Gender and Group Dynamics over Time: A Field Experiment on Tokenism, Efficacy, and Authority

• In Event: Inclusion and Symbolic Representation for Women and Other Marginalized Groups

Brief Overview

Token women in work groups feel and are seen as less influential and less competent than otherwise identical women in majority-female work groups.

Authors

• Christopher Karpowitz, Brigham Young University-Provo

• Jessica Robinson Preece, Brigham Young University-Provo

• Olga Stoddard, Brigham Young University-Provo