The Impact of the Need for Cognitive Closure on Attitudes toward Women as Managers and the Sequential Mediating Role of Belief in a Just World and Gender Essentialism

This research investigated the relation between the need for cognitive closure (i.e., a desire for epistemic certainty) and attitudes toward women as managers among men and women. In a cross-sectional study (total N = 241) collected in Italy, we found that need for cognitive closure, controlling for...

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Main Authors: Conrad Baldner, Antonio Pierro
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2024-02-01
Series:Behavioral Sciences
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2076-328X/14/3/196