Year: 2008
Type: article
Abstract: THE EFFECT OF INCIDENTAL THREAT ON LEADERSHIP NEEDS AND CHOICES by Elizabeth R. Brown The current study examines how the need for affiliation/nurturance influences gendered leadership decisions depending on incidental threat. The influence of threat on the need for nurturance is examined in reference to 1) role congruity theory, which states the male gender role is more consistent with the leadership role than the female gender role (Eagly & Karau, 2002); 2) research demonstrating incidental threat benefits female leaders (Brown & Diekman, 2008). Experiment 1 examined if threat increased nurturance/affiliative needs, causing relative benefits for female leaders. Experiment 2 manipulated the leader’s traits (agentic versus communal) to examine if communally-described leaders benefit under threat. The Experiment 1 subsample of participants who passed the manipulation check revealed increased affiliation in the threat relative to control condition. The results for Experiment 2 were not conclusive. Further research needs to examine why incidental threat benefits female leaders. THE INFLUENCE OF INCIDENTAL THREAT ON LEADERSHIP NEEDS AND CHOICES
Author: Elizabeth R. Brown
Institution: Miami University
Language: English
Subfield: Sociology and Political Science
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2248766794