Double Trouble: How Being Outnumbered and Negatively Stereotyped Threatens Career Outcomes of Women in STEM

Double Trouble: How Being Outnumbered and Negatively Stereotyped Threatens Career Outcomes of Women in STEM

Masculine work contexts form an important source of social identity threat for working women. But what aspect of masculine work contexts is most threatening to women’s gender identity at work: A numerical majority of male colleagues (i.e., numerical male dominance), working in a profession in which...

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Main Authors: Ruth van Veelen, Belle Derks, Maaike Dorine Endedijk
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2019-02-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychology
Subjects:
social identity threat
gender identification
masculine work contexts
gender (under)representation
work engagement
career confidence
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.00150/full

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