Percent of male raters as a moderator. Meta-analytic
weighted least squares regression analyses were used to examine
the centered continuous variable. Upon viewing the scatterplot
of percent of male raters on Cohen’s d, we identified
Inconsistent with our RCT hypothesis developed based on the
concept of tokenism being helpful for high-status individuals,
when rated by a majority of female raters, female leaders were
seen as more effective than men. Consistent with our hypothesis,
this difference became smaller in gender-balanced groups (see
Figure 2). Surprisingly, in male-dominated rater groups, men were
not seen as more effective leaders than women. Rather, the effect
approached zero as the percent of male raters increased. Thus,
Hypothesis 5 was partially supported (i.e., gender differences were
quite small in gender-balanced groups).