APS
29th APS Annual Convention · 2017
Self-Affirmation As an Emotional Intervention to Increase Men’s Willingness to Work with Women
- Chiara Trombini
Harvard Kennedy School - Chiara Trombini
Bocconi University - Celia Moore
Bocconi University - Hannah Bowles
Harvard University
Abstract
We explore the emotional reaction that men experience at the prospect of working with women. Men report a lower willingness to work with women than men, and this stems from anxiety that they experience. Self-affirming men in advance of evaluating a female candidate makes them more open toward her.
Gender Issues/Sex Roles
