Superstars “like” me: The effect of role model similarity on performance under threat

By D. Marx, S. Ko. 2012

90 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Gender Studies, Sociology and Political Science

View Paper: https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/0117d972851440ce2488563a34f7cfb6c01e18a6

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In Gender Studies

1. Sheri R. Levy
2. Bonita London

In Sociology and Political Science

1. Sarah Herrmann
2. Jessica E. Bodford
3. Robert M. Adelman
4. Virginia S. Y. Kwan
5. Oliver Graudejus
6. Sheri R. Levy
7. Bonita London
8. M. Okun

Citations in the corpus

• The Effects of a Female Role Model on Academic Performance and Persistence of Women in STEM Courses (2016, background): “Effective role models must be perceived as competent (Marx & Ko, 2012; Marx, Monroe, Cole, & Gilbert, 2013) and of the same gender or ethnic group (Lockwood, 2006; Marx & Goff, 2005; Marx & Roman, 2002; McIntyre, Paulson, & Lord, 2003), and individuals must be aware of the role model’s success in a…”
• Effects of role model exposure on STEM and non-STEM student engagement (2016, background): “…studies with college students have a primary aim of addressing the stereotype that associates STEM with men by providing information about successful females in STEM (e.g., Marx & Ko, 2012; Marx & Roman, 2002; McIntyre et al., 2003; Rosenthal et al., 2013; Stout et al., 2011; Young et al., 2013).”