 Oct 2025 04:29 |
| Last Modified: | 14 Oct 2025 04:29 |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Feedback; criticism; gender; non-traditional; role; warmth; competence; |
| Fields of Research (2008): | 17 Psychology and Cognitive Sciences > 1799 Other Psychology and Cognitive Sciences > 179999 Psychology and Cognitive Sciences not elsewhere classified |
| Fields of Research (2020): | 52 PSYCHOLOGY > 5299 Other psychology > 529999 Other psychology not elsewhere classified |
| URI: | https://sear.unisq.edu.au/id/eprint/52412 |
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