• Does she comfort the victim whilst he punishes the perpetrator? No gender differences in anonymous economic games across 11 nations. 

      Dorrough, Angela R.; Olsson, Maria; Froehlich, Laura; Gloeckner, Andreas; Martiny, Sarah E. (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2020-08-26)
      Social role theory posits that occupational gender roles give rise to gender differences in behavior, such that men and women engage in qualitatively different prosocial behaviors. Therefore, we expected that women who observed an unfair situation (involving a victim and a perpetrator) would respond by demonstrating communal prosocial behavior (by compensating the victim), whereas men would respond ...
    • Gender at Work Across Nations: Men and Women Working in Male-Dominated and Female-Dominated Occupations are Differentially Associated with Agency and Communion 

      Froehlich, Laura; Olsson, Maria; Dorrough, Angela R.; Martiny, Sarah (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2020-07-24)
      Occupational gender segregation is a worldwide phenomenon. Research from Western regions such as the United States and Europe shows that the observation of occupational gender segregation can perpetuate gender stereotypes (social role theory; men are ascribed agentic traits, whereas women are ascribed communal traits). However, predictions from social role theory have not been well‐tested in non‐Western ...
    • The hers and his of prosociality across 10 countries 

      Olsson, Maria; Froehlich, Laura; Dorrough, Angela R.; Martiny, Sarah E. (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2021-03-19)
      Is there a ‘more helpful’ gender? The present research assessed gender differences in prosocial self-perceptions, prosocial behavioural intentions, and prosocial (transfer) behaviour in same- and other-gender interactions in 10 countries (N = 1,915). The present results showed negligible differences in the degree to which women and men saw themselves as prosocial. However, larger gender differences ...