Abstract:
This systematic literature review paper highlights the definitions, dimensions, and various
outcomes associated with the changing gender stereotypes. Articles were extracted from
Scopus and LENS.ORG databases published during the 1970-2020 period. Initially, we
retrieved 215 articles, which was reduced to 60 articles complying with the PRISMA
Framework guidelines. The results found that people's attitudes towards adopting the culturally
defined social role of the opposite biological sex are ideal for being globally applied.
Concerning the dimensions, the most used dimensions are agency and communion. Instead,
there are nine dimensions derived from the attitude towards role ascription, attitude towards
role conflict, and attitude towards role segregation for each public sphere, private sphere, and
the intersection of these two spheres roles found ideal. Depending on the surface nature of
gender stereotypes change outcomes found, only a few outcomes are favorable to the economy.
There are more negative related outcomes that are in the family, work, and health clusters.
Besides, there is a gap in research that gender stereotype change has any associations or impacts
on the technology landscape. Thus, the finding implies that future researchers need to consider
the areas for finding remedies to overcome these adverse outcomes and make the positive
outcomes generated productively and focus more research on untapped areas like the
technology landscape. Moreover, the definitions, dimensions, and consequences synthesized
in this paper provide insights to build an extended theoretical foundation for gender research
of the future.
