| Leadership perceptions as a function of race-occupation fit: the case of Asian Americans. | |
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PMID: 20718523 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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On the basis of the connectionist model of leadership, we examined perceptions of leadership as a function of the contextual factors of race (Asian American, Caucasian American) and occupation (engineering, sales) in 3 experiments (1 student sample and 2 industry samples). Race and occupation exhibited differential effects for within- and between-race comparisons. With regard to within-race comparisons, leadership perceptions of Asian Americans were higher when race-occupation was a good fit (engineer position) than when race-occupation was a poor fit (sales position) for the two industry samples. With regard to between-race comparisons, leadership perceptions of Asian Americans were low relative to those of Caucasian Americans. Additionally, when race-occupation was a good fit for Asian Americans, such individuals were evaluated higher on perceptions of technical competence than were Caucasian Americans, whereas they were evaluated lower when race-occupation was a poor fit. Furthermore, our results demonstrated that race affects leadership perceptions through the activation of prototypic leadership attributes (i.e., implicit leadership theories). Implications for the findings are discussed in terms of the connectionist model of leadership and leadership opportunities for Asian Americans. |
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Thomas Sy; Lynn M Shore; Judy Strauss; Ted H Shore; Susanna Tram; Paul Whiteley; Kristine Ikeda-Muromachi |
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Type: Journal Article |
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Title: The Journal of applied psychology Volume: 95 ISSN: 1939-1854 ISO Abbreviation: J Appl Psychol Publication Date: 2010 Sep |
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Created Date: 2010-09-14 Completed Date: 2011-01-20 Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 0222526 Medline TA: J Appl Psychol Country: United States |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 902-19 Citation Subset: IM |
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Copyright 2010 APA, all rights reserved |
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Department of Psychology, University of California, Riverside, 900 University Avenue, Riverside, CA 92521, USA. thomas.sy@ucr.edu |
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Adult Analysis of Variance Asian Americans / psychology*, statistics & numerical data Continental Population Groups / psychology, statistics & numerical data Female Humans Interpersonal Relations Leadership* Male Models, Psychological Occupations* Professional Competence* Social Perception* Young Adult |
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