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What’s in a Pronoun: Exploring Gender Pronouns as an Organizational Identity-Safety cue among Sexual and Gender minorities

The inclusion of gender pronouns in organization materials can serve as an effective identity-safety cue to gender and sexual minorities. 

India R. Johnson, Evava S. Pietri, David M. Buck, Roua Daas (2021)
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Business training plus for female entrepreneurship? Short and medium-term experimental evidence from Peru

Two experimental business development programs for female microentrepreneurs in Lima, Peru showed that both women in the group that received general training and those in the group that received general training in addition to technical assistance experienced increased sales revenues and significant growth two years after the end of the treatment programs.

Martin Valdivia (2015)
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How Gender-Role Salience Influences Attitude Strength and Persuasive Message Processing

When women are exposed to female gender role information, the strength of their attitudes is reduced and they are more susceptible to persuasion. However, when men and women are exposed to male gender role information, they process messages more thoughtfully.

Asia A. Eaton, Penny S. Visser, Vicki Burns (2017)
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The Mark of a Woman's Record: Gender and Academic Performance in Hiring

Academic achievement (grade point average, or GPA) has relatively no impact on the likelihood of men being hired in entry-level jobs whereas women are most hirable if their resumes portray moderate academic achievement. Moderate academic achievement is associated with increased likeability among women candidates. 

Natasha Quadlin (2018)
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Facilitating women's access to an economic empowerment initiative: Evidence from Uganda

In Uganda, couples workshops increased subsequent household participation of these couples in women's empowerment interventions.

Kate Ambler, Kelly Jones, Michael O'Sullivan (2021)
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Cash transfers, migration, and gender norms

Cash transfers affect women and men's livelihoods differently when it comes to the reasons for why they choose to migrate.

Melissa Hidrobo, Valerie Mueller, Shalini Roy (2021)
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Do Women who Succeed in Male-Dominated Domains Help Other Women? The Moderating Role of Gender Identification

Women, for whom being a woman is not central to who they are, are more likely to hinder the advancement of other women in male-dominated fields.

Cheryl R. Kaiser, Kerry E. Spalding (2015)
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Building Safer Public Spaces: Exploring Gender Difference in the Perception of Safety in Public Space through Urban Design Interventions

In London, perceptions of safety in public spaces increased with the removal of solid walls, especially among women. 

Pablo Navarrete-Hernandez, Arielle Vetro, Paz Concha (2021)
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Defending the Sex/Gender Binary: The Role of Gender Identification and Need for Closure

In the United Kingdom and Sweden, psychological factors including gender identification and need for closure are associated with binary gender/sex views, prejudice toward non-binary people, and opposition to gender-neutral pronouns.

Thekla Morgenroth, Marie Gustafsson Sendén, Anna Lindqvist, Emma Aurora Renström, Michelle Kim Ryan, Thomas Morton (2021)
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Intersectional Patterns of Prejudice Confrontation by White, Heterosexual and Cisgender Allies

Intervention by a third party and gender determine if, and to what extent, an ally chooses to confront a prejudicious comment.

Kim Case, Desdamona Rios, Amy Lucas, Kelsey Braun, Carrie Enriquez (2020)
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What’s in a Pronoun: Exploring Gender Pronouns as an Organizational Identity-Safety cue among Sexual and Gender minorities

The inclusion of gender pronouns in organization materials can serve as an effective identity-safety cue to gender and sexual minorities. 

India R. Johnson, Evava S. Pietri, David M. Buck, Roua Daas (2021)
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How Gender-Role Salience Influences Attitude Strength and Persuasive Message Processing

When women are exposed to female gender role information, the strength of their attitudes is reduced and they are more susceptible to persuasion. However, when men and women are exposed to male gender role information, they process messages more thoughtfully.

Asia A. Eaton, Penny S. Visser, Vicki Burns (2017)
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Facilitating women's access to an economic empowerment initiative: Evidence from Uganda

In Uganda, couples workshops increased subsequent household participation of these couples in women's empowerment interventions.

Kate Ambler, Kelly Jones, Michael O'Sullivan (2021)
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Do Women who Succeed in Male-Dominated Domains Help Other Women? The Moderating Role of Gender Identification

Women, for whom being a woman is not central to who they are, are more likely to hinder the advancement of other women in male-dominated fields.

Cheryl R. Kaiser, Kerry E. Spalding (2015)
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Defending the Sex/Gender Binary: The Role of Gender Identification and Need for Closure

In the United Kingdom and Sweden, psychological factors including gender identification and need for closure are associated with binary gender/sex views, prejudice toward non-binary people, and opposition to gender-neutral pronouns.

Thekla Morgenroth, Marie Gustafsson Sendén, Anna Lindqvist, Emma Aurora Renström, Michelle Kim Ryan, Thomas Morton (2021)
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Business training plus for female entrepreneurship? Short and medium-term experimental evidence from Peru

Two experimental business development programs for female microentrepreneurs in Lima, Peru showed that both women in the group that received general training and those in the group that received general training in addition to technical assistance experienced increased sales revenues and significant growth two years after the end of the treatment programs.

Martin Valdivia (2015)
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The Mark of a Woman's Record: Gender and Academic Performance in Hiring

Academic achievement (grade point average, or GPA) has relatively no impact on the likelihood of men being hired in entry-level jobs whereas women are most hirable if their resumes portray moderate academic achievement. Moderate academic achievement is associated with increased likeability among women candidates. 

Natasha Quadlin (2018)
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Cash transfers, migration, and gender norms

Cash transfers affect women and men's livelihoods differently when it comes to the reasons for why they choose to migrate.

Melissa Hidrobo, Valerie Mueller, Shalini Roy (2021)
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Building Safer Public Spaces: Exploring Gender Difference in the Perception of Safety in Public Space through Urban Design Interventions

In London, perceptions of safety in public spaces increased with the removal of solid walls, especially among women. 

Pablo Navarrete-Hernandez, Arielle Vetro, Paz Concha (2021)
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Intersectional Patterns of Prejudice Confrontation by White, Heterosexual and Cisgender Allies

Intervention by a third party and gender determine if, and to what extent, an ally chooses to confront a prejudicious comment.

Kim Case, Desdamona Rios, Amy Lucas, Kelsey Braun, Carrie Enriquez (2020)
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