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Perceived Centrality in Social Networks Increases Women's Expectations of Confronting Sexism.

ABSTRACT: This article integrates the study of intergroup relations and social network cognition, predicting that women who occupy central (vs. peripheral) advice network positions are more likely to confront a coworker's gender-biased comment. Study 1 offers correlational evidence of the predicted link between perceived advice network centrality and confronting among employed women, uniquely in advice (but not communication) networks. Study 2 replicates and investigates two possible mechanisms-perceptions of the situation as public and perceived risk of confronting. Study 3 rules out order effects and tests an additional mechanism (expectations of the network members). Study 4 is an experiment that shows people expect central (vs. peripheral) women to confront more, even when she is lower (vs. equal) power. Study 5 replicates the core hypothesis in retrospective accounts of women's responses to real workplace gender bias. Study 6 compares multiple potential mechanisms to provide greater insight into why centrality reliably predicts confrontation.

SUBMITTER: Brands RA

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7653400 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Perceived Centrality in Social Networks Increases Women's Expectations of Confronting Sexism.

Brands Raina A RA Rattan Aneeta A

Personality & social psychology bulletin 20200325 12

This article integrates the study of intergroup relations and social network cognition, predicting that women who occupy central (vs. peripheral) advice network positions are more likely to confront a coworker's gender-biased comment. Study 1 offers correlational evidence of the predicted link between perceived advice network centrality and confronting among employed women, uniquely in advice (but not communication) networks. Study 2 replicates and investigates two possible mechanisms-perception ...[more]

PMID: 32208885

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Perceived Centrality in Social Networks Increases Women's Expectations of Confronting Sexism.

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Perceived Centrality in Social Networks Increases Women's Expectations of Confronting Sexism.

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