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Stereotype Threat And Its Effect On Christian Women In Secular Higher Education Administration, Kimberly Morgan
Stereotype Threat And Its Effect On Christian Women In Secular Higher Education Administration, Kimberly Morgan
Wayne State University Dissertations
Stereotype threat is a highly supported phenomenon in social psychology. It is the fear, whether consciously or subconsciously, that one will confirm within oneself a negative stereotype about one’s social or identity group, through poor performance or self-evaluation. This study attempts to determine if stereotype threat could be a contributor to the underrepresentation of women, and therefore Christian women, in higher education leadership. To investigate possible causes of this a set of surveys was completed. The first included questions regarding employment, race, religion, education, and politics. It was used to determine stratified samples for the second survey. The second survey’s …