Bridging identities: the role of organizational climate supportive of gender equality on women’s well-being in the workplace

In an era of increasing focus on gender equality, women continue to face subtle yet profound challenges in harmonizing their gender identity with their professional roles. This study investigates how a supportive organizational climate promoting gender equality can facilitate gender-work identity integration (GWII) and enhance workplace quality of life. In a sample of 311 workers, we tested a moderated mediation model to test the hypothesis that GWII mediates the relationship between a gender-equality climate and well-being, with gender as a moderator. Results showed that well-being at the workplace is favoured only among women, but not among men, by a climate that supports gender issues. Higher levels of gender-work identity integration were associated with a more supportive ethical climate toward gender equality, which, in turn, was related to higher women’s well-being in the work context. These results offer some insights into how important climate is to help balance women’s organizational and gender identity and how these aspects can favour their work-related well-being.