Gender and Willingness to Lead: Does the Gender Composition of Teams Matter?

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Born, Andreas; Ranehill, Eva; Sandberg, Anna
• 署名单位: Spotify; University of Gothenburg; Stockholm University
• 刊物名称: REVIEW OF ECONOMICS AND STATISTICS
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0034-6535
• DOI: 10.1162/rest_a_00955
• 发表日期: 2022-03
• 页码: 259-275
• 关键词: female; sex; IMPACT; gap; environments; performance; COMPETITION; DECISION; TRENDS; peers

摘要

We explore how team gender composition affects willingness to lead by randomly assigning participants in an experiment to male- or female-majority teams. Irrespective of team gender composition, men are substantially more willing than women to lead their team. The pooled sample, and women separately, are more willing to lead female- than male-majority teams. An analysis of mechanisms reveals that a large share of the negative effect of male-majority teams on women's leadership aspirations is accounted for by a negative effect on women's confidence, influence, and expected support from team members.