RT Article
T1 Silenced by incivility
JF Journal of business ethics
VO 198
IS 1
SP 107
OP 125
A1 Bain, Kristin
A1 Coll, Kathryn
A1 Kreps, Tamar A.
A1 Tenney, Elizabeth R.
A2 Coll, Kathryn
A2 Kreps, Tamar A.
A2 Tenney, Elizabeth R.
LA English
YR 2025
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1921834641
AB Some theories suggest that women anticipate negative consequences (i.e., backlash) for counter-stereotypical actions and take steps to avoid those consequences. We propose that women may expect gender-based backlash for voicing, or contributing ideas that challenge the status quo, and thus engage in more silence (withholding those contributions) than men. However, we also propose that women anticipate gender backlash, and hence engage in more silence, only when other group members’ behavior signals that deviating from prescribed gender norms is risky. In two studies with over 3000 participants, we found that incivility increased women’s expectation that voicing would lead to gender backlash. In turn, women engaged in more silence than men in uncivil groups, but we found no gender difference in silence in civil groups. Our findings reveal that certain situations differentially alert people to interpersonal risks, thus influencing their decision to withhold contributions.
K1 Backlash avoidance
K1 Gender
K1 Incivility
K1 Silence
K1 Voice
K1 Aufsatz in Zeitschrift
DO 10.1007/s10551-024-05799-5