Abstract
Research integrating the minority stress model and vocational behavior has used broad samples of sexual minority persons. Specific work contexts, particularly traditionally masculine work contexts, may be relevant areas to the integration of minority stress theory and vocational well-being. This study examined the relationship between workplace heterosexism and job satisfaction, as moderated by identity management and person-organization fit, among a sample of 114 sexual minority men, employed in agriculture, recruited from an online social network group. Contrary to prior research, integrating identity management did not moderate the relationship between workplace heterosexism and job satisfaction. Person-organization fit did moderate this relationship, such that the relationship between workplace heterosexism and job satisfaction was negative at high levels of person-organization fit, and positive at low levels of person-organization fit. Our findings add to work on the integration of minority stress theory and vocational behavior by examining these links within a traditionally masculine field.
Recommended Citation
Parent, Michael, and Garrett Steede. 2020. "Minority Stress among Gay and Bisexual Men in Agricultural Occupations." Journal of Rural Social Sciences, 35(1): Article 3. Available at: https://egrove.olemiss.edu/jrss/vol35/iss1/3
Publication Date
3-10-2020
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