When, why, and for whom is receiving help actually helpful? Differential effects of receiving empowering and nonempowering help based on recipient gender.

Young Eun Lee; Lauren S. Simon; Joel Koopman; Christopher C. Rosen; Allison S. Gabriel; Seoin Yoon

doi:10.1037/apl0001049

When, why, and for whom is receiving help actually helpful? Differential effects of receiving empowering and nonempowering help based on recipient gender.

Young Eun Lee¹; Lauren S. Simon²; Joel Koopman³; Christopher C. Rosen²; Allison S. Gabriel⁴; Seoin Yoon³

¹ Florida State University · ² University of Arkansas at Fayetteville · ³ Texas A&M University · ⁴ University of Arizona

Journal of Applied Psychology 2023

(i.e., offers only immediate, short-term solutions). Regarding for whom, we draw from theory and research on stereotype threat and benevolent sexism to explain why the help recipient's gender is a critical moderator of the link between receiving nonempowering help specifically and competence perceptions. We present a multistudy "full-cycle" approach to test our hypotheses and understand the consequences of receiving empowering versus nonempowering help in more depth. Combined, our results help shift the conversation as noted above, and identify important practical implications that speak to a larger discussion on systematic disadvantages for women at work. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA, all rights reserved).

DOI: 10.1037/apl0001049
Volume: 108 (5)
Pages: 773-793
Language: en
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