Merrick’s overview (a lot like Alex’s)
Differences in responses across participant gender
Women (vs. men) felt more companiate love.
Women (vs. men) felt great felt responsibility.
There was not a significant difference between men and women in perceptions of women’s companianate love.
Notably, though, women were seen as having greater companionate love than men overall.
Men (vs. women) think men are compassionate.
Women (vs. men) were seen as having greater felt responsibility.
Men (vs. women) were:
- more likely to help their subordinate exagerrate the truth.
- misrepresent the truth to help their subordinate - speak poorly of another individual who was a problem.
Perceptions of different-gendered supervisors
Participants saw the average man being more likely to withhold negative information about their subordinates’ performance from others.
Main effects across demographics
Gender
Main effects
Graphs
Politics
Main Effects
Graphs
UPBs
Different PP gender
| Acronym | Item title |
|---|---|
| Exp1 | I would tell a small lie to protect their subordinates |
| Exp2 | I would stand up for my subordinates even if it was risky |
| Exp3 | I would be rude to someone who harmed one of my subordinates |
| Exp4 | I would defend my subordinates even at personal cost, if it was the right thing to do |
| M1 | If my subordinate needed me to, I would conceal information from others that could be damaging to their subordinate. |
| M2 | If my subordinate needed me to, I would not reveal to others a mistake their subordinate made that would damage his/her reputation. |
| M3 | If it would help my subordinate I would exaggerate the truth about my subordinate’s performance to others. |
| M4 | If it would benefit my subordinate, I would withhold negative information about their subordinate’s performance from others. |
| M5 | If it would benefit their subordinate,I would misrepresent the truth to make their subordinate look good. |
| M6 | If their subordinate needed them to,I would speak poorly of another individual who was a problem for their subordinate |
Main effects
Graphs
Different genders of evaluee
| Acronym | Item title |
|---|---|
| Exp1 | [Men/women] who are supervisors would tell a small lie to protect their subordinates |
| Exp2 | [Men/women] who are supervisors would stand up for their subordinates even if it was risky |
| Exp3 | [Men/women] who are supervisors would be rude to someone who harmed one of their subordinates |
| Exp4 | [Men/women] who are supervisors would defend their subordinates even at personal cost, if it was the right thing to do |
| M1 | If their subordinate needed them to, [men/women] who are supervisors would conceal information from others that could be damaging to their subordinate. |
| M2 | If their subordinate needed them to, [men/women] who are supervisors would not reveal to others a mistake their subordinate made that would damage his/her reputation. |
| M3 | If it would help their subordinate [men/women] who are supervisors would exaggerate the truth about their subordinate’s performance to others. |
| M4 | If it would benefit their subordinate, [men/women] who are supervisors would withhold negative information about their subordinate’s performance from others. |
| M5 | If it would benefit their subordinate, [men/women] who are supervisors would misrepresent the truth to make their subordinate look good. |
| M6 | If their subordinate needed them to, [men/women] who are supervisors would speak poorly of another individual who was a problem for their subordinate |
Main effects
Graphs
Feminine vs. masculine comparisons
| Name | Label |
|---|---|
| FM01 | Telling a small lie to protect one’s subordinates |
| FM02 | Standing up for one’s subordinates even if it was risky |
| FM03 | Being rude to someone who harmed one’s subordinate |
| FM04 | Defending one’s subordinates even at personal cost, if it was the right thing to do |
| FM05 | Concealing information from others that could be damaging to one’s subordinate. |
| FM06 | Not revealing to others a mistake one’s subordinate made that would damage his/her reputation. |
| FM07 | exaggerating the truth about one’s subordinate’s performance to others. |
| FM08 | Withholding negative information about a subordinate’s performance from others. |
| FM09 | Misrepresenting the truth to make one’s subordinate look good. |
| FM10 | Speaking poorly of another individual who was a problem for one’s subordinate |
