Given negative social identity, different perceptions of the structure of an intergroup relation (i.e., stability, legitimacy, permeability) should be related to different identity-management strategies (i.e., social competition, social creativity, or individual mobility) depending on group identification. This is among the basic tenets of social identity theory (SIT). There is surprisingly little empirical support for these postulates in the context of one of the most central group identities: gender. Using a sample of female leaders in Spain in a Pilot Study (N = 649) and in Germany in the preregistered Main Study (N = 687), we tested relations between structural perceptions and identity-management strategies. Whereas structural equation modeling yielded empirical support regarding social competition but little for other strategies in the Pilot Study, the results were even less in line with SIT's predictions in the Main Study. We discuss reasons why only weak support for SIT emerged in this intergroup context.

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在性别背景下检验社会认同理论的基本社会结构假设：来自女性领导力相关研究的证据

鉴于消极的社会认同，对群体间关系结构的不同看法（即稳定性、合法性、渗透性）应与不同的身份管理策略（即社会竞争、社会创造力或个人流动性）相关，具体取决于群体认同。这是社会认同理论（SIT）的基本原则之一。令人惊讶的是，在最核心的群体身份之一：性别的背景下，这些假设几乎没有经验支持。在试点研究（N  = 649）和德国在预先注册的主要研究（N = 687），我们测试了结构感知和身份管理策略之间的关系。尽管结构方程模型在社会竞争方面产生了经验支持，但对试点研究中的其他策略却很少支持，结果与 SIT 在主要研究中的预测更不相符。我们讨论了为什么在这种群际背景下只出现了对 SIT 的弱支持的原因。