학술논문
Remedial self-fulfilling prophecy: two field experiments to prevent Golem effects among disadvantaged women.
Document Type
Journal Article
Author
Source
Subject
*Analysis of variance
*Leadership
*Research
Self-fulfilling prophecy
Social psychology
Sociology
Performance
Applied psychology
Psychology
Clinical trials
Comparative studies
Research methodology
Medical cooperation
Motivation (Psychology)
Self-efficacy
Psychology of military personnel
Stereotypes
Psychology of women
Evaluation research
Randomized controlled trials
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ISSN
0021-9010
Abstract
The Pygmalion effect is a self-fulfilling prophecy (SFP) in which raising leader expectations boosts subordinate performance. Although attempts to produce Pygmalion effects have been successful repeatedly among men, attempts to produce Pygmalion effects with female leaders have yielded null results. Also, only 1 experiment has demonstrated the Golem effect (i.e., negative SFP in which low leader expectations impair subordinate performance). In 2 field experiments testing the SFP hypothesis among women leading disadvantaged women, experimental leaders were led to believe that their trainees had higher than usual potential. In reality, the trainees had been assigned randomly. Manipulation checks confirmed that the treatment raised leader expectations toward experimental trainees. Analysis of variance of performance detected the predicted SFP effects in both experiments. These were the first-ever experimental confirmations of SFP among women as leaders. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]