We suggest that an individual’s self-construal — how people view themselves in terms of connectedness to versus separateness from others — affects perceived effectiveness of individual action targeted at large scale societal outcomes, and by doing so, ultimately affects socially...

Humanity is facing an increasing number of wicked problems. The COVID pandemic is a telling example. Wicked problems are novel, complex, without a single “right” answer. They provide an ultimate test of leadership, as distinct from management. We suggest that effective leadership in the face...

This paper focuses on women leaders’ self-views linked to their gender and leader identities. In particular, we examine the antecedents and psychological and motivational consequences of identity conflict, which occurs when women leaders perceive an incongruity between their gender and...

Individuals feel authentic when they believe they act consistently with their values. However, others do not necessarily see such individuals as authentic. We explore the gap between felt and perceived authenticity and suggest that individuals’ prosocial orientation determines, jointly with...

We explore the antecedents and consequences of women leaders’ identity interference related to the perceived conflict between their roles as both women and leaders. Drawing on identity development and organizational demography research, we propose that leadership experience reduces women...

We study the gender gap in a competitive environment by exploiting the “naturalistic experiment” of a TV game show with self-selected participants and no gender-specific constraints nor discrimination. Games consist of multiple rounds where contestants answer general knowledge questions...

Evaluations of deviant behavior in organizations are often biased by personal characteristics of deviants. In four studies, we investigate the conditions under which sanctioners are more lenient towards deviants who hold leadership positions as compared to individuals at lower levels of...

We study the risk-taking behavior of stock analysts under varying market conditions. We examine how the risk analysts take by providing bold forecasts that deviate from consensus depends on the degree of uncertainty in the environment as well as the analysts' skill level. We provide evidence...