Life in Organizations: The Case of Women in Taiwan

亞洲和西方讀者對台灣婦女上班族在組織中的工作和生活所知不多，本調查研究旨在縮短讀者對此一族群理解的差距。傳統上，婦女在中國社會是一次等性別，然而過去數十年，台灣經歷了現代化，性別地位差異已經減少。本文首先整理，分析在台灣所發表的相關研究，重點在於婦女在組織內的工作和生活，並提出我們的二次實徵調查。分析結果顯示，在台灣：(1)性別的異質性已明顯縮小，經歷相似組織社會化的男女尤然，(2)性別刻板印象對上班族的婦女而言，可能是生涯發展的利器，也可能是障礙，(3)展現組織公民行爲的時候，婦女比較像好同事，比較不像戰士。本文希望可增進讀者對台灣婦女上班族現況的瞭解，並間接促進台灣職場文化朝向平等。

關鍵字

性別議題；工作生活；台灣

並列摘要

Little is known to the Asian and Western readers about Taiwanese women's life in organizations. This paper is an attempt to narrow the gap by sketching women's work life in Taiwan. Traditionally, women are a secondary gender in Chinese society. However, gender differences may be narrowing because Taiwan has operated a capitalistic system in the past decades. In this paper, we summarized results from a few domestic studies with an emphasis on women in organizations, and present the findings of two surveys we conducted. Our analysis indicates that (1) gender idiosyncrasy is becoming less pronounced, particularly for those men and women who experience similar organization socialization; (2) gender stereotypes may be a barrier or a facilitator for women's career development; and (3) while performing organizational citizenship behaviors, women appear more as good colleagues, but less as good soldiers. We hope this study will further our understanding of Taiwanese women's life in organizations and eventually help democratize the work culture in Taiwan in a new era.