This article examines potential sex differences in self- and organization-referent attitudes and compares sex versus occupancy of a supervisory position and position in the organizational hierarchy as predictors of self- and organization-referent attitudes for 683 employees of a social service agency. In contrast to beliefs often expressed in the popular media, the results confirm the researchers' expectation that women's self- and organization-referent attitudes will not necessarily be lower than men's in conditions where accurate and realistic feedback about performance is available. Furthermore, the results suggest that position characteristics may help explain potential differences in self- and organization-referent attitudes that have frequently been attributed to sex or gender by previous theorists. Implications for changing the sex segregation patterns of organizations are discussed.
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