A supervisor role has more masculine traits such as being bold, controlling, and confident whereas a woman’s role would be traits connected with caring, kind and nurturing. 

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Based on social role theory, when employees conform to expected roles, they receive more approval whereas employees that don’t conform receive less approval. 

Employees conforming to roles

Yu, A., Pichler, S., Russo, M., & Hammer, L. (2021). Family-supportive supervisor behaviors (FSSB) and work-family conflict: The role of stereotype content, supervisor gender, and gender role beliefs. Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology, https://doi.org/10.1111/joop.12379

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