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Overlooked Leadership Potential: The Preference for Leadership Potential in Job Candidates Who Are Men vs. Women

Player, Abigail; Randsley de Moura, Georgina; Leite, Ana C.; Abrams, Dominic; Tresh, Fatima

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Authors

Abigail Player

Georgina Randsley de Moura

Dominic Abrams

Fatima Tresh



Abstract

Two experiments tested the value people attach to the leadership potential and leadership performance of female and male candidates for leadership positions in an organizational hiring simulation. In both experiments, participants (Total N = 297) valued leadership potential more highly than leadership performance, but only for male candidates. By contrast, female candidates were preferred when they demonstrated leadership performance over leadership potential. The findings reveal an overlooked potential effect that exclusively benefits men and hinders women who pursue leadership positions that require leadership potential. Implications for the representation of women in leadership positions and directions for future research are discussed.

Citation

Player, A., Randsley de Moura, G., Leite, A. C., Abrams, D., & Tresh, F. (2019). Overlooked Leadership Potential: The Preference for Leadership Potential in Job Candidates Who Are Men vs. Women. Frontiers in Psychology, 10, Article 755. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.00755

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Mar 19, 2019
Online Publication Date Apr 16, 2019
Publication Date Apr 16, 2019
Deposit Date Jun 13, 2019
Publicly Available Date Jun 13, 2019
Journal Frontiers in Psychology
Print ISSN 1664-1078
Electronic ISSN 1664-1078
Publisher Frontiers Media
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 10
Article Number 755
DOI https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.00755
Public URL https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1328947

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Copyright © 2019 Player, Randsley de Moura, Leite, Abrams and Tresh. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.





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