Nater, Christa (11 September 2019). Gender quotas for leadership: Can they help establish effective role models for the next generation of women leaders? (Unpublished). In: Conference of the Swiss Society for Psychology (SGP). Bern, Switzerland. 09.09.-11.09.2019.
This research investigates how women leaders who were selected due to a quota or merit-based policy affect women’s interest in becoming leaders themselves. Results from two hiring simulation studies (N=625) indicated that women’s inclination to apply for leadership was increased only by the presence of merit-based, not quota-based, selected women leaders. The negligible effect of the quota-based selection was driven by perceptions of the woman leader’s lack of competence and deservingness of her position (Study 1). Accordingly, information about a quota-based selected woman leader’s subsequent success in the role was found to override the negative inferences about the leader’s deservingness and competence, thus enhancing her acceptance as a role model, and thereby inspiring women to apply for leadership—despite the woman leader’s initial quota-based selection (Study 2). These results suggest that gender quotas may only help establish effective female role models when the woman leader’s success in the leader role is clearly communicated.
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Conference or Workshop Item (Speech) |
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Division/Institute: |
07 Faculty of Human Sciences > Institute of Psychology > Social Neuroscience and Social Psychology |
UniBE Contributor: |
Nater, Christa |
Subjects: |
100 Philosophy > 150 Psychology |
Language: |
English |
Submitter: |
Christa Nater |
Date Deposited: |
17 Sep 2019 13:08 |
Last Modified: |
05 Dec 2022 15:30 |
URI: |
https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/133168 |
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