This research extends our understanding of gender bias in leader evaluations by merging
role congruity and implicit theory perspectives. We tested and found support for the …

The disparity between the success of male and female leaders may result from the
incongruity between the female sex role and the leadership role. We provide an in-depth test …

Different stereotypes exist for women politicians in a way that is not true for men; a difference
that may affect voter evaluations. While some research concludes that these stereotypes …

This research extends the role incongruity analysis of employment-related gender bias by
investigating the role of dispositional and situational antecedents, specifically political …

Previous research has demonstrated that social stereotypes associated with women's
gender can preclude them from leadership positions. It remains unclear whether these …

Although leader role expectations appear to have become relatively more compatible with
stereotypically feminine attributes like empathy, women continue to be highly …

The current research challenges the assumption that the presence of women in leadership
positions will automatically “break the glass ceiling” for other women. We contend that it is …

In the current paper we investigate whether gender affects the encoding of leadership
behavior. In three studies we found evidence that perceivers had difficulty encoding …

The current research explores role congruity processes from a new vantage point by
investigating how the need for change might shift gender-based leadership preferences …

The candidate evaluation literature has emphasized the contribution of both candidate
characteristics and voter characteristics (eg, party identification) to candidate appraisals. But …