The mitigating effect of desiring status on social backlash against ambitious women

Mishra, Sonya; Kray, Laura J.

doi:10.1016/j.jesp.2022.104355

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“…The lack of association between the election measure and popularity measure (which we know denotes power because of the definition of the concept included in our measure) does point to a lack of association with power. Future research on the backlash effect, specifically with adolescents, should take into account the contexts used and their link with power, as those contexts should be the ones most likely to elicit backlash (Mishra & Kray, 2022).…”

Section: Limitations and Areas Of Improvementmentioning

confidence: 99%

How are gender counter-stereotypical adolescents evaluated by their peers? Investigating the backlash effect in French schools

Meimoun,

Bonnot,

Berenguer

et al. 2023

Soc Psychol Educ

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Research on the backlash effect has long studied the social sanctions that individuals impose on those who do not conform to stereotypical expectations. Specifically, research has focused on reactions to gender stereotype violations. Studies have shown that adults, adolescents, and even children will sanction others when they fail to conform to gender stereotypes. The present pre-registered research (https://tinyurl.com/4epypv3a) studied this gender backlash among adolescents in French middle and high-schools. For this study, we were also interested in exploring the moderating role of participants’ socioeconomic status in their expression of backlash. We created four profiles of adolescents presenting their candidacy for a school representative role. The profiles varied in the personality traits and behaviors they contained (stereotypically feminine vs. masculine) and the gender of the target (boy vs. girl). A sample of 840 participants between the ages of 13 and 18 rated the target adolescent on measures intended to capture backlash, as well as gender stereotypicality items. Using multilevel models to analyze our data, we did not find evidence of backlash as hypothesized. However, unexpectedly, on a measure of perception of arrogance, we found that participants judged a counter-stereotypical target more positively than a stereotypical target. Furthermore, we also found evidence that, compared to stereotypical targets, counter-stereotypical targets were judged more competent, mostly by high SES adolescents. Possible methodological and theoretical explanations for these results are discussed, as well as implications for future research on the backlash effect, particularly among adolescents.

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Section: Limitations and Areas Of Improvementmentioning

confidence: 99%

How are gender counter-stereotypical adolescents evaluated by their peers? Investigating the backlash effect in French schools

Meimoun,

Bonnot,

Berenguer

et al. 2023

Soc Psychol Educ

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“…By contrast, status is associated with feminine stereotypes such as warmth and communality, as status accrues via support from others (Fiske et al, 2002;Fragale et al, 2011;Ridgeway & Erickson, 2000). Most relatedly, Mishra and Kray (2022) found that power-seeking targets conveyed more masculinity than status-seeking targets, while status-seeking targets conveyed more femininity than power-seeking targets. This evidence suggests that the constructs of power and status may be perceived along gendered lines.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 94%

“…Further, power conveys more masculine stereotypes, while status conveys more feminine stereotypes (Mishra & Kray, 2022). As such, this disparity between men and women found on Forbes' lists raises the question of whether Forbes and society, more broadly, are more likely to recognize men and women in stereotypically consistent manners, in that they perceive women as having status and men as having power.…”

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Not all powerful people are created equal: An examination of gender and pathways to social hierarchy through the lens of social cognition

Townsend,

Kray,

Mishra

2024

Preprint

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Across four studies (N = 816 U.S. adults), we uncover a gender stereotype about dual pathways to social hierarchy: men are associated with power and women are associated with status. We detect this pattern both explicitly and implicitly in perceptions of individuals drawn from Forbes’ powerful people lists in undergraduate and online samples. We examine social cognitive implications, including prominent people’s degree of recognition by individuals and society, and the formation of men’s and women’s self-concepts. We find that power (status) ratings predict greater recognition of men (women) and lesser recognition of women (men). In terms of the self-concept, we find that women internalize the stereotype associating women with status more than power, implicitly and explicitly. While men explicitly report having less status and more power than women, men implicitly associate the self with status as much as power. No gender differences emerged in the desires for power and status. Accepted at Psychological Science.

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“…Journal of Applied Social Psychology (Moss & Johnson, 2016)4. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology (Mishra & Kray, 2022)5. Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology (O’Neill & O’Reilly, 2011)6.…”

Section: Management and Organizationmentioning

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Explicating Workplace Backlash from Social Justice Perspective: A Systematic Review of Types, Consequences, and Coping Strategies

Jin

Kang

2023

Human Resource Development Review

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Compared to the relatively well-trodden concepts of other workplace mistreatments, workplace backlash has received little attention from HRD academics. Therefore, our primary research objective is to identify how workplace backlash manifests and how it is addressed in the HRD and relevant literature. Through the analysis of 40 empirical studies on workplace backlash, we identified three types of backlash: backlash against gender equality, backlash against work-family balance, and backlash against racial justice. Additionally, we identified the consequences of each type of backlash and the coping strategies used by victims. Based on the findings, we discussed them from the recent conversations on diversity and inclusiveness in HRD from a social justice perspective and found ways to overcome workplace backlash. This study provides meaningful insights for HRD professionals and helps to advance diversity and inclusiveness research in HRD.

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The mitigating effect of desiring status on social backlash against ambitious women

Cited by 8 publications

References 84 publications

How are gender counter-stereotypical adolescents evaluated by their peers? Investigating the backlash effect in French schools

How are gender counter-stereotypical adolescents evaluated by their peers? Investigating the backlash effect in French schools

Not all powerful people are created equal: An examination of gender and pathways to social hierarchy through the lens of social cognition

Explicating Workplace Backlash from Social Justice Perspective: A Systematic Review of Types, Consequences, and Coping Strategies

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