Authors
Kees Van den Bos, Joel Brockner, Jordan H Stein, Dirk D Steiner, Nico W Van Yperen, Daphne M Dekker
Publication date
2010/10
Journal
Journal of personality and social psychology
Volume
99
Issue
4
Pages
638
Publisher
American Psychological Association
Description
In this article, we examine the hypothesis that in masculine cultures or in other contexts that emphasize competitive achievement, those with higher performance capabilities will feel empowered to have input in decisions and, hence, will desire opportunities to voice their opinions about decisions to be made. In contrast, in more feminine cultures or in other contexts that value the importance of nurturing people with lower capability, those with lower capabilities will feel valued as important group members, will feel worthy of receiving voice and, hence, will appreciate voice opportunities. We provide evidence for these predictions in 2 studies, 1 conducted in the United States (a more masculine culture) and 1 in the Netherlands (a more feminine culture). Evidence also comes from experimental conditions in both studies, in which we made salient to participants countercultural norms and values, that is, nurturing the less …
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