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Failure is not an option for Black women: Effects of organizational performance on leaders with single versus dual-subordinate identities

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Rosette, AS; Livingston, RW
Published in: Journal of Experimental Social Psychology
September 1, 2012

We contribute to a current debate that focuses on whether individuals with more than one subordinate identity (i.e., Black women) experience more negative leader perceptions than do leaders with single-subordinate identities (i.e., Black men and White women). Results confirmed that Black women leaders suffered . double jeopardy, and were evaluated more negatively than Black men and White women, but only under conditions of organizational failure. Under conditions of organizational success, the three groups were evaluated comparably to each other, but each group was evaluated less favorably than White men. Further, leader typicality, the extent to which individuals possess characteristics usually associated with a leader role, mediated the indirect effect of leader race, leader gender, and organizational performance on leader effectiveness. Taken together, these results suggest that Black women leaders may carry a burden of being disproportionately sanctioned for making mistakes on the job. © 2012 Elsevier Inc.

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Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

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1096-0465

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0022-1031

Publication Date

September 1, 2012

Volume

48

Issue

5

Start / End Page

1162 / 1167

Related Subject Headings

  • Social Psychology
  • 5205 Social and personality psychology
  • 1702 Cognitive Sciences
  • 1701 Psychology
 

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Rosette, A. S., & Livingston, R. W. (2012). Failure is not an option for Black women: Effects of organizational performance on leaders with single versus dual-subordinate identities. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 48(5), 1162–1167. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jesp.2012.05.002
Rosette, A. S., and R. W. Livingston. “Failure is not an option for Black women: Effects of organizational performance on leaders with single versus dual-subordinate identities.” Journal of Experimental Social Psychology 48, no. 5 (September 1, 2012): 1162–67. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jesp.2012.05.002.
Rosette AS, Livingston RW. Failure is not an option for Black women: Effects of organizational performance on leaders with single versus dual-subordinate identities. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology. 2012 Sep 1;48(5):1162–7.
Rosette, A. S., and R. W. Livingston. “Failure is not an option for Black women: Effects of organizational performance on leaders with single versus dual-subordinate identities.” Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, vol. 48, no. 5, Sept. 2012, pp. 1162–67. Scopus, doi:10.1016/j.jesp.2012.05.002.
Rosette AS, Livingston RW. Failure is not an option for Black women: Effects of organizational performance on leaders with single versus dual-subordinate identities. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology. 2012 Sep 1;48(5):1162–1167.
Journal cover image

Published In

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

DOI

EISSN

1096-0465

ISSN

0022-1031

Publication Date

September 1, 2012

Volume

48

Issue

5

Start / End Page

1162 / 1167

Related Subject Headings

  • Social Psychology
  • 5205 Social and personality psychology
  • 1702 Cognitive Sciences
  • 1701 Psychology