I investigate the roles of social categories, like race and gender, and motivated beliefs, like social dominance ideologies, in shaping diversity-related phenomena. My research is grounded in the desire to better understand the mechanisms that stymie progress toward diversity and equality in organizations and society.

Research
Publications
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Wingrove, S., Paek, J.J.W., Ponce de Leon, R., & Fitzsimons, G.M. (2023). Tying the value of goals to social class.
Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. [link; data and materials available here]
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Kay, A.C., Ponce de Leon, R., Kteily, N., & Ho, A.K. (2023). Motivated egalitarianism. Current Directions in Psychological
Science. [link]
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Ponce de Leon, R. & Rosette, A.S. (2022). "Invisible" discrimination: Divergent outcomes for the non-prototypicality of Black
women. Academy of Management Journal. [link; data and materials available here]
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Ponce de Leon, R.*, Rifkin, J.R.*, & Larrick, R.P. (2022). "They're everywhere!": Symbolically threatening groups seem more
pervasive than non-threatening groups. Psychological Science. [link; data and materials available here]
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Carter, J.T. & Ponce de Leon, R. (2022). Double jeopardy or intersectional invisibility? Reconciling (seemingly) opposing
perspectives. Research on social issues in management (V. 3): The Future of scholarship on race in organizations.
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Ponce de Leon, R. & Kay, A.C. (2021). Ironic egalitarianism: When hierarchy-attenuating motives increase hierarchy-enhancing beliefs. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes. [link; data and materials available here]
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Ponce de Leon, R., Wingrove, S., & Kay, A.C. (2020). Scientific skepticism and inequality: Political and ideological roots. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology. [link; data and materials available here]
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Ponce de Leon, R. & Kay, A.C. (2020). Political ideology and compensatory control mechanisms. Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences. [link]
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Rosette, A.S., Ponce de Leon, R., Koval, C.Z., & Harrison, D.A. (2018). Intersectionality: Connecting experiences of gender with race at work. Research in Organizational Behavior. [link]
Selected Work in Progress
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Ma, A., Ponce de Leon, R., & Rosette, A.S. [Topic: Gender dynamics in distributive negotiations]. Under second revision at
at Journal of Applied Psychology.
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Ponce de Leon, R., Carter, J.T. & Rosette, A.S. [Topic: Organizational allyship]. Under second-round review at Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes.
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Ponce de Leon, R.*, Du, K.M.*, & Dobson, K. S. H. [Topic: Stigma and authenticity] Under review at Organization Science.
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Ponce de Leon, R. * & Bailey, E.R.* Communality and leadership. Working paper.
- Ponce de Leon, R., & Carter, J.T. Perceptions of DEI expertise. Working paper.
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Ponce de Leon, R. & Rosette, A.S. Race, agency, and leadership: Intersectional stereotypes shape hiring outcomes for women leaders. Working paper.
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Ponce de Leon, R., Kim, J.Y., & Kay, A.C. Masculine or feminine changes?: Men and women differ in their beliefs about the
changes that will promote equality. Data collection.