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The Effect of Incidental Threat on Leadership Needs and Choices

Brown, Elizabeth Renee
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1227215451

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2008, Master of Arts, Miami University, Psychology.
The current study examines how the need for affiliation/nurturance influences gendered leadership decisions depending on incidental threat. The influence of threat on the need for nurturance is examined in reference to 1) role congruity theory, which states the male gender role is more consistent with the leadership role than the female gender role (Eagly & Karau, 2002); 2) research demonstrating incidental threat benefits female leaders (Brown & Diekman, 2008). Experiment 1 examined if threat increased nurturance/affiliative needs, causing relative benefits for female leaders. Experiment 2 manipulated the leader’s traits (agentic versus communal) to examine if communally-described leaders benefit under threat. The Experiment 1 subsample of participants who passed the manipulation check revealed increased affiliation in the threat relative to control condition. The results for Experiment 2 were not conclusive. Further research needs to examine why incidental threat benefits female leaders.
Amanda Diekman (Advisor)
Kurt Hugenberg (Committee Member)
Ann Fuehrer (Committee Member)
43 p.
Social Psychology
Sex Roles; Leadership; Affect

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  • Brown, E. R. (2008). The Effect of Incidental Threat on Leadership Needs and Choices [Master's thesis, Miami University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1227215451

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Brown, Elizabeth. The Effect of Incidental Threat on Leadership Needs and Choices. 2008. Miami University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1227215451.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Brown, Elizabeth. "The Effect of Incidental Threat on Leadership Needs and Choices." Master's thesis, Miami University, 2008. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1227215451

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