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dc.contributor.authorBongiorno, R
dc.contributor.authorBain, PG
dc.contributor.authorDavid, B
dc.date.accessioned2019-08-15T10:41:41Z
dc.date.issued2013-03-19
dc.description.abstractRole congruity theory predicts prejudice towards women who meet the agentic requirements of the leader role. In line with recent findings indicating greater acceptance of agentic behaviour from women, we find evidence for a more subtle form of prejudice towards women who fail to display agency in leader roles. Using a classic methodology, the agency of male and female leaders was manipulated using assertive or tentative speech, presented through written (Study 1, N = 167) or verbal (Study 2, N = 66) communications. Consistent with predictions, assertive women were as likeable and influential as assertive men, while being tentative in leadership reduced the likeability and influence of women, but not of men. Although approval of agentic behaviour from women in leadership reflects progress, evidence that women are quickly singled out for disapproval if they fail to show agency is important for understanding how they continue to be at a distinct disadvantage to men in leader roles.en_GB
dc.identifier.citationVol. 53 (2), pp. 217 - 234en_GB
dc.identifier.doi10.1111/bjso.12032
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10871/38347
dc.language.isoenen_GB
dc.publisherWiley / British Psychological Societyen_GB
dc.rights© 2013 The British Psychological Societyen_GB
dc.titleIf you're going to be a leader, at least act like it! Prejudice towards women who are tentative in leader rolesen_GB
dc.typeArticleen_GB
dc.date.available2019-08-15T10:41:41Z
dc.identifier.issn0144-6665
dc.descriptionThis is the author accepted manuscript. The final version is available from Wiley via the DOI in this record.en_GB
dc.identifier.journalBritish Journal of Social Psychologyen_GB
dc.rights.urihttp://www.rioxx.net/licenses/all-rights-reserveden_GB
dcterms.dateAccepted2013-01-01
rioxxterms.versionAMen_GB
rioxxterms.licenseref.startdate2013-03-19
rioxxterms.typeJournal Article/Reviewen_GB
refterms.dateFCD2019-08-15T10:39:33Z
refterms.versionFCDAM
refterms.dateFOA2019-08-15T10:41:47Z
refterms.panelAen_GB


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