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RoleCongruityTheory

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Therolecongruitytheoryproposesthatagroupwillbepositivelyevaluatedwhenitscharacteristicsare

recognizedasaligningwiththatgroup’stypicalsocialroles(EaglyDiekman,2005).[1]CoinedbyEagly

andKarau(2002),[2]prejudicetowardfemaleleadersoccursbecauseinconsistencieistbetweenthe

characteristicsassociatedwiththefemalegenderstereotypeandthoseassociatedwiththetypical

leadership.

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•1Empiricalsupport

o1.1Womeninleadershiproles

o1.2Womeninfacultyroles

•2Seealso

•3References

Empiricalsupport[edit]

Womeninleadershiproles[edit]

Oneofthetwomaincausesofprejudicepreventingwomenfromachievementofhigh-statuspositionsor

successistheperceptionofwomenwhenplacedinleadershiproles.Inanarticleonprejudicetowards

femaleleaders,EaglyandKarau(2002)[3]foundthatwomenwhoareleadersareperceivedinaless

positivemannerwhencomparedtomaleleaders.EaglyandKarau(2002)[4]alsoshowedthatwomenhave

amoredifficulttimeachievinghighstatuspositionsintheworkplaceandinmaintainingthesepositions

throughachievementandsuccess.Evidencesuggeststhatprejudicetowardswomeninleadership

positionsoccursmorefrequentlyinsituationswherelargerinconsistenciesbetweenfemalegender

rolesandleadershiprolesarepresent.

Eagly(1987)[5]suggestwomenduetotheirsociallyacceptedrolesaremoreoftenperceivedinlowerstatus

positionsthanthoseoftheirmalecounterparts.Theseacceptedgenderstereotyp