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Disabling the able: stereotype threat and women's work performance

Bergeron, Diane M., Block, Caryn J., Echtenkamp, Alan·2006·Human Performance
DOI 10.1207/s15327043hup1902_3
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Stereotype threat is the risk of confirming a negative stereotype about one’s group as being true of oneself. This laboratory simulation investigated the effect of stereotype threat on women’s performance of a managerial task and explored gender role identification as a moderator of the stereotype threat effect. Specifically, the effect of the stereotype that women are less competent than men in managerial and executive positions was examined. Male and female participants performed a managerial in-basket task in a stereotypically masculine or feminine sex role-typed condition. As hypothesized, women underperformed men in the masculine sex role-typed condition, but not in the feminine sex role-typed condition. These effects were moderated by masculine gender role identification, thus establishing a boundary condition for the stereotype threat effect.

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  • The threat of confirming a negative stereotype leads to women's underperformance on negotiation tasks as well as managerial and leadership tasks.

    “Furthermore, the threat of confirming a negative stereotype has been shown to lead to women's underperformance on negotiation tasks (Kray, Thompson, & Galinsky, 2001) as well as managerial and leadership tasks (Bergeron, Block, & Echtenkamp, 2006;Hoyt & Blascovich, 2010).”

    From Managing to clear the air: Stereotype threat, women, and leadership (2016) · cites this paper as Bergeron, Block, & Echtenkamp, 2006

  • Only women who rated themselves low on traits stereotypically associated with the leader role demonstrated decreased performance under stereotype threat.

    “For example, researchers have shown that only women who rated themselves low, as opposed to high, on traits stereotypically associated with the leader role (such as ambition, self reliance, independence, and assertiveness) demonstrated decreased performance in the face of stereotype threat (Bergeron, Block, & Echtenkamp, 2006).”

    From Managing to clear the air: Stereotype threat, women, and leadership (2016) · cites this paper as Bergeron, Block, & Echtenkamp, 2006

  • Women showed deleterious threat effects by underperforming men on a managerial task when the predecessor was described as a man with stereotypically masculine traits, but they did not show these performance decrements when the previous manager was described as a woman with female characteristics.

    “In another study, women showed deleterious threat effects by underperforming men on a managerial task when the predecessor was described as a man with stereotypically masculine traits, but they did not show these performance decrements when the previous manager was described as a woman with female characteristics (Bergeron, Block, & Echtenkamp, 2006).”

    From Managing to clear the air: Stereotype threat, women, and leadership (2016) · cites this paper as Bergeron, Block, & Echtenkamp, 2006

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Authors
Bergeron, D. M., Block, C. J., & Echtenkamp, A.
Affiliations
Columbia University (US)
ORCID
Bergeron, Diane M.
Venue
Human Performance
Publisher
Informa UK Limited
Published
2006-04
Volume
19
Issue
2
Pages
133-158
ISSN
  • 0895-9285 (ISSN-L)
  • 1532-7043
DOI
10.1207/s15327043hup1902_3
OpenAlex
W2023241025
Cited by
137
References
74
Citations by year
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FWCI
17.32
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
Human Performance (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Social and Intergroup Psychology
  • Social Sciences › Gender Studies › Gender Diversity and Inequality
  • Social Sciences › Gender Studies › Gender and Feminist Studies
Keywords
stereotype threat, gender role identification, gender stereotypes, boundary conditions, gender differences in leadership

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