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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.

The Influence of Female Directors on Product Recall Decisions

Having more women on the board leads to companies being more proactive about minor defects and more responsive to major defects in their products.

Kaitlin D. Wowak, George P. Ball, Corinne Post, David J. Ketchen Jr. (2020)

Leadership Selection: Can Changing the Default Break the Glass Ceiling?

Gender leadership gaps could be reduced by giving women the choice to opt out of rather than opt into a leadership role.

Nisvan Erkal, Lata Gangadharan, Erte Xiao (2022)

Hiring women into senior leadership positions is associated with a reduction in gender stereotypes in organizational language

Appointing women into top management might mitigate the gendered expressions in language that describe women as less agentic than men.

M. Asher Lawson, Ashley E. Martin, Imrul Huda, Sandra C. Matz (2022)

Do Women who Succeed in Male-Dominated Domains Help Other Women? The Moderating Role of Gender Identification

Women, for whom being a woman is not central to who they are, are more likely to hinder the advancement of other women in male-dominated fields.

Cheryl R. Kaiser, Kerry E. Spalding (2015)

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)

Topic Overview

Leadership

Leadership Selection: Can Changing the Default Break the Glass Ceiling?

Gender leadership gaps could be reduced by giving women the choice to opt out of rather than opt into a leadership role.

Nisvan Erkal, Lata Gangadharan, Erte Xiao (2022)

Do Women who Succeed in Male-Dominated Domains Help Other Women? The Moderating Role of Gender Identification

Women, for whom being a woman is not central to who they are, are more likely to hinder the advancement of other women in male-dominated fields.

Cheryl R. Kaiser, Kerry E. Spalding (2015)

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)

The Influence of Female Directors on Product Recall Decisions

Having more women on the board leads to companies being more proactive about minor defects and more responsive to major defects in their products.

Kaitlin D. Wowak, George P. Ball, Corinne Post, David J. Ketchen Jr. (2020)

Hiring women into senior leadership positions is associated with a reduction in gender stereotypes in organizational language

Appointing women into top management might mitigate the gendered expressions in language that describe women as less agentic than men.

M. Asher Lawson, Ashley E. Martin, Imrul Huda, Sandra C. Matz (2022)

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)