Social identity threat occurs when negative stereotypes associated with an individual’s identity are made salient, making them to feel anxious about their abilities and to under perform. Many highly competent women engineers might experience such threats in the workplace, and this study suggests that such daily threats can result in feelings of a lack of acceptance, mental exhaustion, and burnout. Read more at Engineering Exchanges.
Thumbnail photo: Gertrude Elion, winner of the Nobel Prize in Physiology & Medicine, 1988