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The research investigates how identity safety can mitigate the effects of stereotype threat on women's leadership aspirations.

Clearing the Air: Identity Safety Moderates the Effects of Stereotype Threat on Women's Leadership Aspirations.

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Randomized trial explores identity safety's impact on women's leadership aspirations, suggesting benefits in nonthreatening environments.

The research investigates how identity safety can mitigate the effects of stereotype threat on women's leadership aspirations.
Participants were exposed to gender-stereotypic TV commercials to trigger stereotype threat.
Study 1 measured the impact of these commercials on women's leadership task aspirations.
Study 2 assessed how altering identity safety in leadership tasks influenced women's responses to stereotype activation.
Exposure to stereotypic commercials decreased women's leadership aspirations in Study 1.
Identity safety significantly moderated the stereotype threat effect in Study 2, eliminating the negative impact on aspirations.
An identity-safe environment countered vulnerabilities associated with stereotype threat, despite women being exposed to stereotypical cues.

Davies et al. (2005) studied this question.

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