Self-Ascribed Fit 1 Running Head : Self-Ascribed Fit of Women and Men Am I the Right Candidate ? Self-Ascribed Fit of Women and Men to a Leadership Position

Content Provider	Semantic Scholar
Author	Bosak, Janine Sczesny, Sabine
Copyright Year	2015
Abstract	Women are assumed to show a self-ascribed lack-of-fit to leadership positions compared to men (Heilman, 1983). The present study examined whether this gender difference would diminish when agency is accounted for and whether a stimulus person’s gender would alter women’s self-ascribed fit. German management students (91 women, 95 men) received a fictitious recruitment advertisement for a leadership position that portrayed a man, a woman, or both a man and a woman. Participants indicated their perceptions of agency and suitability to the advertised position. As predicted, women judged themselves as less suitable for the leadership position than men and participants’ self-reported agency mediated this effect. Furthermore, all participants felt most suitable if a male and a female stimulus person were portrayed.
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Language	English
Access Restriction	Open
Subject Keyword	Advertisements Assumed Auditory recruitment Sex Characteristics
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Resource Type	Article