Closing the gender gap in competitiveness through priming

Men are often more willing to compete compared to women, which may contribute to gender differences in wages and career advancement. Here, the authors show that ‘power priming’ - encouraging people to imagine themselves in a situation of power - can close the gender gap in competitiveness.

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Autores principales: Loukas Balafoutas, Helena Fornwagner, Matthias Sutter
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Publicado: Nature Portfolio 2018
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:68428a8d36cc433da37877f52359b9712021-12-02T15:33:38ZClosing the gender gap in competitiveness through priming10.1038/s41467-018-06896-62041-1723https://doaj.org/article/68428a8d36cc433da37877f52359b9712018-10-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-06896-6https://doaj.org/toc/2041-1723Men are often more willing to compete compared to women, which may contribute to gender differences in wages and career advancement. Here, the authors show that ‘power priming’ - encouraging people to imagine themselves in a situation of power - can close the gender gap in competitiveness.Loukas BalafoutasHelena FornwagnerMatthias SutterNature PortfolioarticleScienceQENNature Communications, Vol 9, Iss 1, Pp 1-6 (2018)
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Closing the gender gap in competitiveness through priming
description Men are often more willing to compete compared to women, which may contribute to gender differences in wages and career advancement. Here, the authors show that ‘power priming’ - encouraging people to imagine themselves in a situation of power - can close the gender gap in competitiveness.
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