An intersectional lens on young leaders: bias toward young women and young men in leadership positions

ABSTRACT: Research has recognized age biases against young leaders, yet understanding of how gender, the most frequently studied demographic leader characteristic, influences this bias remains limited. In this study, we examine the gender-specific age bias toward young female and young male leaders through an intersectional lens. By integrating intersectionality theory with insights on status beliefs associated with age and gender, we test whether young female and male leaders face an interactive rather than an additive form of bias. We conducted two preregistered experimental studies (N1 = 918 and N2 = 985), where participants evaluated leaders based on age, gender, or a combination of both. Our analysis reveals a negative age bias in leader status ascriptions toward young leaders compared to middl

SUBMITTER: Daldrop C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10468608 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature