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. equa

SUBMITTER: Brands RA 

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

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature