Gender-Role Composition and Role Entrapment in Decision-Making Groups

Bibliographic Data

ID2368810
AuthorsRichard A Johnson (University of California, Santa Barbara), Gary I Schulman (University of California, Santa Barbara)
Year1989
Volume3
Issue3
Pages355-372
Publication date1989-09-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueGender & Society (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0891-2432 • E-ISSN: 1552-3977
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/089124389003003005
OpenAlexW2076890324
LanguageEN
Citations received23
References cited29

This article reports the effects of gender proportions on the task activity and socioemotional participation of men and women in 85 four-person, decision-making groups. The analysis focuses on the changes in the highest and lowest levels of male and female participation. Results show that role entrapment occurs for both male and female numerical minorities. Role entrapment is a function of conformity to gender expectations rather than gender-role exaggeration, and is not limited to the extreme of the token. Both men and women were affected by decreased numbers, but the effects were to the advantage of the men and to the disadvantage of the women

Conformity · Developmental psychology · Disadvantage · Entrapment · Exaggeration · Gender role · Political science · Socioemotional selectivity theory · Gender Diversity and Inequality · Medicine · Psychology · Social and Intergroup Psychology · Social Power and Status Dynamics · Social Psychology