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Women in Leadership: Articles on Women and Leadership from Barriers & Bias report

Inspired by AAUW's report, Barriers and Bias: The Status of Women in Leadership and created for ISU's 2017 Annual Ethics Conference

First List

Anderson, A. J., Ahamd, A. S., King, E. B., Lindsey, A. P., Feyre, R. P., Ragone, S., & Kim, S. (2015). The effectiveness of three strategies to reduce the influence of bias in evaluations of female leaders. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 45, 522–39. https://ezproxy.indstate.edu/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=109308334&site=ehost-live&scope=site

     

Anzia, S. F., & Berry, C. R. (2011). The Jackie (and Jill) Robinson effect: Why do congresswomen outperform congressmen? American Journal of Political Science, 55(3), 478–93. https://ezproxy.indstate.edu/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=62272224&site=ehost-live&scope=site

 

Asgari, S., Dasgupta, N., & Stout, J. G. (2012). When do counterstereotypic ingroup members inspire versus deflate? The effect of successful professional women on young women’s leadership self-concept. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 38(3), 370–83. https://ezproxy.indstate.edu/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=psyh&AN=2012-05076-008&site=ehost-live&scope=site

 

Atkeson, L. R. (2003). Not all cues are created equal: The conditional impact of female candidates on political engagement. Journal of Politics, 65(4), 1040–61. https://ezproxy.indstate.edu/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=11022202&site=ehost-live&scope=site

 

Barnett, B. M. (1993). Invisible southern Black women leaders in the civil rights movement: The triple constraints of gender, race, and class. Gender and Society, 7(2), 162–82. https://ezproxy.indstate.edu/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=psyh&AN=1996-98156-012&site=ehost-live&scope=site

 

Bigelow, L., Lundmark, L., Parks, J. M., & Wuebker, R. (2014). Skirting the issues: Experimental evidence of gender bias in IPO prospectus evaluations. Journal of Management, 40(6), 1732–59. https://ezproxy.indstate.edu/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=bth&AN=98367951&site=ehost-live&scope=site

 

Bligh, M. C., Schlehofer, M. M., Casad, B. J., & Gaffney, A. M. (2012). Competent enough, but would you vote for her? Gender stereotypes and media influences on perceptions of women politicians. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 42(3), 560–97. https://ezproxy.indstate.edu/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=73321667&site=ehost-live&scope=site

 

Boulouta, I. (2013). Hidden connections: The link between board gender diversity and corporate social performance. Journal of Business Ethics, 113(2), 185–97. https://ezproxy.indstate.edu/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=psyh&AN=2013-12197-001&site=ehost-live&scope=site

 

Branson, L., Chen, L., & Redenbaugh, K. (2013). The presence of women in top executive positions in non-profit organizations and Fortune 500 companies. International Journal of Business and Public Administration, 10(2), 15–29. https://ezproxy.indstate.edu/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=bth&AN=91955986&site=ehost-live&scope=site

 

Bryant-Anderson, R., & Roby, P. (2012). The experience of leadership: Women and men shop stewards’ perspectives in ten trade unions. Labor Studies Journal, 37(3), 271–92. https://ezproxy.indstate.edu/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=bth&AN=83003381&site=ehost-live&scope=site

 

Buchanan, F. R., Warning, R. L., & Tett, R. P. (2012). Trouble at the top: Women who don’t want to work for a female boss. Journal of Business Diversity, 12(1), 33–46. https://ezproxy.indstate.edu/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=bth&AN=82055764&site=ehost-live&scope=site

 

Carnes, M., Devine, P. G., Manwell, L. B., Byars-Winston, A., Fine, E., Ford, C. E., Forscher, P., Isaac, C., Kaatz, A., Magua, W., Palta, M., & Sheridan, J. (2015). The effect of an intervention to break the gender bias habit for faculty at one institution: A cluster randomized, controlled trial. Academic Medicine, 90(2), 221–30. https://ezproxy.indstate.edu/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=psyh&AN=2015-10051-017&site=ehost-live&scope=site

 

Christ, C. P. (2014). Do we still need the Journal of Feminist Studies in Religion? Journal of Feminist Studies in Religion, 30(2), 139–41. https://ezproxy.indstate.edu/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=98146860&site=ehost-live&scope=site

 

Cook, A., & Glass, C. (2016). Do women advance equity? The effect of gender leadership composition on LGBT-friendly policies in American firms. Human Relations, 69(7), 1431-1456. doi:10.1177/0018726715611734 https://ezproxy.indstate.edu/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=psyh&AN=2016-31555-001&site=ehost-live&scope=site

 

Crites, S. N., Dickson, K. E., & Lorenz, A. (2015). Nurturing gender stereotypes in the face of experience: A study of leader gender, leadership style, and satisfaction. Journal of  Organizational Culture, Communications, and Conflict, 19(1), 1–23. https://ezproxy.indstate.edu/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=bth&AN=108522802&site=ehost-live&scope=site

 

Dover, T. L., Kaiser, C. R., & Major, B. (2016). Diversity policies rarely make companies fairer, and they feel threatening to white men. Harvard Business Review.

http://hbr.org/2016/01/diversity-policies-dont-help-women-or-minorities-and-they-make-white-men-feel-threatened.

 

Duguid, M. M., & Thomas-Hunt, M. C. (2015). Condoning stereotyping? How awareness of stereotyping prevalence impacts expression of stereotypes. Journal of Applied Psychology, 100(2), 343–59. https://ezproxy.indstate.edu/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=psyh&AN=2014-43472-001&site=ehost-live&scope=site

 

Fox, R. L., & Lawless, J. L. (2014). Uncovering the origins of the gender gap in

political ambition. American Political Science Review, 108(03), 499–519. https://ezproxy.indstate.edu/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=97615672&site=ehost-live&scope=site

 

Galinsky, A. D., Hall, E. V., & Cuddy, A. J. (2013). Gendered races: Implications for interracial marriage, leadership selection, and athletic participation. Psychological Science, 24, 498–506. https://ezproxy.indstate.edu/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=86974897&site=ehost-live&scope=site

 

Heilman, M. E. (2012). Gender stereotypes and workplace bias. Research in Organizational Behavior, 32, 113–35. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0191308512000093

 

Heilman, M. E., Simon, M. C., & Repper, D. P. (1987). Intentionally favored, unintentionally harmed? Impact of  sex-based preferential selection on self-perceptions and self-evaluations. Journal of  Applied Psychology, 72(1), 62–68. https://ezproxy.indstate.edu/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=bth&AN=5112847&site=ehost-live&scope=site

 

Holman, M. R. (2013). Sex and the city: Female leaders and spending on social welfare programs in U.S. municipalities. Journal of Urban Affairs, 36(4), 701–15. https://ezproxy.indstate.edu/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=98419891&site=ehost-live&scope=site

 

Hoyt, C., & Blascovich, J. (2010). The role of leadership self-efficacy and stereotype activation on cardiovascular, behavioral, and self-report responses in the leadership domain. Leadership Quarterly, 21(1), 89–103. https://ezproxy.indstate.edu/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=psyh&AN=2010-02133-008&site=ehost-live&scope=site

 

Hoyt, C., Johnson, S., Murphy, S., & Skinnell, K. (2010). The impact of  blatant stereotype activation and group sex-composition on female leaders. Leadership Quarterly, 21(5), 716–32. https://ezproxy.indstate.edu/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=psyh&AN=2010-22229-003&site=ehost-live&scope=site

 

Hyde, J. S. (2014). Gender similarities and differences. Annual Review of Psychology, 65, 373–98. https://ezproxy.indstate.edu/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=psyh&AN=2014-09432-014&site=ehost-live&scope=site

 

Judge, T. A., Livingston, B. A., & Hurst, C. (2012). Do nice guys—and gals—really finish last? The joint effects of sex and agreeableness on income. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 102(2), 390–407. https://ezproxy.indstate.edu/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=psyh&AN=2011-27429-001&site=ehost-live&scope=site

 

 

Koenig, A. M., Eagly, A. H., Mitchell, A. A., & Ristikari, T. (2011). Are leader stereotypes masculine? A meta-analysis of three research paradigms. Psychological Bulletin, 137(4), 616–42. https://ezproxy.indstate.edu/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=62565479&site=ehost-live&scope=site

 

Latu, I. M., Stewart, T. L., Myers, A. C., Lisco, C. G., Estes, S. B., & Donahue, D. K. (2011). What we “say” and what we “think” about female managers: Explicit versus implicit associations of women with success. Psychology of Women Quarterly, 35(2), 252–66. https://ezproxy.indstate.edu/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=psyh&AN=2011-19182-005&site=ehost-live&scope=site

 

Leicht, C., Randsley de Moura, G., & Crisp, R. J. (2014). Contesting gender stereotypes stimulates generalized fairness in the selection of leaders. Leadership Quarterly, 25(5), 1025–39. https://ezproxy.indstate.edu/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=psyh&AN=2014-24158-001&site=ehost-live&scope=site

 

Livingston, R. W., Rosette, A. S., & Washington, E. F. (2012). Can an agentic black

woman get ahead? The impact of race and interpersonal dominance on perceptions of female leaders. Psychological Science, 23(4), 354–58. https://ezproxy.indstate.edu/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=74282523&site=ehost-live&scope=site

Second List

Madera, J. M., Hebl, M. R., & Martin, R. C. (2009). Gender and letters of recommendation for academia: Agentic and communal differences. Journal of Applied Psychology, 94(6), 1591–99. https://ezproxy.indstate.edu/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=psyh&AN=2009-21033-018&site=ehost-live&scope=site

 

Matsa, D. A., & Miller, A. R. (2013). A female style in corporate leadership? Evidence from quotas. American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 5(3), 136–69.

 

———. (2014). Workforce reductions at women-owned businesses in the United States. Industrial & Labor Relations Review, 67(2), 422–52. https://ezproxy.indstate.edu/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=bth&AN=95696007&site=ehost-live&scope=site

 

Mishel, E., (2016). Discrimination against queer women in the U.S. workforce: A résumé audit study. Socius: Sociological Research for a Dynamic World. http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/2378023115621316

 

Ngunjiri, F. W., Gramby-Sobukwe, S., & Williams-Gegner, K. (2012). Tempered radicals: Black women’s leadership in the church and community. Journal of Pan African Studies, 5(2), 84–109. https://ezproxy.indstate.edu/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=119149383&site=ehost-live&scope=site

 

Oguntoyinbo, L. (2014). Study: Female leaders in higher ed face different expectations than males. Diverse Issues in Higher Education, 31(8), 6. https://ezproxy.indstate.edu/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=96114070&site=ehost-live&scope=site

 

Opstrup, N., & Villadsen, A. R. (2015). The right mix? Gender diversity in top management teams and financial performance. Public Administration Review, 75(2), 291–301. https://ezproxy.indstate.edu/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=bth&AN=101114769&site=ehost-live&scope=site

 

Paustian-Underdahl, S. C., Walker, L. S., & Woehr, D. J. (2014). Gender and perceptions of leadership effectiveness: A meta-analysis of contextual moderators.

Journal of Applied Psychology, 99, 1129–45. https://ezproxy.indstate.edu/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=psyh&AN=2014-15222-001&site=ehost-live&scope=site

 

Ratcliff, N. J., Vescio, T. K., & Dahl, J. L. (2015). (Still) waiting in the wings: Group- based biases in leaders’ decisions about to whom power is relinquished. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 57, 23–30. https://ezproxy.indstate.edu/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=100291346&site=ehost-live&scope=site

 

Schuh, S. C., Hernandez Bark, A. S., Van Quaquebeke, N., Hossiep, R., Frieg, P., & Van Dick, R. (2014). Gender differences in leadership role occupancy: The mediating role of power motivation. Journal of Business Ethics, 120(3), 363–79. https://ezproxy.indstate.edu/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=bth&AN=94941486&site=ehost-live&scope=site

 

Simon, S., & Hoyt, C. L. (2012). Exploring the effect of media images on women’s leadership self-perceptions and aspirations. Group Processes and Intergroup Relations, 16(2), 232–45. https://ezproxy.indstate.edu/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=85740147&site=ehost-live&scope=site

 

Skaggs, S., Stainback, K., & Duncan, P. (2012). Shaking things up or business as usual? The influence of female corporate executives and board of directors on women’s managerial representation. Social Science Research, 41, 936–48. https://ezproxy.indstate.edu/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=psyh&AN=2012-16356-021&site=ehost-live&scope=site

 

Smyth, F. L., & Nosek, B. A. (2015). On the gender-science stereotypes held by scientists: Explicit accord with gender-ratios, implicit accord with scientific identity. Frontiers in Psychology, 6, 415. https://ezproxy.indstate.edu/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=108487435&site=ehost-live&scope=site

 

Sparks, S. D. (2014). Women’s voices lacking on school boards. Education Week, 34(2), 1, 12. http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2014/08/27/02schoolboard.h34.html

 

Stuber, J. M., Klugman, J., & Daniel, C. (2011). Gender, social class, and exclusion: Collegiate peer cultures and social reproduction. Sociological Perspectives, 54(3), 431–51. https://ezproxy.indstate.edu/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=psyh&AN=2011-22015-008&site=ehost-live&scope=site

 

Tate, G., & Yang, L. (2015). Female leadership and gender equity: Evidence from plant closure. Journal of Financial Economics, 117(1), 77–97. https://ezproxy.indstate.edu/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=bth&AN=103238355&site=ehost-live&scope=site

 

Wayne, N. L., Vermillion, M., & Uijtdehaage, S. (2010). Gender differences in leadership amongst first-year medical students in the small-group setting. Leadership Issues in Academic Medicine, 85(8), 1276–81. https://ezproxy.indstate.edu/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=psyh&AN=2010-20921-003&site=ehost-live&scope=site

 

Wielkiewicz, R. M., Fischer, D. V., Stelzner, S. P., Overland, M., & Sinner, A. M. (2012). Leadership attitudes and beliefs of incoming first-year college students: A multi-institutional study of gender differences. Journal of Leadership Education, 11(2), 1–25. http://leadershipeducators.org/Resources/Documents/jole/2012_summer/JOLE%2011%202%20(Summer%202012).pdf#page=13

 

Williams, J. C. (2004). Hitting the maternal wall. Academe, 90(6), 16–20. https://ezproxy.indstate.edu/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=15332275&site=ehost-live&scope=site

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