Role Congruity Theory Research Articles

Role congruity theory of prejudice toward female leaders.

Role congruity theory of prejudice toward female leaders.

Role congruity theory of prejudice toward female leaders.

A role congruity theory of prejudice toward female leaders proposes that perceived incongruity between the female gender role and leadership roles leads to 2 forms of prejudice: (a) perceiving women less favorably than men as potential occupants of leadership roles and (b) evaluating behavior that fulfills the prescriptions of a leader role less favorably when it is enacted by a woman. One consequence is that attitudes are less positive toward female than male leaders and potential leaders. Other consequences are that it is more difficult for women to become leaders and to achieve success in leadership roles. Evidence from varied research paradigms substantiates that these consequences occur, especially in situations that heighten perceptions of incongruity between the female gender role and leadership roles.

Status Incongruence In Supervisor Subordinate Dyads: The Effects On Subordinate Job Satisfaction and Creative Performance

Extant research on status incongruence has begun to explore the resultingtensions it may engender between supervisor and subordinate, yet it excludes therole of other demographic factors beyond age which influence status perceptions.We draw on role congruity theory to examine how organizational culture influenceswhether supervisor-subordinate dyadic status incongruence has a negative orpositive impact on subordinate job satisfaction and creative performance. We findthat status incongruence reduces job satisfaction when supervisor-subordinate dyadswork in a hierarchical organizational culture (i.e. low clan organizational culture),and job satisfaction increases for supervisor-subordinate dyads that work in a clanorganizational culture (i.e. high clan organizational culture). Furthermore, theseeffects on job satisfaction ultimately impacted subordinate creative job performance,supporting a moderated-mediation model. Implications for future research on statusincongruence are discussed.