Heidi E Williams
Biographic Data
| ID | 4231930 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Heidi E Williams |
| GIVEN NAMES | Heidi E |
| FAMILY NAME | Williams |
| SIGNATURE | WILLIAMS H E |
| AFFILIATIONS | Indiana University Bloomington |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4713-7090 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 3 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Social Psychological Approaches to College Student Success
This chapter explores the insights that the field of social psychology can contribute to our understanding of how and why college students succeed. It argues that social psychology’s focus on students’ construals—their sense-making of themselves and their environments—provides an important theoretical and empirical perspective that can complement existing efforts to improve college student success. One factor that affects students’ interpretation…
Professors Who Signal a Fixed Mindset About Ability Undermine Women’s Performance in STEM
Two studies investigate how science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) professors’ fixed mindsets—the belief that intelligence is fixed and unchangeable—may induce stereotype threat and undermine women’s performance. In an experiment ( N = 217), we manipulated professors’ mindset beliefs (fixed vs. growth) within a course syllabus. While both men and women perceived the fixed mindset professor to endorse more gender stereotypes and anticip…
Counterfeit diversity: How strategically misrepresenting gender diversity dampens organizations’ perceived sincerity and elevates women’s identity threat concerns
Experiment 3). Results reveal that women and men perceive counterfeit diversity as insincere. This perceived insincerity, in turn, decreases women's and men's interest in the organization and engenders identity threat concerns among women (Experiments 1-4). Taken together, these findings complicate scholarly discussions of diversity and inclusion strategies by highlighting the role of perceived sincerity. When recruitment strategies are deemed in…
Counterfeit diversity: How strategically misrepresenting gender diversity dampens organizations’ perceived sincerity and elevates women’s identity threat concerns
Experiment 3). Results reveal that women and men perceive counterfeit diversity as insincere. This perceived insincerity, in turn, decreases women's and men's interest in the organization and engenders identity threat concerns among women (Experiments 1-4). Taken together, these findings complicate scholarly discussions of diversity and inclusion strategies by highlighting the role of perceived sincerity. When recruitment strategies are deemed in…
Professors Who Signal a Fixed Mindset About Ability Undermine Women’s Performance in STEM
Two studies investigate how science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) professors’ fixed mindsets—the belief that intelligence is fixed and unchangeable—may induce stereotype threat and undermine women’s performance. In an experiment ( N = 217), we manipulated professors’ mindset beliefs (fixed vs. growth) within a course syllabus. While both men and women perceived the fixed mindset professor to endorse more gender stereotypes and anticip…
Counterfeit diversity: How strategically misrepresenting gender diversity dampens organizations’ perceived sincerity and elevates women’s identity threat concerns
Experiment 3). Results reveal that women and men perceive counterfeit diversity as insincere. This perceived insincerity, in turn, decreases women's and men's interest in the organization and engenders identity threat concerns among women (Experiments 1-4). Taken together, these findings complicate scholarly discussions of diversity and inclusion strategies by highlighting the role of perceived sincerity. When recruitment strategies are deemed in…
Social Psychological Approaches to College Student Success
This chapter explores the insights that the field of social psychology can contribute to our understanding of how and why college students succeed. It argues that social psychology’s focus on students’ construals—their sense-making of themselves and their environments—provides an important theoretical and empirical perspective that can complement existing efforts to improve college student success. One factor that affects students’ interpretation…
Psychology (3 works) · Social Psychology (3 works) · Gender Diversity and Inequality (2 works) · Alliance (1 works) · Applied Psychology (1 works) · Business (1 works) · Cultural diversity (1 works) · Deception (1 works) · Diversity (politics) (1 works) · Education, Achievement, and Giftedness (1 works)