Supporting data for “Gender Differences in Leadership Development and Occupational Interests”

Study 1 used six experiments to investigate whether the glass cliff effect (women are more likely to be chosen as leaders when teams or organizations are in times of crisis) existed in Chinese secondary school students and university students. Study 2 investigated the relation between the gender-brilliance stereotype (a belief that associates brilliance more with men than with women), field-specific ability beliefs, and leadership self-efficacy/aspiration in Chinese secondary school students.

Study 3 used a longitudinal design to investigate the relationship between children’s gender-typed behavior at age 4 years and their occupational interests at age 5 years, and examined the possible mediating role of gender stereotype endorsement.</p>