This contribution reviews work on the queen bee phenomenon whereby women leaders
assimilate into male-dominated organizations (ie, organizations in which most executive …

This contribution focuses on women in leadership positions. We propose that two convictions
are relevant to the effects of having women in high places. On the one hand, women as a …

This article reviews social neuroscience research on the experience of stigma from the
target's perspective. More specifically, we discuss several research programs that employ …

‘Queen Bees’ are senior women in masculine organizational cultures who have fulfilled
their career aspirations by dissociating themselves from their gender while simultaneously …

Queen bees are senior women in male-dominated organizations who have achieved success
by emphasizing how they differ from other women. Although the behavior of queen bees …

Two correlational studies conducted in Switzerland (N = 222) and Albania (N = 156)
explained the opposition of female managers to gender quotas by examining the origins and …

Fifteen years ago, the British Journal of Social Psychology published a set of studies on male
and female academics, documenting that female faculty members were more likely than …

Experiencing social identity threat can lead members of stigmatized groups to protect their
self-regard by withdrawing from domains that are associated with higher status groups. Four …

In two studies, we investigate the effect of individuals’ promotion and prevention focus on
engagement in collective action. We show that responding to group‐based disadvantage out of …

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 …