The White Standard: Racial Bias in Leader Categorization

Journal of Applied Psychology

Volumn 93, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 758-777

  Rosette, Ashleigh Shelby ^a   Leonardelli, Geoffrey J ^b   Phillips, Katherine W ^c  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

diversity; leadership categorization; prototypical leadership characteristics; racial bias; stereotypes

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; CAUCASIAN; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; LEADERSHIP; MALE; NEGRO; PERSONALITY; QUESTIONNAIRE;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ASIAN AMERICANS; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; LEADERSHIP; MALE; PERSONALITY; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 48249093530     PISSN: 00219010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0021-9010.93.4.758     Document Type: Article

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