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Gender, Sense of Power, and Desire to Lead: Why Women Don’t “Lean In” to Apply to Leadership Groups That Are Majority-Male

Women's perception that they will have less power in majority-male leadership groups decreases their desire and intention to seek leadership roles. 

Rachael Goodwin, Samantha J. Dodson, Jacqueline M. Chen, Kristina A. Diekmann (2020)
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Good intentions aren't good enough: Moral courage in opposing sexual harassment

Observers of sexual harassment intend to report incidents at much higher rates than they actually do. Women, however, are more likely to report observing sexual harassment than men. 

Rachael Goodwin, Jesse Graham, Kristina A. Diekmann (2020)
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Melanin and Curls: Evaluation of Black Women Candidates

For Black voters, skin tone and hairstyle may play important, interactive roles in their responses to Black women candidates.

Danielle Casarez Lemi, Nadia E. Brown (2019)
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Should I stay or should I go?: Penalties for briefly de-prioritizing work or childcare

Both men and women face repercussions for briefly stepping away from child-care or professional responsibilities, regardless of the reason for doing so. However, male employees are viewed as more dedicated to their job and as less risky for their workplace than their female counterparts.

Christina M. Sanzari, Alexandra Dennis, Corinne A Moss-Racusin (2021)
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Gender differences in trust dynamics: Women trust more than men following a trust violation

After a violation in trust, women are more likely to regain trust in a transgressor due to higher interest in maintaining a relationship.


 

Michael P. Haselhuhn, Jessica A. Kennedy, Laura Kray, Alex B. Van Zant, Maurice E. Schweitzer (2014)
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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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Unconscious Bias Interventions for Business: An Initial Test of WAGES-Business (Workshop Activity for Gender Equity Simulation) and Google’s “re:Work” Trainings

Experiential learning may be more effective in training employees to recognize and address unconscious bias than less interactive anti-bias initiatives.

Kaitlin McCormick-Huhn, Lizbeth M. Kim, Stephanie A. Shields (2020)
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Were California’s Decarceration efforts smart? A quasi-experimental examination of racial, ethnic, and gender disparities

Decarceration efforts that do not explicitly address racial, ethnic, and gender disparities in incarceration rates risk exacerbating such gaps, even as they reduce overall incarceration.

Aaron Gottlieb, Pajarita Charles, Branden McLeod, Jean Kjellstrand, Janaé Bonsu (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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Gender, Sense of Power, and Desire to Lead: Why Women Don’t “Lean In” to Apply to Leadership Groups That Are Majority-Male

Women's perception that they will have less power in majority-male leadership groups decreases their desire and intention to seek leadership roles. 

Rachael Goodwin, Samantha J. Dodson, Jacqueline M. Chen, Kristina A. Diekmann (2020)
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Melanin and Curls: Evaluation of Black Women Candidates

For Black voters, skin tone and hairstyle may play important, interactive roles in their responses to Black women candidates.

Danielle Casarez Lemi, Nadia E. Brown (2019)
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Gender differences in trust dynamics: Women trust more than men following a trust violation

After a violation in trust, women are more likely to regain trust in a transgressor due to higher interest in maintaining a relationship.


 

Michael P. Haselhuhn, Jessica A. Kennedy, Laura Kray, Alex B. Van Zant, Maurice E. Schweitzer (2014)
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Unconscious Bias Interventions for Business: An Initial Test of WAGES-Business (Workshop Activity for Gender Equity Simulation) and Google’s “re:Work” Trainings

Experiential learning may be more effective in training employees to recognize and address unconscious bias than less interactive anti-bias initiatives.

Kaitlin McCormick-Huhn, Lizbeth M. Kim, Stephanie A. Shields (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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Good intentions aren't good enough: Moral courage in opposing sexual harassment

Observers of sexual harassment intend to report incidents at much higher rates than they actually do. Women, however, are more likely to report observing sexual harassment than men. 

Rachael Goodwin, Jesse Graham, Kristina A. Diekmann (2020)
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Should I stay or should I go?: Penalties for briefly de-prioritizing work or childcare

Both men and women face repercussions for briefly stepping away from child-care or professional responsibilities, regardless of the reason for doing so. However, male employees are viewed as more dedicated to their job and as less risky for their workplace than their female counterparts.

Christina M. Sanzari, Alexandra Dennis, Corinne A Moss-Racusin (2021)
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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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Were California’s Decarceration efforts smart? A quasi-experimental examination of racial, ethnic, and gender disparities

Decarceration efforts that do not explicitly address racial, ethnic, and gender disparities in incarceration rates risk exacerbating such gaps, even as they reduce overall incarceration.

Aaron Gottlieb, Pajarita Charles, Branden McLeod, Jean Kjellstrand, Janaé Bonsu (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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