Journal article
Recognizing gender role congruity in newly appointed CEOs' strategic risk-taking
Journal of general management
08/29/2026
DOI: 10.1177/03063070261484664
Abstract
Role congruity theory suggests that men and women are perceived according to their gendered roles and may avoid violating expectations based on those roles. However, little is known about what enables individuals to recognize these gendered expectations, particularly in difficult-to-attain positions such as the CEO role. This study theorizes that men and women recognize expected roles related to risk-taking differently depending on their executive experience and age, leading them to act congruently with those expected roles. Drawing on data on newly appointed CEOs from the S&P 1500, this study contributes to role congruity theory by identifying executive experience and age as pathways through which CEOs recognize and respond to gendered expectations surrounding strategic risk-taking.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Recognizing gender role congruity in newly appointed CEOs' strategic risk-taking
- Creators
- Miranda J. Welbourne Eleazar - Univ Iowa, Management & Entrepreneurship, 108 John Pappajohn Business Bldg, Iowa City, IA 52242 USALale Guler - Southern Methodist University
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Journal of general management
- DOI
- 10.1177/03063070261484664
- ISSN
- 0306-3070
- eISSN
- 1759-6106
- Publisher
- Sage
- Number of pages
- 18
- Grant note
- McCombs School of Business at the University of Texas at Austin
- Language
- English
- Electronic publication date
- 08/29/2026
- Academic Unit
- Management and Entrepreneurship ; Center for Social Science Innovation; Law Faculty
- Record Identifier
- 9985222680302771
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