Does Diversity-Valuing Behavior Result in Diminished Performance Ratings for Non-White and Female Leaders?

Feb. 10, 2020

Abstract We seek to help solve the puzzle of why top-level leaders are disproportionately White men. We suggest that this race- and sex-based status and power gap persists, in part, because ethnic minority and female leaders are discouraged from engaging in diversity valuing behavior. We hypothesize, and test in both...

Risky business: linking Toxoplasma gondii infection and entrepreneurship behaviours across individuals and countries.

Feb. 10, 2020

Abstract Disciplines such as business and economics often rely on the assumption of rationality when explaining complex human behaviours. However, growing evidence suggests that behaviour may concurrently be influenced by infectious microorganisms. The protozoan Toxoplasma gondii infects an estimated 2 billion people worldwide and has been linked to behavioural alterations...

Women at work: Changes in sexual harassment between September 2016 and September 2018

Feb. 10, 2020

Abstract Over the last two years, awareness about the sexual mistreatment of women has stunned the world. According to analysis by the New York Times, the defeat of Hilary Clinton and election of Donald Trump spurred a women’s movement in the US that began in November of 2016 and resulted...

The Paradox of Seduction by Irrelevant Details: How Irrelevant Information Helps Hinder Self-Regulation Learning

June 3, 2015

רSTRACT. Instructors often rely on seductive details, such as jokes, stories, and video clips, to keep trainees entertained. However, this extraneous information may inadvertently detract from the course content, and the between-person nature of past research precludes understanding the dynamic process by which seductive details influence learning. Using a repeated...

Interactive Effects of Leader Justice and Support for Safety on Safety Performance

June 2, 2015

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the main and interactive effects of general and safety-specific leader justice (SSLJ) (i.e. fair treatment) and leader support for safety (LSS) on safety performance. Design/methodology/approach Two independent samples of construction workers rate their leaders with regards to fair treatment and support...

Don't Hate Me because I'm Beautiful: Acknowledging Apperance Mitigates the "Beauty is Beastly" Effect

June 2, 2015

רSTRACT : Physically attractive women are discriminated against when applying for masculine sex-typed jobs, a phenomenon known as the beauty is beastly effect . We conducted three studies to establish an intervention for mitigating the beauty is beastly effect and to determine mediators and moderators of the intervention. As expected,...

Assistant Professor Stefanie K. Johnson cited in recent Wallethub.com article on Best and Worst States for Working Moms

May 4, 2015

2015’s Best & Worst States for Working Moms by John S Kiernan Although women now comprise roughly half of the American workforce, they still earn about three-quarters as much as men do and have far less upward mobility, as evidenced by the fact that less than 5 percent of Fortune...