Self-Presentation Strategies, Fear of Success and Anticipation of Future Success among University and High School Students.

ABSTRACT: The backlash avoidance model (BAM) suggests women insufficiently self-promote because they fear backlash for behavior which is incongruent with traditional gender roles. Avoiding self-promoting behavior is also potentially related to associating success with negative consequences. In two studies we tested whether self-promotion and fear of success will be predictors of lower salaries and anticipation of lower chances of success in an exam. In study 1, prior to the exam they were about to take, we asked 234 students about their predictions concerning exam results and their future earnings. They also filled scales measuring their associations with success (fear of success) and tendency for self-promotion. The tested model proved that in comparison to men, women expect lower salaries in the f

SUBMITTER: Kosakowska-Berezecka N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5663907 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature