It's a man's world! The role of political ideology in the early stages of leader recruitment

Previous research has demonstrated the impact of political ideology on a wide variety of psychological and behavioral processes. Contributing to this research, we examine the effect of organizational decision makers' political ideology and job candidates' gender on how the decision makers...

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Main Authors: OC, Burak, NETCHAEVA, Ekaterina, KOUCHAKI, Maryam
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spelling sg-smu-ink.lkcsb_research-83132023-10-26T01:42:05Z It's a man's world! The role of political ideology in the early stages of leader recruitment OC, Burak NETCHAEVA, Ekaterina KOUCHAKI, Maryam Previous research has demonstrated the impact of political ideology on a wide variety of psychological and behavioral processes. Contributing to this research, we examine the effect of organizational decision makers' political ideology and job candidates' gender on how the decision makers communicate information about leadership positions to the candidate. In five studies, we demonstrate that decision makers who are more conservative exhibit gender bias by providing a female (versus male) candidate with a less positive description of a leadership position, an effect driven by the decision makers' felt anxiety. We further show that making information on women's success in leadership positions salient diminishes the effect of political ideology insofar as both more and less conservative decision makers will exhibit similar levels of positivity when communicating with a prospective female candidate. Finally, we discuss the theoretical and practical implications of our findings. 2021-01-01T08:00:00Z text https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lkcsb_research/7314 info:doi/10.1016/j.obhdp.2020.10.017 Research Collection Lee Kong Chian School Of Business eng Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University Political ideology Leadership Gender bias Threat Anxiety Human Resources Management Leadership Studies Organizational Behavior and Theory
institution Singapore Management University
building SMU Libraries
continent Asia
country Singapore
Singapore
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topic Political ideology
Leadership
Gender bias
Threat
Anxiety
Human Resources Management
Leadership Studies
Organizational Behavior and Theory
spellingShingle Political ideology
Leadership
Gender bias
Threat
Anxiety
Human Resources Management
Leadership Studies
Organizational Behavior and Theory
OC, Burak
NETCHAEVA, Ekaterina
KOUCHAKI, Maryam
It's a man's world! The role of political ideology in the early stages of leader recruitment
description Previous research has demonstrated the impact of political ideology on a wide variety of psychological and behavioral processes. Contributing to this research, we examine the effect of organizational decision makers' political ideology and job candidates' gender on how the decision makers communicate information about leadership positions to the candidate. In five studies, we demonstrate that decision makers who are more conservative exhibit gender bias by providing a female (versus male) candidate with a less positive description of a leadership position, an effect driven by the decision makers' felt anxiety. We further show that making information on women's success in leadership positions salient diminishes the effect of political ideology insofar as both more and less conservative decision makers will exhibit similar levels of positivity when communicating with a prospective female candidate. Finally, we discuss the theoretical and practical implications of our findings.
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author OC, Burak
NETCHAEVA, Ekaterina
KOUCHAKI, Maryam
author_facet OC, Burak
NETCHAEVA, Ekaterina
KOUCHAKI, Maryam
author_sort OC, Burak
title It's a man's world! The role of political ideology in the early stages of leader recruitment
title_short It's a man's world! The role of political ideology in the early stages of leader recruitment
title_full It's a man's world! The role of political ideology in the early stages of leader recruitment
title_fullStr It's a man's world! The role of political ideology in the early stages of leader recruitment
title_full_unstemmed It's a man's world! The role of political ideology in the early stages of leader recruitment
title_sort it's a man's world! the role of political ideology in the early stages of leader recruitment
publisher Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University
publishDate 2021
url https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lkcsb_research/7314
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