Gender Differences on Dual-Earners’ Money as Achievement Congruence and Needs-Supplies Fit
摘要
Prior research tends to view the impact of money on work-related outcomes from a focal employee’s perspective. This is oversimplified, as many individuals are embedded in a dual-earner household. Additionally, the perspectives of men and women are likely to be unique, given societal expectations regarding household contributions to income. Along those lines, drawing from social role theory, we investigate the joint effects of dual-earners’ considerations of money as an indicator of success and achievement (i.e., money as achievement) on the male partner’s person-job, needs-supplies fit. Our findings support two hypotheses: men’s needs-supplies fit increases as their perceptions of money as achievement become more congruent with their female partners’ perceptions and men’s needs-supplies fit increases as congruence is obtained at higher levels (opposed to lower levels). Notably, results also indicated a curvilinear effect such that men’s needs-supplies fit is lowest when congruence is obtained at moderate levels. Importantly, as expected, these congruence/incongruence effects are not present when evaluating women’s needs-supplies fit. Theoretical and practical implications specific to dual-earners’ interdependence, gender roles, and dyadic perspectives on money-related attitudes are discussed.