1236: How Women in Leadership are Influenced by and Influence Their Social Environments (12529)

Organizer(s)

• YB

  Yashodhara Basuthakur

  Texas A&M U., Mays Business School, United States

Participant(s)

• DB

  Danuse Bement

  U. of Notre Dame, United States
• PD

  Priyanka Dwivedi

  Texas A&M U., Mays Business School, United States
• RA

  Rachel Aleks

  U. of Windsor, Canada
• TS

  Tina Saksida

  U. of Prince Edward Island, Canada
• AW

  Aaron Wolf

  SETI Institute
• TC

  Tianhua Cao

  Indiana U. Kokomo
• BC

  Bidisha Chakrabarty

  Saint Louis U.
• VG

  Vishal Gupta

  U. of Alabama, United States
• SM

  Sandra Mortal

  U. of Alabama
• CS

  Christine Shropshire

  Arizona State U., United States

Presenter(s)

• YB

  Yashodhara Basuthakur

  Texas A&M U., Mays Business School, United States

Participant(s)

• AO

  Abbie Oliver

  U. of Virginia, United States
• NM

  Nicole Montgomery

  U. of Virginia - McIntire School of Commerce
• AC

  Amanda Cowen

  U. of Virginia, United States
• MH

  Michael Howard

  Iowa State U., United States

Organizer(s)

• DB

  Danuse Bement

  U. of Notre Dame, United States
• PD

  Priyanka Dwivedi

  Texas A&M U., Mays Business School, United States

Presenter(s)

• TS

  Tina Saksida

  U. of Prince Edward Island, Canada
• TC

  Tianhua Cao

  Indiana U. Kokomo
• CS

  Christine Shropshire

  Arizona State U., United States
• AC

  Amanda Cowen

  U. of Virginia, United States

Participant(s)

• YB

  Yashodhara Basuthakur

  Texas A&M U., Mays Business School, United States

Women are exposed to and shaped by societal expectations and biases. They face societal stereotypes and biases that shape the experience of leadership in ways that constrain their agency and advancement. However, some of them have navigated the challenges and gained a foothold by bringing in new perspectives and leadership styles that positively transform organizational and societal cultures. Such seemingly equivocal findings of women’s experiences in strategic leadership positions suggest a potential opportunity for theorizing and exploring the contextual conditions that determine the ways that women continue to shape and are shaped by the social environment around them. This symposium bridges the macro and micro divide to highlight not only how entities in the social environments, such as regulatory bodies, media, and online forums, continue to disadvantage women leaders but also how women in strategic leadership positions build on their leadership styles, social ties, and cognitive and behavioral factors to influence the social environment. As such, it examines such characteristics as both a cause and a consequence of women in leadership positions, to help uncover boundary conditions to existing theories related to gender diversity and social environments and bridge existing theories in the micro- and macro-organizational domains. Overall, the studies included in this symposium showcase how social environments influence the meaning of—and are influenced by—gender and diversity in leadership positions.

Presentations:

• 09:45 – 11:15 CT (GMT-5/UTC-5)

  1236: Walking on Broken Glass: Status Cues and Early-Stage CEO Evaluations (12529)
  

  Author: Christine Shropshire – Arizona State U.

  Author: Abbie Griffith Oliver – U. of Virginia
• 09:45 – 11:15 CT (GMT-5/UTC-5)

  1236: Rumor Has It: CEO Gender and Responses to Organizational Denials (12529)
  

  Author: Nicole Montgomery – U. of Virginia - McIntire School of Commerce

  Author: Amanda Cowen – U. of Virginia
• 09:45 – 11:15 CT (GMT-5/UTC-5)

  1236: Examining The Glass Ceiling in The U.S. Labor Movement (12529)
  

  Author: Rachel Aleks – U. of Windsor

  Author: Tina Saksida – U. of Prince Edward Island

  Author: Aaron Wolf – SETI Institute
• 09:45 – 11:15 CT (GMT-5/UTC-5)

  1236: Management Gender Diversity and Labor Law Violations (12529)
  

  Author: Tianhua Cao – Indiana U. Kokomo

  Author: Bidisha Chakrabarty – Saint Louis U.

  Author: Vishal K. Gupta – U. of Alabama

  Author: Sandra Mortal – U. of Alabama
• 09:45 – 11:15 CT (GMT-5/UTC-5)

  1236: Can I Get an Upgrade? How Female CEOs Leverage Their Scarcity to Gain Prestigious Board Appointments (12529)
  

  Author: Yashodhara Basuthakur – Texas A&M U., Mays Business School

  Author: Danuse Bement – U. of Notre Dame

  Author: Priyanka Dwivedi – Texas A&M U., Mays Business School

  Author: Michael Deane Howard – Iowa State U.