Navigating the leaky pipeline: Do stereotypes about parents predict career outcomes in academia?

ABSTRACT: The motherhood penalty seemingly reflects a preference to hire female professionals who are not parents compared to mothers, however, little is known about whether this effect is attributable to parent stereotypes per se. Study 1 assessed the content of the parent-academia stereotypes of 180 individuals working in Education and revealed stronger stereotypical associations of fathers with academia than mothers. Study 2 investigated what parent-academia stereotypes predict in terms of endorsements for hiring men versus women in a mock hiring task set in an academic context. Academics (N = 112) evaluated mock job candidates for an Assistant Professor post while the gender, parental status and leave status of the candidates were manipulated. The findings showed that parents were significantly

SUBMITTER: Stefanova V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9534419 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature