Purpose The inclusion of LGBTQ+ persons (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and
having other sexual orientations and gender identities) is a crucial step in improving gender …

Purpose Hospitality firms adopted diverse hiring policies and public declarations of support
for LGBTQ+ causes through brand activism. The impact of activism on LGBTQ+ employees' …

Rising to higher hierarchical positions is a struggle for those who do not fit the stereotypical
leadership mold. Implicit Leadership Theories (ILTs) associate leadership with dominant …

Men remain overrepresented in leadership positions, due in part to a think manager–think
male (TMTM) association whereby stereotypes of men are more similar to stereotypes of …

In three studies (N= 340), we tested whether vocal cues to a person's sexual orientation
prompted sexual orientation discrimination in heterosexual individuals when hiring leaders …

The current set of studies examines perceptions of gay men's fitness for leadership positions
in the workplace. In two between-subjects experiments we examined the effect of a male …

Previous research has shown that the stereotypical characteristics of successful leaders are
perceived to be congruent with the stereotypical masculine characteristics and incongruent …

Applying a framework of leadership categorization theory, I examined the leadership
perceptions of heterosexual and gay male leaders. A significant interaction was found …

Grounded in the framework of the gay glass ceiling, the current research investigated the
effect of gay men's internalized sexual stigma (ISS) on both the perceived effectiveness of …

Grounded in the theoretical frameworks of the minority stress model and the model of
positive identity in sexual minority people, the current research contributes to fill a gap in the …