Warren, M. A. & Schwam, A.* (2022). So you think you are an ally? Effects of (in)congruence between men’s and women’s allyship perceptions on women’s inclusion. Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1111/joop.12415

Recently, there has been a growing interest in how men can be allies to women in the workplace. This study uses a multi-informant design to consider men’s allyship toward women in male-dominated disciplines (e.g., Science, Technology, Engineering, Math, Business) in elite academic institutions. Based on data from 101 men-women colleague pairs, this study tested links between men’s self-perceptions of their allyship behaviors, women’s perceptions of men as allies, and the effects on women’s inclusion. Using polynomial regression and response surface analyses, we tested the differential impacts of (in)congruence between men’s perceptions and women’s perceptions on women’s sense of inclusion. Results revealed that when women perceived men as having stronger values and being more relationally adept than men reported themselves, it positively predicted women’s inclusion outcomes. 

* Allison Schwam is a current graduate student in the MS psychology program at Western.