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A Company I Can Trust? Organizational Lay Theories Moderate Stereotype Threat for Women
Abstract
Women remain under-represented in the leadership of corporate America. According to stereotype threat theory, this under-representation may persist because women are concerned about being stereotyped in business settings. Three studies investigated whether an entity (fixed), compared with an incremental (malleable), organizational lay theory is threatening for women evaluating a consulting company. Men and women viewed a company mission statement or website containing an entity or incremental theory. Results revealed that women—more so than men—trusted the entity company less than the incremental company. Furthermore, only women’s mistrust of the entity company was driven by their expectations about being stereotyped by its management. Notably, when combined with high or low representations of female employees, only organizational lay theories predicted trust. Finally, people’s—particularly women’s—mistrust of the entity company led them to disengage more before interacting with a representative. Implications for women’s experiences and outcomes in workplace settings are discussed.
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“Specifically, women demonstrated greater trust in and less disengagement from a consulting company when it espoused a growth, rather than a fixed, mindset (Emerson & Murphy, 2015).”
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“For example, organizations that endorse growth, as opposed to fixed, beliefs by advocating the belief that everyone can expand their intelligence and abilities can foster identity safety and combat stereotype threat.”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Emerson, K. T. U., & Murphy, M. C.
- Affiliations
- Indiana University Bloomington (US)
- Venue
- Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 2014-12-22
- Volume
- 41
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 295-307
- ISSN
- 0146-1672 (ISSN-L)
- 1552-7433
- OpenAlex
- W2015428696
- Cited by
- 107
- References
- 52
- Citations by year
- 2026: 9 · 2025: 13 · 2024: 4 · 2023: 10 · 2022: 12 · 2021: 16 · 2020: 7 · 2019: 9 · 2018: 7 · 2017: 8 · 2016: 8 · 2015: 3 · 2014: 1
- FWCI
- 16.97
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Gender Studies › Gender Diversity and Inequality
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Social and Intergroup Psychology
- Social Sciences › Gender Studies › Media, Gender, and Advertising
- Keywords
- stereotype threat, entity theory, incremental theory, women in leadership, organizational trust, gender stereotypes, disengagement, consulting firms, corporate mission statements
- MeSH terms
- Female, Humans, Intelligence, Male, Sex Factors, Stereotyping, Organizational Culture, Trust
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