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Implicit Processes and Emotions in Stereotype Threat about Women's Leadership

Implicit Processes and Emotions in Stereotype Threat about Women's Leadership

Gwendolyn A. Kelso, Leslie R. Brody
Copyright: © 2017 |Pages: 21
ISBN13: 9781522519331|ISBN10: 1522519335|EISBN13: 9781522519348
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-1933-1.ch073
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Kelso, Gwendolyn A., and Leslie R. Brody. "Implicit Processes and Emotions in Stereotype Threat about Women's Leadership." Discrimination and Diversity: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications, edited by Information Resources Management Association, IGI Global, 2017, pp. 1592-1612. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-1933-1.ch073

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Kelso, G. A. & Brody, L. R. (2017). Implicit Processes and Emotions in Stereotype Threat about Women's Leadership. In I. Management Association (Ed.), Discrimination and Diversity: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications (pp. 1592-1612). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-1933-1.ch073

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Kelso, Gwendolyn A., and Leslie R. Brody. "Implicit Processes and Emotions in Stereotype Threat about Women's Leadership." In Discrimination and Diversity: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications, edited by Information Resources Management Association, 1592-1612. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2017. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-1933-1.ch073

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Abstract

Stereotype threat about leadership ability may trigger emotional and cognitive responses that reduce women's leadership aspirations. This chapter reviews literature and presents a study on the effects of implicit (covert) and explicit (overt) leadership stereotype threat on women's emotions, power-related cognitions, and behaviors as moderated by exposure to powerful female or male role models. Emotional responses were measured using self-report (direct) and narrative writing (indirect) tasks. Undergraduate women (n = 126) in the Northeastern U.S. were randomly divided into three stereotype threat groups: none, implicit, and explicit. Implicit stereotype threat resulted in higher indirectly expressed (but not self-reported) anxiety, behaviors that benefited others more than the self, and when preceded by exposure to powerful female role models, higher self-reported negative emotion but also higher indirect positive affect. Explicit stereotype threat resulted in higher indirect optimism, and when preceded by exposure to powerful female role models, lower self-reported sadness but also lower implicit power cognitions.

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