Topic
Golem effect
About: Golem effect is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 6 publications have been published within this topic receiving 78 citations.
Papers
TL;DR: In this article, a self-fulfilling prophecy (SFP) is proposed to boost the performance of women as leaders, and two field experiments were conducted among women leading disadvantaged women, where experimental leaders were led to believe that their trainees had higher than usual potential.
Abstract: The Pygmalion effect is a self-fulfilling prophecy (SFP) in which raising leader expectations boosts subordinate performance. Although attempts to produce Pygmalion effects have been successful repeatedly among men, attempts to produce Pygmalion effects with female leaders have yielded null results. Also, only 1 experiment has demonstrated the Golem effect (i.e., negative SFP in which low leader expectations impair subordinate performance). In 2 field experiments testing the SFP hypothesis among women leading disadvantaged women, experimental leaders were led to believe that their trainees had higher than usual potential. In reality, the trainees had been assigned randomly. Manipulation checks confirmed that the treatment raised leader expectations toward experimental trainees. Analysis of variance of performance detected the predicted SFP effects in both experiments. These were the first-ever experimental confirmations of SFP among women as leaders.
71 citations
TL;DR: This study is the first to examine the relationship between group-level Implicit Followership Theories (GIFTs) and naturally occurring Golem effects, and proposes that negative GIFTs can serve as proxies of expectations for followers that trigger Golem effects in workgroups.
Abstract: Over four decades, research has demonstrated Pygmalion and Galatea effects (positive expectations leading to high performance) across various settings. In contrast, research on the parallel notion of Golem effects (negative expectations leading to low performance) has been largely overlooked. This study is the first to examine the relationship between group-level Implicit Followership Theories (GIFTs) and naturally occurring Golem effects. Integrating the literature on Implicit Followership Theories, self-fulfilling prophecies, and social identity, we propose that negative GIFTs can serve as proxies of expectations for followers that trigger Golem effects in workgroups. Data from 202 followers and 101 leaders provide support for our hypothesized multi-level model, revealing a top-down relationship between negative GIFTs and follower performance through their self-efficacy and effort. Findings highlight the importance of GIFTs in the Golem process, showing that followers' cognitions and behaviors are shaped by the group's prototypical attributes. Suggestions for future research are offered, including interpersonal Golem effects, negative GIFTs and negative outcomes, and influence of organizational culture.
17 citations
TL;DR: In this paper, a Forschungsstudie with 311 Gymnasiast(inn)en und ihren Eltern wurde untersucht, ob und gegebenfalls wie Elternkognitionen das schulische Leistungshandeln ihrer Kinder im Fach Physik beeinflussen.
Abstract: Zusammenfassung: In einer Forschungsstudie mit 311 Gymnasiast(inn)en und ihren Eltern wurde untersucht, ob und gegebenfalls wie Elternkognitionen das schulische Leistungshandeln ihrer Kinder im Fach Physik beeinflussen. Vor Beginn des erstmaligen Physikunterrichts wurden auf der Basis des Eccles-Modells der Leistungsmotivation Kontrollvariablen bei den Eltern und den Schuler(inne)n erhoben. Es zeigte sich, das sich bereits zu diesem Zeitpunkt geschlechtsgebundene Unterschiede in den Einstellungen und Interessen der Schuler/innen und in den Elternkognitionen nachweisen lassen. Elternkognitionen beeinflusten mediiert durch das domanspezifische Selbstkonzept das schulische Leistungshandeln im ersten Unterrichtshalbjahr. Dabei profitierten Jungen fur ihr schulisches Leistungshandeln von einer traditionellen Sichtweise ihrer Eltern der Physik als Jungenfach (Enhancement-Effekt), wahrend Madchen dadurch beeintrachtigt wurden (Golem-Effekt).
11 citations
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| 2019 | 1 |
| 2018 | 2 |
| 2007 | 1 |
| 2000 | 1 |
| 1999 | 1 |