Competent Yet Out in the Cold: Shifting Criteria for Hiring Reflect Backlash Toward Agentic Women

By J. Phelan, C. Moss‐Racusin, Laurie A. Rudman. 2008

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Subfields: Gender Studies, Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management, Sociology and Political Science

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A maze of metaphors around glass ceilings (2012, background): “The importance of making a good impression extends much beyond job interviews (Phelan et al., 2008).”
Negotiating the Gender Divide (2012, background): “When considering a single applicant, perceivers will shift hiring standards away from competence and toward social skills in order to avoid hiring an agentic female (Phelan et al., 2008).”
When men break the gender rules: Status incongruity and backlash against modest men. (2010, background): “A large body of research has demonstrated that women striving for leadership roles suffer backlash when they violate gender stereotypes by exhibiting agency (e.g., Eagly, Makhijani, & Klonsky, 1992; Gill, 2004; Heilman et al., 2004; Phelan et al., 2008; Rudman, 1998; Rudman & Glick, 1999, 2001).”
Dancing Backwards in High Heels: Female Professors Experience More Work Demands and Special Favor Requests, Particularly from Academically Entitled Students (2018, background): “Consequently, others may scrutinize their behavior more, sometimes resulting in penalties and censures against female leaders who seem Btoo assertive^ or Bnot communal enough^ (Heilman 2001; Phelan 2008; Phelan and Rudman 2010; Rudman et al. 2012).”
The Gender Pay Gap: Challenging the Rationalizations. Perceived Equity, Discrimination, and the Limits of Human Capital Models (2012, background): “…harshly than men when engaging in directive, authoritative leadership (Eagly et al. 1992; Phelan and Rudman 2010), that women are held to higher standards of both competence and warmth than men (Phelan et al. 2008) and that women who engage self-promotion are disliked more than men (Rudman 1998).”
A bed of thorns: Female leaders and the self-reinforcing cycle of illegitimacy (2016, background): “Similarly, communal female applicants for a management position were spared backlash in Phelan et al. (2008).”
Are male leaders penalized for seeking help? The influence of gender and asking behaviors on competence perceptions (2015, background): “A mounting body of evidence has investigated behaviors proscribed for women (e.g., Brescoll & Uhlmann, 2008; Eagly & Karau, 2002; Heilman & Okimoto, 2007; Heilman et al., 2004; Phelan et al., 2008), but given the perceived overlap between the male gender role and the leadership role, less attention ”