Masculine stereotypes of entrepreneurship represent a threat to women. We aim to understand how such stereotype threat affects women’s opportunity evaluation through anxiety. We test our idea using a two-randomized-experiment strategy and achieve external validity using a survey of female entrepreneurs. We find that situational anxiety, as an emotional mechanism, explains why stereotype threat negatively influences opportunity evaluation among women. We further unveil emotional intelligence as a boundary condition enabling women to cope with stereotype threat during opportunity evaluation. Our studies provide new insights into an emotive view of stereotype threat in the context of women’s entrepreneurship.

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刻板印象威胁、焦虑和情商在女性机会评估中的作用

对创业的男性刻板印象对女性构成威胁。我们旨在了解这种刻板印象威胁如何通过焦虑影响女性的机会评估。我们使用两次随机实验策略测试我们的想法，并使用对女性企业家的调查来实现外部有效性。我们发现情境焦虑作为一种情绪机制，解释了为什么刻板印象威胁会对女性的机会评估产生负面影响。我们进一步揭示了情商作为边界条件，使女性能够在机会评估期间应对刻板印象威胁。我们的研究为女性创业背景下对刻板印象威胁的情感观点提供了新的见解。