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Sexualize one, objectify all? The sexualization spillover effect on female job candidates (2023)
Journal Article
Guillén, L., Kakarika, M., & Heflick, N. (2024). Sexualize one, objectify all? The sexualization spillover effect on female job candidates. Journal of Organizational Behavior, 45(4), 576-594. https://doi.org/10.1002/job.2758

Summary: We examined whether sexualizing a businesswoman impacts attitudes toward subsequently evaluated, nonsexualized females applying for a corporate managerial position. Research shows that sexualized women are perceived as less warm and competen... Read More about Sexualize one, objectify all? The sexualization spillover effect on female job candidates.

Don’t Shoot the Messenger? A Morality- and Gender-Based Model of Reactions to Negative Workplace Gossip (2023)
Journal Article
Kakarika, M., Taghavi, S., & González-Gómez, H. (2024). Don’t Shoot the Messenger? A Morality- and Gender-Based Model of Reactions to Negative Workplace Gossip. Journal of Business Ethics, 189(2), 329-344. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-023-05355-7

We conducted three studies to examine how the recipients of negative workplace gossip judge the gossip sender’s morality and how they respond behaviorally. Study 1 provided experimental evidence that gossip recipients perceive senders as low in moral... Read More about Don’t Shoot the Messenger? A Morality- and Gender-Based Model of Reactions to Negative Workplace Gossip.

Where does the heart lie? A multistage process model of entrepreneurial passion and role identity management (2022)
Journal Article
Kakarika, M., Biniari, M., Guillén, L., & Mayo, M. (2022). Where does the heart lie? A multistage process model of entrepreneurial passion and role identity management. Journal of Organizational Behavior, 43(9), 1562-1578. https://doi.org/10.1002/job.2605

With research on entrepreneurial passion booming, there is an increasing need to understand how and why that passion influences entrepreneurs' performance over time. To address this need, we develop a multistage process model, proposing that entrepre... Read More about Where does the heart lie? A multistage process model of entrepreneurial passion and role identity management.