%0 Journal Article %1 RefWorks:1818 %A Diekman, Amanda B. %D 2007 %J Sex Roles %K (Psychology); ATTITUDE Advice; Committee DOMINANCE Dominance; Evaluation; HUMAN INTERPERSONAL Injunctive Role SOCIAL Search Training Women and behavior; communication; congruity; interaction; leadership; norms; psychology; relations; role; status; %N 9 %P 551-561 %T Negotiating the Double Bind: Interpersonal and Instrumental Evaluations of Dominance %U http://ezproxy.library.wisc.edu/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com.ezproxy.library.wisc.edu/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&AN=25426673&site=ehost-live %V 56 %X This study investigated the "double bind of dominance"—that idea that dominant behavior can a person gain high status positions but that it "might jeopardize social relationships." The authors investigated this concept "by examining evaluations based on interpersonal skill (e.g., getting along well with others) and instrumental skill (e.g., accomplishing a task)." Relying on role congruity theory which "posits that behavior will be evaluated more positively when it is congruent with valued social roles' the authors conducted "tTw experiments ... to explore the importance of context in evaluations of dominance.' They found that "dominance was more devalued in contexts related to interpersonal skill than in those related to instrumental skill, ... that the penalty for dominant behavior decreased when the target also displayed warmth, ... and that dominant behavior incurred greater penalties in communal versus agentic occupations." They conclude that context and role-based explanations influence they way dominance influences evaluation. %@ 03600025

@article{RefWorks:1818, abstract = {This study investigated the "double bind of dominance"—that idea that dominant behavior can a person gain high status positions but that it "might jeopardize social relationships." The authors investigated this concept "by examining evaluations based on interpersonal skill (e.g., getting along well with others) and instrumental skill (e.g., accomplishing a task)." Relying on role congruity theory which "posits that behavior will be evaluated more positively when it is congruent with valued social roles' the authors conducted "tTw experiments ... to explore the importance of context in evaluations of dominance.' They found that "dominance was more devalued in contexts related to interpersonal skill than in those related to instrumental skill, ... that the penalty for dominant behavior decreased when the target also displayed warmth, ... [and] that dominant behavior incurred greater penalties in communal versus agentic occupations." They conclude that context and role-based explanations influence they way dominance influences evaluation.}, added-at = {2013-04-29T22:53:49.000+0200}, author = {Diekman, Amanda B.}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/2b7f213cdce0817f25f7c35f3cbad66d7/schmidli}, interhash = {2a058e323159edc19c17f183f05ceaf2}, intrahash = {b7f213cdce0817f25f7c35f3cbad66d7}, isbn = {03600025}, journal = {Sex Roles}, keywords = {(Psychology); ATTITUDE Advice; Committee DOMINANCE Dominance; Evaluation; HUMAN INTERPERSONAL Injunctive Role SOCIAL Search Training Women and behavior; communication; congruity; interaction; leadership; norms; psychology; relations; role; status;}, month = {05}, number = 9, pages = {551-561}, timestamp = {2013-04-29T22:53:52.000+0200}, title = {Negotiating the Double Bind: Interpersonal and Instrumental Evaluations of Dominance}, url = {http://ezproxy.library.wisc.edu/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com.ezproxy.library.wisc.edu/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&AN=25426673&site=ehost-live}, volume = 56, year = 2007 }