 Damned if she does, damned if she doesn’t: The interactive effects of gender and agreeableness on performance evaluationAmit K. Nandkeolyar, Jessica Bagger and Srinivas Ekkirala Journal of Business Research, 2022, vol. 143, issue C, 62-71 Abstract: The role congruity theory and research on gender stereotypes suggest that communion and agency tendencies explain gender discrimination in performance evaluations. We propose that high agreeableness, a Big Five personality trait, captures the communal dimension of an individual’s concern for others. Across two studies conducted in India and the United States, we found evidence that the relationship between agreeableness and performance evaluations is nonlinear for female employees. Women are rated as high performers when they exhibit moderate levels of agreeableness. For male employees, we find a communal bonus effect in which they benefit from being agreeable in the workplace. Our findings demonstrate the stability of these findings across Indian and North American cultures. Our findings contribute to the literature on role congruity, personality theories, and job performance. Keywords: Role congruity; Gender stereotype; Agreeableness; Personality; Communion; Performance evaluation; Job performance (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:eee:jbrese:v:143:y:2022:i:c:p:62-71 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusres.2022.01.066 Access Statistics for this article Journal of Business Research is currently edited by A. G. Woodside More articles in Journal of Business Research from Elsevier |
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