---
_id: '48513'
abstract:
- lang: eng
  text: Evaluators’ fit assessments are not only influenced by applicants’ qualities,
    but also by stereotypes, especially in recruitment for high‐status jobs in male‐dominated
    fields. The unidimensional agentic stereotype of these work contexts signals agentic
    job and organizational requirements (stereotypically male qualities such as achievement
    orientation), although the actual requirements usually also include communality
    (stereotypically female qualities such as interpersonal skills). In five experiments,
    we investigate the relevance of perceived applicant agency for perceived applicant
    fit, the influence of recruitment material, contextual differences, and the role
    of applicant gender. Our findings indicate that perceived applicant agency drives
    perceived person‐job and person‐organization fit in strictly male stereotyped
    work contexts, regardless of gender, and agentic recruitment material enhances
    this effect. Contrasting different contexts (high‐ with low‐status jobs and a
    male‐dominated with a gender‐balanced and female‐dominated field) revealed that
    the relevance of perceived agency increases with perceived job status, and the
    relevance of perceived communality decreases with the expected share of men. Although
    women were perceived as highly agentic in strictly male stereotyped work contexts,
    their need to be perceived as agentic also was higher than for men, due to the
    perceived lack of fit between women and high‐status jobs.
author:
- first_name: Regina
  full_name: Dutz, Regina
  last_name: Dutz
- first_name: Sylvia
  full_name: Hubner-Benz, Sylvia
  id: '100407'
  last_name: Hubner-Benz
- first_name: Claudia
  full_name: Peus, Claudia
  last_name: Peus
citation:
  ama: 'Dutz R, Hubner-Benz S, Peus C. When agency “fits” regardless of gender: Perceptions
    of applicant fit when job and organization signal male stereotypes. <i>Personnel
    Psychology</i>. 2021;75(2):441-483. doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1111/peps.12470">10.1111/peps.12470</a>'
  apa: 'Dutz, R., Hubner-Benz, S., &#38; Peus, C. (2021). When agency “fits” regardless
    of gender: Perceptions of applicant fit when job and organization signal male
    stereotypes. <i>Personnel Psychology</i>, <i>75</i>(2), 441–483. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1111/peps.12470">https://doi.org/10.1111/peps.12470</a>'
  bibtex: '@article{Dutz_Hubner-Benz_Peus_2021, title={When agency “fits” regardless
    of gender: Perceptions of applicant fit when job and organization signal male
    stereotypes}, volume={75}, DOI={<a href="https://doi.org/10.1111/peps.12470">10.1111/peps.12470</a>},
    number={2}, journal={Personnel Psychology}, publisher={Wiley}, author={Dutz, Regina
    and Hubner-Benz, Sylvia and Peus, Claudia}, year={2021}, pages={441–483} }'
  chicago: 'Dutz, Regina, Sylvia Hubner-Benz, and Claudia Peus. “When Agency ‘Fits’
    Regardless of Gender: Perceptions of Applicant Fit When Job and Organization Signal
    Male Stereotypes.” <i>Personnel Psychology</i> 75, no. 2 (2021): 441–83. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1111/peps.12470">https://doi.org/10.1111/peps.12470</a>.'
  ieee: 'R. Dutz, S. Hubner-Benz, and C. Peus, “When agency ‘fits’ regardless of gender:
    Perceptions of applicant fit when job and organization signal male stereotypes,”
    <i>Personnel Psychology</i>, vol. 75, no. 2, pp. 441–483, 2021, doi: <a href="https://doi.org/10.1111/peps.12470">10.1111/peps.12470</a>.'
  mla: 'Dutz, Regina, et al. “When Agency ‘Fits’ Regardless of Gender: Perceptions
    of Applicant Fit When Job and Organization Signal Male Stereotypes.” <i>Personnel
    Psychology</i>, vol. 75, no. 2, Wiley, 2021, pp. 441–83, doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1111/peps.12470">10.1111/peps.12470</a>.'
  short: R. Dutz, S. Hubner-Benz, C. Peus, Personnel Psychology 75 (2021) 441–483.
date_created: 2023-10-27T12:34:22Z
date_updated: 2023-10-27T12:43:36Z
doi: 10.1111/peps.12470
intvolume: '        75'
issue: '2'
keyword:
- Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management
- Applied Psychology
language:
- iso: eng
page: 441-483
publication: Personnel Psychology
publication_identifier:
  issn:
  - 0031-5826
  - 1744-6570
publication_status: published
publisher: Wiley
status: public
title: 'When agency “fits” regardless of gender: Perceptions of applicant fit when
  job and organization signal male stereotypes'
type: journal_article
user_id: '100407'
volume: 75
year: '2021'
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