Unfortunately, certain gendered and racial stereotypes tend to negatively influence people and especially females of color and result in the lack of mentorship of African American women. The study by Rosette et al. (2016) aims at exploring the influence of racial stereotypes of Asian and African American women on the two types of agentic bias, namely, agentic deficiency and agentic penalty. This is a mixed-method article as it uses both qualitative and quantitative types of research to gather, analyze, and process information related to the discussed problem.
For conducting their study, the authors used the conceptual framework based on intersectionality and subgroup research (Rosette et al., 2016, p. 2). In other words, they achieved the research results by analyzing the existing literature, conducting a free-response survey, establishing the connection between these findings, and proposing their own ideas. As for the methodology, the researchers conducted a survey with 180 Americans from ClearVoice Research and provided a Secondary Data Analysis (Rosette et al., 2016, p. 7). These findings together helped the authors understand and evaluate the stereotypical content that is associated with White, Black, and Asian American women subgroups.
As a conclusion, Rosette et al. (2016) propose that it is possible to find out how agentic deficiency and agentic penalty biases can prevent the advancement of women to leadership positions in case particular gendered and racial stereotypes become isolated and coherent with a certain agency dimension. This study may be evaluated as quality research that uses appropriate methods, draws significant conclusions after a thorough analysis, and contributes to the field and solution of the problem. It is also of great importance for my research topic about the lack of mentorship of African American women as it explores some stereotypes and biases against Black women and their leadership positions.
Reference
Rosette, A. S., Koval, C. Z., Ma, A., & Livingston, R. (2016). Race matters for women leaders: Intersectional effects on agentic deficiencies and penalties. The Leadership Quarterly, 1-17.