Hanna Kusterer
BA, DipGrad (University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand).
PhD Student
I am generally interested in stereotypes, prejudice and intergroup relations, and have focused on gender in my PhD-project. I find the expression (or lack thereof) of stereotypes/prejudice very interesting, and how it could be looked at using different methods (e.g., quantitative scales, responses to open-ended questions, or discourse analysis of interviews/texts). The ways different roles are construed, particularly gender roles and the managerial role, is at the heart of my research. When it comes to intergroup relations, I have mainly been concerned with social identity theory and modern/subtle forms of expressing racial prejudice or sexism. Cultural aspects have also become a concern of mine, as the cultural context shapes the norms for appropriate behaviour, for example the expression of stereotypes or (non)egalitarian values.
Preliminary Dissertation Title
Towards Understanding the Lack of Women in Management: Exploring Stereotypes, In-group Bias and Perspective Taking.
Additional Research Projects
Validation of a Swedish version of Ambivalent Sexism Inventory (ASI, Glick & Fiske, 1996).
Validation of a Swedish version of Collective Self-Esteem Scale (CSES, Luhtanen & Crocker, 1992).
Publications
Kusterer, H.L. (2008). Exploring the gender typing of management characteristics in an egalitarian context. Scandinavian Journal of Psychology, 49, 549-557.
Find Stillström's/Kusterer's abstracts in the Annual Report database.
Conference Presentations
| January 2011 | SPSP Conference, San Antonio, USA |
| Parenthood and Gender as Potential Sources of Bias in Employment Decisions in Sweden. Poster presented at the 12th Annual Conference of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, 27-29 January. |
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| August 2010 | ESCON Transfer of Knowledge Conference, Sweden |
| Aspects of Gender Typing: Management Stereotypes and Evaluations of Actual Managers in an Egalitarian Context. Presentation at the 12th European Social Cognition Network Meeting in Gothenburg, 25-29 August. |
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| June 2010 | GWO Conference, Keele University, UK |
| Contradiction, Change and Stability in Top Managers' Accounts of Gender, Career Paths and Constructions of Leadership. Presentation at the 6th Biennal International Interdisciplinary Conference of Gender, Work and Organisation, 21-23 June. |
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| January 2010 | SPSP Conference, Las Vegas, USA |
| Social Identity and Gender: A Swedish Version of the Gender Collective Self-Esteem Scale. Poster presented at the 11th Annual Conference of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, 28-30 January. |
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| February 2008 | SPSP Conference, Albuquerque, USA |
| Gender-typing of Leadership Revisited: Stereotypical Beliefs and Perceptions of Actual Male and Female Managers. Poster presented at the 9th Annual Conference of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, 7-9 February |
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| June 2007 | GWO Conference, Keele University, UK |
| Liberal Individualism and Textual Silences in the Corporate Discourse: Can Gender Lack Significance? Presentation at the 5th Biennal International Interdisciplinary Conference of Gender, Work and Organisation, 27-29 June. |
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| January 2007 | SPSP Conference, Memphis, USA |
| Ambivalent Sexism and System Justification in an Egalitarian Culture. Poster presented at the 8th Annual Conference of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, 25-27 January. |
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| September 2006 | ESCON Transfer of Knowledge Conference, Poland |
| Gender Stereotypes and Management Characteristics in an Egalitarian Culture: The Influence of Role Incongruity, Social Identity and System Justification. Presentation at the 8th European Social Cognition Network Meeting in Warsaw/Pultusk, 6-10 September. |
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| June 2006 | EAESP Small Group Meeting, the Netherlands |
| Gender and Management Characteristics: Role Congruity Theory in an Egalitarian Context. Presentation at the EAESP Small Group Meeting on Gender and Career Advancement: Social Psychological Perspectives in Otterlo, 14-16 June. |
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| January 2006 | SPSP Conference, Palm Springs, USA |
| Stereotype description and evaluation - comparing male and female managers. Poster presented at the Group and Intergroup Processes Pre-conference of the 7th Annual Conference of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, 26-28 January. |
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| July 2005 | EAESP General Meeting, Germany |
| Stereotypes of male and female managers: Description and evaluation. Poster presented at the 14th General Meeting in Würzburg, 19-23 July. |
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| September 2004 | ESCON Transfer of Knowledge Conference, Portugal |
| Content, context and comparison - Some differences in the stereotypes of male and female managers. Presentation at the 6th European Social Cognition Network Meeting in Lisbon, 6-12 September. |
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Memberships
European Association of Experimental Social Psychology.
The Society for Personality and Social Psychology.
