Cortland, Clarissa I; Kinias, Zoe; (2023) Adding Fuel to the Collective Fire: Stereotype Threat, Solidarity, and Support for Change. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin 10.1177/01461672231202630. (In press).

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We hypothesize a yet-unstudied effect of experiencing systemic stereotype threat on women’s collective action efforts: igniting women’s support for other women and motivation to improve organizational gender balance. Hypotheses are supported in two surveys (Study 1: N=1,365 business school alumnae; Study 2: N=386 women MBAs), and four experiments (Studies 3-6; total N = 1,897 working women). Studies 1 and 2 demonstrate that experiencing stereotype threat is negatively associated with women’s domain-relevant engagement (supporting extant work on the negative effects of stereotype threat), but positively associated with women’s support and advocacy of gender balance. Studies 3-6 provide causal evidence that stereotype threat activation leads to greater attitudes and intentions to support gender balance, ruling out negative affect as an alternative explanation and identifying ingroup solidarity as a mechanism. We discuss implications for working women, women leaders, and organizations striving to empower their entire workforce through developing equitable and inclusive practices.

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