Alice H. Eagly

The Psychology of Attitudes

This is the only truly comprehensive advanced level textbook in the past 20 years designed for courses in the pscyhology of attitudes and related studies in attitude measurement...

Role congruity theory of prejudice toward female leaders.

A role congruity theory of prejudice toward female leaders proposes that perceived incongruity between the female gender role and leadership roles leads to 2 forms of prejudice:...

Gender-Stereotypic Images of Occupations Correspond to the Sex Segregation of Employment

This study examines the role of gender stereotypes in justifying the social system by maintaining the division of labor between the sexes. The distribution of the sexes in 80 oc...

Gender Effects on Social Influence and Emergent Leadership

Effects of involvement on persuasion: A meta-analysis.

Defines involvement as a motivational state induced by an association between an activated attitude and the self-concept. Integration of the available research su~ests that the ...

Stereotypes as Dynamic Constructs: Women and Men of the Past, Present, and Future

Dynamic stereotypes characterize social groups that are thought to have changed from the attributes they manifested in the past and even to continue to change in the future. Acc...

Gender Stereotypes and Attitudes Toward Women and Men

Attitude theory is used to provide a conceptual analysis of how attitudes toward men and women relate to gender stereotypes. Consistent with this analysis, attitudes toward the ...