Reducing the Cost of Being the Boss: Authentic Leadership Suppresses the Effect of Role Stereotype Conflict on Antisocial Behaviors in Leaders and Entrepreneurs

What drives entrepreneurs to engage in antisocial economic behaviors? Without dismissing entrepreneurs’ agency in their decision-making processes, our study aims to answer this question by proposing that antisocial economic behaviors are a dysfunctional coping mechanism to reduce the psychological t...

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Autores principales:	Lucas Monzani, Guillermo Mateu, Alina S. Hernandez Bark, José Martínez Villavicencio
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Publicado:	Frontiers Media S.A. 2021
Materias:	entrepreneur role stereotype female entrepreneurship gender-entrepreneur role incongruence leader-entrepreneur role incongruence antisocial behaviors economic games Psychology BF1-990
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:c54b72abf0d14877a64d10ac6e5a16812021-11-16T07:42:52ZReducing the Cost of Being the Boss: Authentic Leadership Suppresses the Effect of Role Stereotype Conflict on Antisocial Behaviors in Leaders and Entrepreneurs1664-107810.3389/fpsyg.2021.760258https://doaj.org/article/c54b72abf0d14877a64d10ac6e5a16812021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.760258/fullhttps://doaj.org/toc/1664-1078What drives entrepreneurs to engage in antisocial economic behaviors? Without dismissing entrepreneurs’ agency in their decision-making processes, our study aims to answer this question by proposing that antisocial economic behaviors are a dysfunctional coping mechanism to reduce the psychological tension that entrepreneurs face in their day-to-day activities. Further, given the overlap between the male gender role stereotype and both leader and entrepreneur role stereotypes, this psychological tension should be stronger in female entrepreneurs (or any person who identifies with the female gender role). We argue that besides the well-established female gender role – leader role incongruence, female entrepreneurs also suffer a female gender role – entrepreneur role incongruence. Thus, we predicted that men (or those identifying with the male gender role) or entrepreneurs (regardless of their gender identity) that embrace these roles stereotypes to an extreme, are more likely to engage in antisocial economic behaviors. In this context, the term antisocial economic behaviors refers to cheating or trying to harm competitors’ businesses. Finally, we predicted that embracing an authentic leadership style might mitigate this effect. We tested our predictions in two laboratory studies (Phase 1 and 2). For Phase 1 we recruited a sample of French Business school students (N = 82). For Phase 2 we recruited a sample of Costa Rican male and female entrepreneurs, using male and female managers as reference groups (N = 64). Our results show that authentic leadership reduced the likelihood of entrepreneurs and men of engaging in antisocial economic behaviors such as trying to harm one’s competition or seeking an unfair advantage.Lucas MonzaniGuillermo MateuGuillermo MateuAlina S. Hernandez BarkJosé Martínez VillavicencioFrontiers Media S.A.articleentrepreneur role stereotypefemale entrepreneurshipgender-entrepreneur role incongruenceleader-entrepreneur role incongruenceantisocial behaviorseconomic gamesPsychologyBF1-990ENFrontiers in Psychology, Vol 12 (2021)
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topic	entrepreneur role stereotype female entrepreneurship gender-entrepreneur role incongruence leader-entrepreneur role incongruence antisocial behaviors economic games Psychology BF1-990
spellingShingle	entrepreneur role stereotype female entrepreneurship gender-entrepreneur role incongruence leader-entrepreneur role incongruence antisocial behaviors economic games Psychology BF1-990 Lucas Monzani Guillermo Mateu Guillermo Mateu Alina S. Hernandez Bark José Martínez Villavicencio Reducing the Cost of Being the Boss: Authentic Leadership Suppresses the Effect of Role Stereotype Conflict on Antisocial Behaviors in Leaders and Entrepreneurs
description	What drives entrepreneurs to engage in antisocial economic behaviors? Without dismissing entrepreneurs’ agency in their decision-making processes, our study aims to answer this question by proposing that antisocial economic behaviors are a dysfunctional coping mechanism to reduce the psychological tension that entrepreneurs face in their day-to-day activities. Further, given the overlap between the male gender role stereotype and both leader and entrepreneur role stereotypes, this psychological tension should be stronger in female entrepreneurs (or any person who identifies with the female gender role). We argue that besides the well-established female gender role – leader role incongruence, female entrepreneurs also suffer a female gender role – entrepreneur role incongruence. Thus, we predicted that men (or those identifying with the male gender role) or entrepreneurs (regardless of their gender identity) that embrace these roles stereotypes to an extreme, are more likely to engage in antisocial economic behaviors. In this context, the term antisocial economic behaviors refers to cheating or trying to harm competitors’ businesses. Finally, we predicted that embracing an authentic leadership style might mitigate this effect. We tested our predictions in two laboratory studies (Phase 1 and 2). For Phase 1 we recruited a sample of French Business school students (N = 82). For Phase 2 we recruited a sample of Costa Rican male and female entrepreneurs, using male and female managers as reference groups (N = 64). Our results show that authentic leadership reduced the likelihood of entrepreneurs and men of engaging in antisocial economic behaviors such as trying to harm one’s competition or seeking an unfair advantage.
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author	Lucas Monzani Guillermo Mateu Guillermo Mateu Alina S. Hernandez Bark José Martínez Villavicencio
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author_sort	Lucas Monzani
title	Reducing the Cost of Being the Boss: Authentic Leadership Suppresses the Effect of Role Stereotype Conflict on Antisocial Behaviors in Leaders and Entrepreneurs
title_short	Reducing the Cost of Being the Boss: Authentic Leadership Suppresses the Effect of Role Stereotype Conflict on Antisocial Behaviors in Leaders and Entrepreneurs
title_full	Reducing the Cost of Being the Boss: Authentic Leadership Suppresses the Effect of Role Stereotype Conflict on Antisocial Behaviors in Leaders and Entrepreneurs
title_fullStr	Reducing the Cost of Being the Boss: Authentic Leadership Suppresses the Effect of Role Stereotype Conflict on Antisocial Behaviors in Leaders and Entrepreneurs
title_full_unstemmed	Reducing the Cost of Being the Boss: Authentic Leadership Suppresses the Effect of Role Stereotype Conflict on Antisocial Behaviors in Leaders and Entrepreneurs
title_sort	reducing the cost of being the boss: authentic leadership suppresses the effect of role stereotype conflict on antisocial behaviors in leaders and entrepreneurs
publisher	Frontiers Media S.A.
publishDate	2021
url	https://doaj.org/article/c54b72abf0d14877a64d10ac6e5a1681
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Reducing the Cost of Being the Boss: Authentic Leadership Suppresses the Effect of Role Stereotype Conflict on Antisocial Behaviors in Leaders and Entrepreneurs

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