Player Abigail, Randsley de Moura Georgina, Leite Ana C, Abrams Dominic, Tresh Fatima
Centre for the Study of Group Processes, School of Psychology, University of Kent, Canterbury, United Kingdom.
Front Psychol. 2019 Apr 16;10:755. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2019.00755. eCollection 2019.
Two experiments tested the value people attach to the leadership potential and leadership performance of female and male candidates for leadership positions in an organizational hiring simulation. In both experiments, participants ( = 297) valued leadership potential more highly than leadership performance, but only for male candidates. By contrast, female candidates were preferred when they demonstrated leadership performance over leadership potential. The findings reveal an that exclusively benefits men and hinders women who pursue leadership positions that require leadership potential. Implications for the representation of women in leadership positions and directions for future research are discussed.
两项实验在一个组织招聘模拟中测试了人们对担任领导职位的女性和男性候选人的领导潜力和领导表现所赋予的价值。在这两项实验中，参与者（N = 297）更看重领导潜力而非领导表现，但仅针对男性候选人而言。相比之下，当女性候选人展现出领导表现而非领导潜力时，她们更受青睐。研究结果揭示了一种仅对男性有利而阻碍追求需要领导潜力的领导职位的女性的现象。文中讨论了这些发现对女性担任领导职位的影响以及未来研究的方向。
