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Benefit-Finding Improves Well-Being among Women Who Have Experienced Gender Discrimination

Encouraging women to reflect on the lessons of past experiences of sexist discrimination can improve subjective well-being, while also motivating action for positive change. 

Ariel J. Mosley, Nyla R. Branscombe (2020)
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What explains low female political representation? Evidence from survey experiments in Japan

Supply-side factors, such as the heavy burden of family duties and societal expectations, are the primary factors that discourage women from running for public office, leading to low representation of women in politics in Japan. Demand-side factors, such as voters' opinions of female candidates, were not significant determinants of this issue. 

Rieko Kage, Frances McCall Rosenbluth, Seiki Tanaka (2019)
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He's Overqualified, She's Highly Committed: Qualification Signals and Gendered Assumptions About Job Candidate Commitment

Evidence suggests overqualification (i.e., possessing more qualifications than necessary for a job) impacts hiring outcomes for women and men differently.

Elizabeth Lauren Campbell, Oliver Hahl (2022)
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The Isolated Choice Effect and Its Implications for Gender Diversity in Organizations

People are more likely to choose candidates whose gender would increase group diversity (e.g., women in a male-dominated environment) when hiring multiple group members rather than when making a single, isolated hiring decision.

Edward H. Chang, Erika L. Kirgios, Aneesh Rai, Katherine L. Milkman (2020)
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Opt-out choice framing attenuates gender differences in the decision to compete in the laboratory and in the field

Restructuring competitions in lab settings and in the workplace so that competition is the default significantly reduces the gender gap and may decrease gender imbalances in leadership positions or career trajectories in organizations.

Joyce He, Sonia Kang, Nicola Lacetera (2021)
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A Female Leadership Trust Advantage in Times of Crisis: Under What Conditions?

Female leaders exhibiting high levels of relational behaviors are trusted more than male leaders exhibiting high levels of relational behaviors when organizations are in crises with low uncertainty about consequences.

Corinne Post, Ioana M. Latu, Liuba Y. Belkin (2019)
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Do School Counselors Exhibit Bias in Recommending Students for Advanced Coursework?

Black female students are statistically least recommended and rated as least prepared for AP Calculus by high school counselors, which has implications for their likelihood of success in the long-term.

Dania V. Francis, Angela de Oliveira, Carey Dimmitt (2019)
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National hiring experiments reveal 2:1 faculty preference for women on STEM tenure track

Male and female faculty revealed a 2:1 preference for hiring women across both math-intensive and non-math-intensive fields, with the single exception of male economists, who showed no gender preference.

Wendy M. Williams, Stephen J. Ceci (2015)
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Benefit-Finding Improves Well-Being among Women Who Have Experienced Gender Discrimination

Encouraging women to reflect on the lessons of past experiences of sexist discrimination can improve subjective well-being, while also motivating action for positive change. 

Ariel J. Mosley, Nyla R. Branscombe (2020)
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He's Overqualified, She's Highly Committed: Qualification Signals and Gendered Assumptions About Job Candidate Commitment

Evidence suggests overqualification (i.e., possessing more qualifications than necessary for a job) impacts hiring outcomes for women and men differently.

Elizabeth Lauren Campbell, Oliver Hahl (2022)
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Opt-out choice framing attenuates gender differences in the decision to compete in the laboratory and in the field

Restructuring competitions in lab settings and in the workplace so that competition is the default significantly reduces the gender gap and may decrease gender imbalances in leadership positions or career trajectories in organizations.

Joyce He, Sonia Kang, Nicola Lacetera (2021)
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Do School Counselors Exhibit Bias in Recommending Students for Advanced Coursework?

Black female students are statistically least recommended and rated as least prepared for AP Calculus by high school counselors, which has implications for their likelihood of success in the long-term.

Dania V. Francis, Angela de Oliveira, Carey Dimmitt (2019)
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What explains low female political representation? Evidence from survey experiments in Japan

Supply-side factors, such as the heavy burden of family duties and societal expectations, are the primary factors that discourage women from running for public office, leading to low representation of women in politics in Japan. Demand-side factors, such as voters' opinions of female candidates, were not significant determinants of this issue. 

Rieko Kage, Frances McCall Rosenbluth, Seiki Tanaka (2019)
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The Isolated Choice Effect and Its Implications for Gender Diversity in Organizations

People are more likely to choose candidates whose gender would increase group diversity (e.g., women in a male-dominated environment) when hiring multiple group members rather than when making a single, isolated hiring decision.

Edward H. Chang, Erika L. Kirgios, Aneesh Rai, Katherine L. Milkman (2020)
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A Female Leadership Trust Advantage in Times of Crisis: Under What Conditions?

Female leaders exhibiting high levels of relational behaviors are trusted more than male leaders exhibiting high levels of relational behaviors when organizations are in crises with low uncertainty about consequences.

Corinne Post, Ioana M. Latu, Liuba Y. Belkin (2019)
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National hiring experiments reveal 2:1 faculty preference for women on STEM tenure track

Male and female faculty revealed a 2:1 preference for hiring women across both math-intensive and non-math-intensive fields, with the single exception of male economists, who showed no gender preference.

Wendy M. Williams, Stephen J. Ceci (2015)
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