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Lecture by FEB visiting professor Victoria Brescoll on gender stereotypes in the labour market [12 November]

05 November 2013
Professor Brescoll
Professor Brescoll

Victoria Brescoll of the Yale School of Management found in her research that whereas an angry male CEO gets respect an angry woman is seen as being unprofessional. She holds the Jantina Tammes Chair at the Faculty of Economics and Business at the University of Groningen. On 12 November she will give a public lecture on her work.

As a visiting professor Brescoll carries out research together with FEB colleagues, e.g. Professor Janka Stoker, Dr. Floor Rink and Dr. Michelle Ryan. Professor Stoker: "We are going to carry out a number of studies that build on the work of Brescoll and our own research into the ‘glass cliff’." The glass cliff is the phenomenon beyond the glass ceiling women at the top may have to deal with, when they are getting riskier leaderships roles than their male colleagues.

Lecture: overcoming obstacles

In her lecture of 12 November, Professor Brescoll will talk about research into stereotypes that have a negative influence on working women. She will show that the problems women in management positions face are quite different from those faced by men in the same position. Gender stereotypes still have a major influence on the opportunities of women in the labour market.

Brescoll, in her lecture, however, does not stop at mentioning the obstacles. She will also discuss strategies women can use to get to management positions and how to hold their own in those positions.

Speaker: Victoria Brescoll
Co-speaker Jolande Sap
Title: Women and Power - Hard to Earn, Difficult to Signal and Easy to Lose
Series: Jantina Tammes Lecture Date: Tuesday 12 November 2013 Time: 20.00 - 22.00 p.m.
Location: Academiegebouw, Broerstraat 5, Groningen
Admission: €2.50/ no charge for students

Jolande Sap

Former leader of GroenLinks (Green Party) and economist Jolande Sap will be the co-speaker. After leaving politics she has focused on advising government organisations and companies on sustainable enterprising while at the same time paying necessary attention to the issue of equal opportunities.

Victoria Brescoll

Professor Brescoll has a Master and a PhD in social psychology from Yale University. Her research has been published in many leading academic journals, and also in newspapers such as the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal. In 2004 she carried out research for Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton. Victoria Brescoll is the 10th Jantina Tammes Professor at the University of Groningen. The Jantina Tammes Chair has been established to enable visiting lecturers to carry out research, together with colleagues, into issues in the field of gender studies.

FEB research and Brescoll

Further information

For further information, Professor Dr. Janka Stoker

► See also FEB news of 6 June 2013 on her appointment: "Gender stereotypes still a major influence on womens' job market opportunities," says new FEB visiting professor Brescoll.

Lecture 12 November
Lecture 12 November
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