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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.

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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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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)
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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)
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“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)
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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)
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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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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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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.
Justine Tinkler, Skylar Gremillion, Kira Arthurs (2015)
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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.
Ashleigh Shelby Rosette, Robert W. Livingston (2012)
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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.
Jamie Lee Gloor, Manuela C. Morf, Samantha Paustian-Underdahl, Uschi Backes-Gellner (2018)
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Topic Overview

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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.

Image
Leadership Icon

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)
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“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)
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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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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.
Justine Tinkler, Skylar Gremillion, Kira Arthurs (2015)
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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.
Jamie Lee Gloor, Manuela C. Morf, Samantha Paustian-Underdahl, Uschi Backes-Gellner (2018)
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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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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)
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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)
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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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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.
Ashleigh Shelby Rosette, Robert W. Livingston (2012)
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