Psychology Faculty Profiles
Alice Eagly, Ph.D.
Professor
Department Chair
Social Psychology
Office: Swift 313
Phone: (847) 467-5026
E-mail: eagly@northwestern.edu
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Research Interests
The psychology of gender, especially sex differences in similarities in leadership, prosocial behavior, aggression, partner preferences, and sociopolitical attitudes. The content of stereotypes. Social role theory as a theory of sex differences and simlarities and of the origins of sex differences in social behavior. Attitude theory and research, especially attitudinal selectivity in information processing
Selected Publications
BOOKS
Eagly, A. H., & Carli, L. L. (2007). Through the labyrinth: The truth about how women become leaders. Boston: Harvard Business School Press. (see jacket image above)
Eagly, A. H., Baron, R. M., & Hamilton, V. L. (Eds.). (2004). The social psychology of group identity and social conflict: Theory, application, and practice. Washington, DC: APA Books.
Eagly, A. H., Beall, A., & Sternberg, R. S. (Eds.). (2004). The psychology of gender (2nd ed.). New York: Guilford Press.
ARTICLES
Diekman, A. B., Eagly, A. H., & Kulesa, P. (2002). Accuracy and bias in stereotypes about the social and political attitudes of women and men. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 38, 268-282.
Eagly, A. H., & Karau, S. J. (2002). Role congruity theory of prejudice toward female leaders. Psychological Review, 109, 573-598.
Wood, W., & Eagly, A. H. (2002). A cross-cultural analysis of the behavior of women and men: Implications for the origins of sex differences. Psychological Bulletin, 128, 699-727.
Johannesen-Schmidt, M. C., & Eagly, A. H. (2002). Another look at sex differences in preferred mate characteristics: The effects of endorsing the traditional female gender role. Psychology of Women Quarterly, 26, 322-328.
Johannesen-Schmidt, M. C., & Eagly, A. H. (2002). Diminishing returns: The effects of income on the content of stereotypes of wage earners. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 28, 1538-1545.
Eagly, A. H., Diekman, A. B., Schneider, M., & Kulesa, P. (2003). Experimental tests of an attitudinal theory of the gender gap in voting. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 29, 1245-1258.
Eagly, A. H. (2003). The rise of female leaders. Zeitschrift für Socialpsychologie, 34, 123-132.
Eagly, A. H., Johannesen-Schmidt, M. C., & van Engen, M. (2003). Transformational, transactional, and laissez-faire leadership styles: A meta-analysis comparing women and men. Psychological Bulletin, 129, 569-591.
Eagly, A. H., & Carli, L. L. (2003). The female leadership advantage: An evaluation of the evidence. Leadership Quarterly, 14, 807-834.
Eagly, A. H., & Carli, L. L. (2003). Finding gender advantage and disadvantage: Systematic research integration is the solution. Leadership Quarterly, 14, 851-859.
Becker, S., & Eagly, A. H. (2004). The heroism of women and men. American Psychologist, 59, 163-178.
Eagly, A. H., Diekman, A. B., Johannesen-Schmidt, M. C., & Koenig, A. M. (2004). Gender gaps in sociopolitical attitudes: A social psychological analysis. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 87, 796-816.
Diekman, A. B., Eagly, A. H., Mladinic, A., & Ferreira, M. C. (2005). Dynamic stereotypes about women and men in Latin America and the United States. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 36, 209-226.
Koenig, A. M., & Eagly, A. H. (2005). Stereotype threat in men on a test of social sensitivity. Sex Roles, 52, 489-496..
Eagly, A. H. (2005). Achieving relational authenticity in leadership: Does gender matter? Leadership Quarterly, 16, 459-474.
Eagly, A. H., & Diekman, A. B. (2006). Examining gender gaps in sociopolitical attitudes: It’s not Mars and Venus. Feminism & Psychology, 16, 26-34..
Killeen, L. A., Lopez-Zafra, E., & Eagly, A. H. (2006). Envisioning oneself as a leader: Comparisons of women and men in Spain and the United States. Psychology of Women Quarterly, 30, 312-322..
Eastwick, P. W., Eagly, A. H., Glick, P. Johannesen-Schmidt, M., & Fiske, S. T. (2006). Is traditional gender ideology associated with sex-typed mate preferences? A test in nine nations. Sex Roles, 54, 609-614.
Eagly, A. H. (2007). Female leadership advantage and disadvantage: Resolving the contradictions. Psychology of Women Quarterly, 31, 1-12.
Brannon, L. A., Tagler, M. J., & Eagly, A. H. (2007). The moderating role of attitude strength in selective exposure to information. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 43, 611-617..
Eagly, A. H., & Chaiken, S. (2007). The advantages of an inclusive definition of attitude. Social Cognition, 25, 582-602.
Bosak, J., Sczesny, S., & Eagly, A. H. (2007). Die Bedeutung von Informationen zur sozialen Rolle für die Reduktion geschlechsstereotypen Urteilens: Ein methodisches Artefakt? [The meaning of information about social roles for the reduction of gender-stereotypical judgments: A methodological artifact?] Zeitschrift für Socialpsychologie, 38, 277-284.
Eagly, A. H., & Carli, L. L. (2007). Women and the labyrinth of leadership. Harvard Business Review, September, 62-71.
Bosak, J., Sczesny, S., & Eagly, A. H. (in press). Communion and agency judgments of women and men as a function of role information and response format. European Journal of Social Psychology.
Rankin, L. E., & Eagly, A. H. (in press). Is his heroism hailed and hers hidden? Women, men, and the social construction of heroism. Psychology of Women Quarterly.
CHAPTERS
Eagly, A. H., & Diekman, A. B. (2003). The malleability of sex differences in response to changing social roles. In L. G. Aspinwall & U. M. Staudinger (Eds.), A psychology of human strengths: Fundamental questions and future directions for a positive psychology (pp. 103-115). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
Eagly, A. H. (2003). More women at the top: The impact of gender roles and leadership style. In U. Pasero (Ed.), Gender: From costs to benefits (pp. 151-169). Opladen, Wiesbaden, Germany: Westdeutscher Verlag.
Eagly, A. H. (2004). Prejudice: Toward a more inclusive understanding. In A. Eagly, R. M. Baron, & V. L. Hamilton (Eds.), The social psychology of group identity and social conflict: Theory, application, and practice (pp. 45-64). Washington, DC: APA Books.
Eagly, A. H. (2004). Few women at the top: How role incongruity produces prejudice and the glass ceiling. In D. van Knippenberg & M. A. Hogg (Eds.), Leadership and power: Identity processes in groups and organizations (pp. 79-93). London: Sage Publications.
Eagly, A. H., & Diekman, A. B. (2004). The common-sense psychology of changing social groups. In J. Jost, M. Banaji, & D. Prentice (Eds.), Perspectivism in social psychology: The ying and yang of scientific progress (pp. 201-213). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
Eagly, A. H., & Carli, L. L. (2004). Women and men as leaders. In J. Antonakis, R. J. Sternberg, & A. T. Cianciolo (Eds.), The nature of leadership (pp. 279-301). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
Eagly, A. H., Wood, W., & Johannesen-Schmidt, M. C. (2004). Social role theory of sex differences and similarities: Implications for the partner preferences of women and men. In A. H. Eagly, A. Beall, & R. S. Sternberg (Eds.). The psychology of gender (2nd ed., pp. 269-295). New York: Guilford Press.
Eagly, A. H., & Mitchell, A. A. (2004). Social role theory of sex differences and similarities: Implications for the sociopolitical attitudes of women and men. In M. Paludi (Ed.) Praeger guide to the psychology of gender (pp. 183-206). Westport, CT: Praeger.
Eagly, A. H. (2006). Refereeing literature review submissions to journals. In R. Sternberg (Ed.), Reviewing scientific works in psychology (pp. 59-77). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
Eagly, A. H., & Diekman, A. B. (2005). What is the problem? Prejudice as an attitude-in-context. In J. F. Dovidio, P. Glick, & L. Rudman (Eds.). Reflecting on the nature of prejudice: Fifty years after Allport (pp. 19-35). Malden, MA: Blackwell.
Eagly, A. H., & Chaiken, S. (2005). Attitude research in the 21th century: The current state of knowledge. In D. Albarracin, B. T. Johnson, & M. P. Zanna (Eds.), Handbook of attitudes and attitude change (pp. 743-767). Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.
Eagly, A. H. (2006). Refereeing literature review submissions to journals. In R. Sternberg (Ed.), Reviewing scientific works in psychology (pp. 59-77). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
Eagly, A. H., & Koenig, A. (2006). Social role theory of sex differences and similarities: Implications for prosocial behavior. In K. Dindia & D. J. Canary (Eds.), Sex differences and similarities in communication (2nd ed., pp. 161-194). Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.
Eagly, A. H. (2007). In defense of ourselves: The effects of defensive processing on attitudinal phenomena. In M. Stroebe, J. de Wite, M. Hewstone, K. van den Bos, & H. Schut (Eds.), The scope of social psychology: Theory and applications (pp. 65-83. London: Psychology Press.
Wood, W., & Eagly, A. H. (2007). Social structural origins of sex differences in human mating. In S. W. Gangestad & J. A. Simpson (Eds.), Evolution of the mind: Fundamental questions and controversies (pp. 383-390). New York: Guilford.
Eagly, A. H., & Johannesen-Schmidt, M. (2007). Leadership style matters: The small, but important, style differences between male and female leaders. In D. Bilmoria & S. K. Piderit (Eds.), Handbook of women in business and management (pp. 279-303). Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar.
Carli, L. L., & Eagly, A. H. (2007). Overcoming resistance to women leaders: The importance of leadership style. In B. Kellerman & D. L. Rhode (Eds.), Women and leadership: The state of play and strategies for change (pp. 127-148). San Francisco: Jossey Bass.
Diekman, A. B., & Eagly, A. H. (2008). Of women, men, and motivation: A role congruity account. In J. Y. Shah & W. L. Gardner (Eds.), Handbook of motivational science (pp. 434-447). New York: Guilford Press.
Eagly, A. H., & Koenig, A. M. (2008). On the risks of occupying incongruent roles. In E. Borgida & S. T. Fiske (Eds.), Beyond common sense: Psychological science in the courtroom (pp. 63-81): Malden, MA: Blackwell Publishing.
Eagly, A. H. (2008). A career on the interdisciplinary divide: Reflections on the challenges of bridging the psychological and the social. In A. Rodrigues, R. V. Levine, & L. Zelezny (Eds.), Journeys in social psychology: Looking back to inspire the future (pp. 55-68). Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum Associates.
Wood, W., & Eagly, A. H. (in press). Advantages of certainty and uncertainty in meta-analytic findings: Implications for future research and theory. In H. Cooper, L. V. Hedges, & J. Valentine (Eds.), Handbook of research synthesis (2nd ed.). New York: Russell Sage.
Eagly, A. H., & Fischer, A. (in press). Gender inequalities in power in organizations. In B. van Knippenberg & D. Tjosvold (Eds.), Power and interdependence in organizations. New York: Cambridge University Press.
Eagly, A. H., & Sczesny, S. (in press). Stereotypes about women, men, and leaders: Have times changed? In M. Barreto, M. Ryan, & M. Schmitt (Eds.), Barriers to diversity: The glass ceiling after 20 years. Washington, DC: APA Books.
