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| Queen bee syndrome in the workplace：The conception, influential factors and future directions |
| WU Kai, DING Guifeng |
| Institute of Psychology & Behavior, Henan University, Kaifeng 475004 |
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Abstract Queen bee syndrome is a more severe behavior for female subordinates in leadership positions. How to solve the queen bee behavior encountered by women in the workplace is a new field of occupational health psychology and leadership psychology research. This article introduced the concept and characteristic of queen bee syndrome, and analyzed the influencing factors of queen bee syndrome, including authoritarianism, competition and jealousy, leadership gender roles, gender stereotypes, social identity threat and glass ceiling.Then discussed the consequences of queen bee syndrome on female leaders, female subordinates, organizations and gender equality. Future studies should make further exploration to the measurement tools, intervention measures and female destructive leadership of queen bee syndrome.
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