重视辉煌促进了男子气概—竞争文化
An Emphasis on Brilliance Fosters Masculinity-Contest Cultures
——原载美国《心理科学》杂志2022年第33卷第4期——
<Psychological Science>, 2022, 33 (4)
【摘要】在那些被认为成功需要天赋的领域中,女性的代表性远远不够,但我们对这种模式的成因了解甚少。我们调查了对“男子气概-竞争文化”的看法,这种残忍竞争的组织环境是一种关键机制,在这种机制中,对才华的强调阻碍了女性参与。在三项预先注册的相关和实验研究中,包括网上的非专业成人被试(N=870)和来自30多个学科的学者(N=1,347),我们发现,认为一个领域或组织重视才华和认为这个领域或组织的特点是男子气概-竞争文化这两者之间存在正相关。这种关联在女性中尤其强烈。反过来,对男性竞争文化的感知预示着较低的兴趣和归属感,以及较强的冒名顶替情绪。通过实验减少对男子气概-竞争文化的感知,消除了在一个辉煌导向的组织中兴趣和归属感方面的性别差距,这表明了可能用以干预的途径。【关键词】才华横溢、冒名顶替情绪、性别刻板印象、男子气概-竞争文化、归属感、开放数据、开放材料、预注册
[Abstract] Women are underrepresented in fields in which success is believed to require brilliance, but the reasons for this pattern are poorly understood. We investigated perceptions of a “masculinity-contest culture,” an organizational environment of ruthless competition, as a key mechanism whereby a perceived emphasis on brilliance discourages female participation. Across three preregistered correlational and experimental studies involving adult lay participants online (N=870) and academics from more than 30 disciplines (N=1,347), we found a positive association between the perception that a field or an organization values brilliance and the perception that this field or organization is characterized by a masculinity-contest culture. This association was particularly strong among women. In turn, perceiving a masculinity-contest culture predicted lower interest and sense of belonging as well as stronger impostor feelings. Experimentally reducing the perception of a masculinity-contest culture eliminated gender gaps in interest and belonging in a brilliance-oriented organization, suggesting possible avenues for intervention. [Key words] brilliance, impostor feelings, gender stereotypes, masculinity-contest culture, sense of belonging, open data, open materials, preregistered
论文原文:Andrea C. Vial, Melis Muradoglu, George E. Newman, Andrei Cimpian (2022). An Emphasis on Brilliance Fosters Masculinity-Contest Cultures. Psychological Science, 33(4), 595–612. https://doi.org/10.1177/09567976211044133