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Decision Making

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Decision Making

Employers, communities, and households benefit when women have greater opportunity and agency. However, Women are typically under-represented in decision making positions across the world. Examine how gender affects decision-making and discover the procedures that help all people become better decision makers.

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)

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)

The Effect of Task Choice and Task Assignment on the Gender Wage Gap: An Experimental Study

In an experimental study in the U.S., when women are assigned a harder, higher-paid task, they experience an increase in earnings, regardless of whether they stated a preference for an easier or more challenging task.

Kai Ou, Xiaofei Pan (2021)

Which Identity Frames Boost Support for and Mobilization in the #BlackLivesMatter Movement? An Experimental Test

Framing the Black Lives Matter movement through Black nationalist, feminist, or LGBTQ+ rights lenses produces varied effects on African Americans' attitudes about the movement and willingness to support it.

Tabitha Bonilla, Alvin B. Tillery Jr (2020)

Challenge-seeking and the gender wage gap: A lab-in-the-field experiment with cleaning personnel

A greater range of task options can motivate female employees to take on challenges and, as a result, benefit from potential higher earnings.

Frauke von Bieberstein, Stefanie Jaussi, Claudia Vogel (2020)

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)

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)

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)

Countering Violence Against Women by Encouraging Disclosure: A Mass Media Experiment in Rural Uganda

In rural Uganda, a media campaign reduced rates of domestic violence by increasing women's willingness to report incidents.

Donald P. Green, Anna M. Wilke, Jasper Cooper (2020)

Gender training and female empowerment: Experimental evidence from Vietnam

Participation in gender and entrepreneurship training can help increase women’s bargaining power in household decision making.

Erwin Bulte, Robert Lensink, Nhung Vu (2016)

Topic Overview

Decision Making

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)

Which Identity Frames Boost Support for and Mobilization in the #BlackLivesMatter Movement? An Experimental Test

Tabitha Bonilla, Alvin B. Tillery Jr (2020)

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)

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)

Gender training and female empowerment: Experimental evidence from Vietnam

Participation in gender and entrepreneurship training can help increase women’s bargaining power in household decision making.

Erwin Bulte, Robert Lensink, Nhung Vu (2016)

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)

The Effect of Task Choice and Task Assignment on the Gender Wage Gap: An Experimental Study

Kai Ou, Xiaofei Pan (2021)

Challenge-seeking and the gender wage gap: A lab-in-the-field experiment with cleaning personnel

A greater range of task options can motivate female employees to take on challenges and, as a result, benefit from potential higher earnings.

Frauke von Bieberstein, Stefanie Jaussi, Claudia Vogel (2020)

Should I stay or should I go?: Penalties for briefly de-prioritizing work or childcare

Christina M. Sanzari, Alexandra Dennis, Corinne A Moss-Racusin (2021)

Countering Violence Against Women by Encouraging Disclosure: A Mass Media Experiment in Rural Uganda

In rural Uganda, a media campaign reduced rates of domestic violence by increasing women's willingness to report incidents.

Donald P. Green, Anna M. Wilke, Jasper Cooper (2020)

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