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Reducing the backlash effect: Self‐monitoring and women's promotions
Author(s) -
O’Neill Olivia A.,
O’Reilly III Charles A.
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
journal of occupational and organizational psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.257
H-Index - 114
eISSN - 2044-8325
pISSN - 0963-1798
DOI - 10.1111/j.2044-8325.2010.02008.x
Subject(s) - backlash , psychology , stereotype (uml) , promotion (chess) , social psychology , stereotype threat , self monitoring , graduation (instrument) , political science , engineering , mechanical engineering , politics , law
Previous research shows that masculine (agentic) women suffer from a backlash effect in which they are sanctioned for violating the feminine gender role stereotype. We examine the impact of self‐monitoring on the promotion rates of MBA men and women over an 8‐year period following graduation. Results show that women who were more masculine as well as high on self‐monitoring received more promotions, suggesting that self‐monitoring is associated with an absence of backlash effects.