Hiring women into senior leadership positions is associated with a reduction in gender stereotypes in organizational language [Psychological and Cognitive Sciences]

Women continue to be underrepresented in leadership positions. This underrepresentation is at least partly driven by gender stereotypes that associate men, but not women, with achievement-oriented, agentic traits (e.g., assertive and decisive). These stereotypes are expressed and perpetuated in language, with women being described in less agentic terms than men....
Source: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - Category: Science Authors: Tags: Psychological and Cognitive Sciences Social Sciences Source Type: research