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Sabine Sczesny is affiliated with the University of Bern in Switzerland and conducts research primarily within the Social Sciences. Their work predominantly focuses on Gender Studies, with a significant number of publications addressing topics related to Gender Diversity and Inequality, Gender Roles and Identity Studies, and Social and Intergroup Psychology.

Their scientific contributions include research exploring the intersections of gender with social behavior and organizational phenomena. Key themes in their research involve issues such as Work-Family Balance Challenges, Media, Gender, and Advertising, as well as Sexual Assault and Victimization Studies, reflecting a broad engagement with gender-related social dynamics.

Sczesny has published extensively across various academic journals, with frequent contributions to Sex Roles, European Journal of Social Psychology, Journal of Language and Social Psychology, Journal of Applied Social Psychology, and Scientific Reports. This range of publication venues indicates an interdisciplinary approach within social and behavioral psychology.

Recent published papers include:

  • Migrants, asylum seekers, and refugees: Different labels for immigrants influence attitudes through perceived benefits in nine countries (2023, European Journal of Social Psychology)
  • Older and Younger Job Seekers' Impression Management on LinkedIn (2021, Journal of Personnel Psychology)
  • Perceived to be incompetent, but not a risk: Why men are evaluated as less suitable for childcare work than women (2021, Journal of Applied Social Psychology)
  • Footsteps I would like to follow? How gender quotas affect the acceptance of women leaders as role models and inspirations for leadership (2022, European Journal of Social Psychology)
  • Warmth and competence perceptions of key protagonists are associated with containment measures during the COVID-19 pandemic: Evidence from 35 countries (2022, Scientific Reports)

They have collaborated frequently with several scholars, including Christa Nater, Sylvie Graf, Marie Gustafsson Sendén, Shera Malayeri, and Barbara Krahé, indicating active engagement in collaborative research efforts.

Sczesny's scholarly output is concentrated in the following publication venues:

  • Sex Roles
  • European Journal of Social Psychology
  • Journal of Language and Social Psychology
  • Journal of Applied Social Psychology
  • Scientific Reports

Their main fields of study are:

  • Social Sciences

The subfields of study encompass:

  • Gender Studies
  • Sociology and Political Science
  • Social Psychology
  • Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management
  • Clinical Psychology

Key topics covered in their research include:

  • Gender Diversity and Inequality
  • Gender Roles and Identity Studies
  • Social and Intergroup Psychology
  • Gender Studies in Language
  • Work-Family Balance Challenges
  • Media, Gender, and Advertising
  • Sexual Assault and Victimization Studies

Best Publications

  • Gender stereotypes have changed: A cross-temporal meta-analysis of U.S. public opinion polls from 1946 to 2018.

    Alice H. Eagly;Christa Nater;David I. Miller;Michèle Kaufmann

  • Can Gender-Fair Language Reduce Gender Stereotyping and Discrimination?

    Sabine Sczesny;Magdalena Maria Formanowicz;Franziska Moser

  • Stereotypes About Women, Men, and Leaders. Have Times Changed?

    Alice H. Eagly;Sabine Sczesny

  • A closer look beneath the surface : Various facets of the think-manager-think-male stereotype

    Sabine Sczesny

  • Gender Stereotypes and the Attribution of Leadership Traits: A Cross-Cultural Comparison.

    Sabine Sczesny;Janine Bosak;Daniel Neff;Birgit Schyns

  • Representation of the sexes in language

    Dagmar Stahlberg;Friederike Braun;Lisa Irmen;Sabine Sczesny

  • Stereotypical Inferences as Mediators of Age Discrimination: The Role of Competence and Warmth

    Franciska Krings;Sabine Sczesny;Annette Kluge

  • The relationship between trust, attachment, and antisocial work behaviors

    Stefan Thau;Craig Crossley;Rebecca J. Bennett;Sabine Sczesny

  • Am I the right candidate? Self-ascribed fit of women and men to a leadership position.

    Janine Bosak;Sabine Sczesny

  • Gender Bias in Leader Selection? Evidence from a Hiring Simulation Study

    Janine Bosak;Sabine Sczesny

  • Name your favorite musician: Effects of masculine generics and of their alternatives in German

    Dagmar Stahlberg;Sabine Sczesny;Friederike Braun

  • Meta-Cognition about Biological Sex and Gender-Stereotypic Physical Appearance: Consequences for the Assessment of Leadership Competence

    Sabine Sczesny;Ulrich Kühnen

  • Reducing women’s lack of fit with leadership positions? Effects of the wording of job advertisements

    Lisa Kristina Horvath;Sabine Sczesny

  • Cognitive effects of masculine generics in German: An overview of empirical findings

    Friederike Braun;Sabine Sczesny;Dagmar Stahlberg

  • Side effects of gender‐fair language: How feminine job titles influence the evaluation of female applicants

    Magdalena Maria Formanowicz;Sylwia Bedynska;Alexsandra Cislak;Friederike Braun

  • Exploring the Dynamics of Incongruent Beliefs about Women and Leaders

    Janine Bosak;Sabine Sczesny

  • Masculine = Competent? Physical Appearance and Sex as Sources of Gender-Stereotypic Attributions

    Sabine Sczesny;Sandra Spreemann;Dagmar Stahlberg

  • Norms on the gender perception of role nouns in Czech, English, French, German, Italian, Norwegian, and Slovak

    Julia Misersky;Pascal M. Gygax;Paolo Canal;Ute Gabriel

  • ON WONDERFUL WOMEN AND SEEING SMILES: SOCIAL CATEGORIZATION MODERATES THE HAPPY FACE RESPONSE LATENCY ADVANTAGE

    Kurt Hugenberg;Sabine Sczesny

  • Does Gender-Fair Language Pay Off? The Social Perception of Professions from a Cross-Linguistic Perspective

    Lisa K. Horvath;Elisa F. Merkel;Anne Maass;Sabine Sczesny

  • Beyond Sexist Beliefs How Do People Decide to Use Gender-Inclusive Language?

    Sabine Sczesny;Franziska Moser;Wendy Wood

  • Reducing women’s lack of fit with leadership? Effects of the wording of job advertisements

    Lisa Kristina Horvath;Sabine Sczesny

Frequent Co-Authors

Alice H. Eagly
Alice H. Eagly Northwestern University
Wendy Wood
Wendy Wood University of Southern California
Madeline E. Heilman
Madeline E. Heilman New York University
Laurie A. Rudman
Laurie A. Rudman Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Amanda B. Diekman
Amanda B. Diekman Indiana University
Alan Garnham
Alan Garnham University of Sussex
Jane Oakhill
Jane Oakhill University of Sussex
Michaela Wänke
Michaela Wänke University of Mannheim
Alexandra M. Freund
Alexandra M. Freund University of Zurich
Anne Maass
Anne Maass University of Padua

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