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“Think follower, think female”: need for cognitive closure, followership, and the mediation of congruity between follower prototype and gender stereotypes

Crossref DOI link: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-025-08557-6

Published Online: 2026-01-06

Published Print: 2026-01

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Authors

Albarello, Flavia https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9989-9161
Kenfack, Corine Stella Kana

Pierro, Antonio
Funding

Funding for this research was provided by:

Sapienza Università di Roma (Sapienza Fondi d’Ateneo 2022” funds, grant number RP122181638F7A3A)
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Article History

Received: 2 October 2024

Accepted: 20 November 2025

First Online: 6 January 2026

Declarations

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: Approval was obtained from the ethics committee of the Department of Social and Developmental Psychology of Sapienza University of Rome. The procedures used in this study adhere to the tenets of the Declaration of Helsinki.

: The authors provide their consent to publish the manuscript on Current Psychology.

: Informed consent was obtained from all subjects involved in the Study.

: The authors declare no conflict of interest.

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