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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.

“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.

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

Amaney Jamal, Tarek Masoud, Elizabeth Nugent (2016)

Perceptions of Legitimacy: The Sex of the Legal Messenger and Reactions to Sexual Harassment Training

Sexual harassment training has varying effects on men’s perceptions of women’s competence, status, and likability—depending on whether the training is led by a woman or a man.

Kira Arthurs, Skylar Gremillion, Justine Tinkler (2015)

Failure Is Not An Option For Black Women: Effects Of Organizational Performance On Leaders With Single Versus Dual-Subordinate Identities

When an organization is failing, black women leaders are evaluated more negatively than black men, white women or white men.

Robert W. Livingston, Ashleigh Shelby Rosette (2012)

Fix the Game – Not the Dame: A Team Intervention for Gender Equality in Leadership

In majority male teams, both male and female team members rated male leaders as more exemplary than female leaders, but this effect was eliminated in more gender-balanced teams.

Uschi Backes-Gellner, Jamie Lee Gloor, Manuela C. Morf (2016)

How Stereotypes Impair Women’s Careers in Science

Both male and female employers are less likely to hire women for arithmetic tasks, even though both genders perform equally well. This gap persists even when employers receive information about the candidate’s past performance.

Ernesto Reuben, Paola Sapienza, Luigi Zingales (2014)

Signaling Threat: How Situational Cues Affect Women In Math, Science, And Engineering Settings

When female math, science, and engineering students view situations in which they are the minority, they experience more physiological and cognitive vigilance and a lower sense of belonging.

James J. Gross, Mary C. Murphy, Claude M. Steele (2007)

Female Leaders: Injurious or Inspiring Role Models for Women?

High-level female role models, whose success seems unattainable, negatively affects younger women’s self-perceptions and leadership aspirations; however, mid-level female role models do not.

Crystal L. Hoyt, Stefanie Simon (2012)

Topic Overview

Leadership

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.

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

Amaney Jamal, Tarek Masoud, Elizabeth Nugent (2016)

Failure Is Not An Option For Black Women: Effects Of Organizational Performance On Leaders With Single Versus Dual-Subordinate Identities

When an organization is failing, black women leaders are evaluated more negatively than black men, white women or white men.

Robert W. Livingston, Ashleigh Shelby Rosette (2012)

How Stereotypes Impair Women’s Careers in Science

Ernesto Reuben, Paola Sapienza, Luigi Zingales (2014)

Female Leaders: Injurious or Inspiring Role Models for Women?

High-level female role models, whose success seems unattainable, negatively affects younger women’s self-perceptions and leadership aspirations; however, mid-level female role models do not.

Crystal L. Hoyt, Stefanie Simon (2012)

“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)

Perceptions of Legitimacy: The Sex of the Legal Messenger and Reactions to Sexual Harassment Training

Sexual harassment training has varying effects on men’s perceptions of women’s competence, status, and likability—depending on whether the training is led by a woman or a man.

Kira Arthurs, Skylar Gremillion, Justine Tinkler (2015)

Fix the Game – Not the Dame: A Team Intervention for Gender Equality in Leadership

In majority male teams, both male and female team members rated male leaders as more exemplary than female leaders, but this effect was eliminated in more gender-balanced teams.

Uschi Backes-Gellner, Jamie Lee Gloor, Manuela C. Morf (2016)

Signaling Threat: How Situational Cues Affect Women In Math, Science, And Engineering Settings

When female math, science, and engineering students view situations in which they are the minority, they experience more physiological and cognitive vigilance and a lower sense of belonging.

James J. Gross, Mary C. Murphy, Claude M. Steele (2007)