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Leadership

The rise of women into society's most powerful leadership roles – across sectors and around the globe – ranks among the most profound social transformations of recent decades. Learn strategies on how to best capitalize on women’s talent and leadership in politics, society, and the global economy.

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)

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)

Why the Gender of Traditional Authorities Matters: Intersectionality and Women's Rights Advocacy in Malawi

In Malawi, female traditional leaders are more effective in bolstering support for child marriage reforms than their state or male counterparts.

Ragnhild L. Muriaas, Vibeke Wang, Lindsay J. Benstead, Boniface Dulani, Lise Rakner (2019)

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)

Progress in women’s representation in top leadership weakens people’s disturbance with gender inequality in other domains

Perceiving greater women’s representation in organizations’ top leadership leads people to overgeneralize women's access to equal opportunities, which in turn predicts lower concern with ongoing gender inequality in other domains.

Oriane Georgeac, Aneeta Rattan (2019)

A Network’s Gender Composition and Communication Pattern Predict Women’s Leadership Success

Women are more likely to be placed into high level leadership positions if they are centrally located in their social network and have a female-dominated inner circle.

Yang Yang, Nitesh V. Chawla, Brian Uzzi (2019)

“We for She”: Mobilising men and women to act in solidarity for gender equality

Men have more support for gender equality when they are positioned as agents of change for a common cause.

Emina Subašić, Stephanie Hardacre, Benjamin Elton, Nyla R. Branscombe, Michelle K. Ryan, Katherine J. Reynolds (2018)

International Gender Balancing Reforms in Postconflict Countries: Lab-in-the-Field Evidence from the Liberian National Police Force

Gender balancing among police officer groups improves group cohesion, but may not affect beliefs about gender norms and operational effectiveness with regards to sexual and gender-based violence.

Sabrina Karim, Michael J. Gilligan, Robert Blair, Kyle Beardsley (2018)

Are You My Mentor? A Field Experiment on Gender, Ethnicity, and Political Self-Starters

Gender does not significantly influence willingness to mentor within politics, but ethnicity may.

Joshua Kalla, Frances McCall Rosenbluth, Dawn L. Teele (2018)

Using the Qur’an to Empower Arab Women? Theory and Experimental Evidence From Egypt

Egyptian men and women respond more favorably to an argument for women’s political leadership that draws on the Qur’ān than to an argument based on scientific studies.

Tarek Masoud, Amaney Jamal, Elizabeth Nugent (2016)

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Leadership

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)

A Female Leadership Trust Advantage in Times of Crisis: Under What Conditions?

Corinne Post, Ioana M. Latu, Liuba Y. Belkin (2019)

A Network’s Gender Composition and Communication Pattern Predict Women’s Leadership Success

Women are more likely to be placed into high level leadership positions if they are centrally located in their social network and have a female-dominated inner circle.

Yang Yang, Nitesh V. Chawla, Brian Uzzi (2019)

International Gender Balancing Reforms in Postconflict Countries: Lab-in-the-Field Evidence from the Liberian National Police Force

Gender balancing among police officer groups improves group cohesion, but may not affect beliefs about gender norms and operational effectiveness with regards to sexual and gender-based violence.

Sabrina Karim, Michael J. Gilligan, Robert Blair, Kyle Beardsley (2018)

Using the Qur’an to Empower Arab Women? Theory and Experimental Evidence From Egypt

Egyptian men and women respond more favorably to an argument for women’s political leadership that draws on the Qur’ān than to an argument based on scientific studies.

Tarek Masoud, Amaney Jamal, Elizabeth Nugent (2016)

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)

Why the Gender of Traditional Authorities Matters: Intersectionality and Women's Rights Advocacy in Malawi

In Malawi, female traditional leaders are more effective in bolstering support for child marriage reforms than their state or male counterparts.

Ragnhild L. Muriaas, Vibeke Wang, Lindsay J. Benstead, Boniface Dulani, Lise Rakner (2019)

Progress in women’s representation in top leadership weakens people’s disturbance with gender inequality in other domains

Oriane Georgeac, Aneeta Rattan (2019)

“We for She”: Mobilising men and women to act in solidarity for gender equality

Men have more support for gender equality when they are positioned as agents of change for a common cause.

Emina Subašić, Stephanie Hardacre, Benjamin Elton, Nyla R. Branscombe, Michelle K. Ryan, Katherine J. Reynolds (2018)

Are You My Mentor? A Field Experiment on Gender, Ethnicity, and Political Self-Starters

Gender does not significantly influence willingness to mentor within politics, but ethnicity may.

Joshua Kalla, Frances McCall Rosenbluth, Dawn L. Teele (2018)

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