Matthias Döring
matdoering.bsky.social
Matthias Döring
@matdoering.bsky.social
Associate Prof @ University of Southern Denmark, public administration researcher | passionate gamer | cat owner
💡 What can organizations potentially do?

⚖️ Balance gender in teams (while securing expertise and other aspects)
📝 Add team context to leader evaluations
🎓 Train leaders who are “a-prototypical” for their teams
Bias isn’t just individual—it’s social.
November 28, 2025 at 12:51 PM
📊 How we tested this:

✔️ 3,400+ employees
✔️ 330+ supervisors
✔️ Danish local government
✔️ 360° leadership assessments + archival data
🔍 Multilevel modeling to capture team-level effects
November 28, 2025 at 12:51 PM
👥 Teams matter more than dyads!
Leader-follower gender matches have less impact on leadership ratings.

✅ It’s the team’s gender composition that counts more.
Leaders who fit the team’s gender composition get better evaluations.

📄 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
<em>Public Administration Review</em> | ASPA Journal | Wiley Online Library
Leadership research has emphasized the crucial role of gender and documented how women leaders are rated more negatively regarding essential behaviors and competencies. Drawing on social identity the....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
November 28, 2025 at 12:51 PM
And a special shout-out to Kristina Bøhnke and Bjarke Skærlund Risager for their incredible research support throughout this journey 🙌
October 23, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Huge thanks to everyone who supported this journey: my department, the PA research group, and especially @martinbaekgaard.bsky.social, Morten Skovsgaard, Mette Kjærgaard Thomsen, Klaus Petersen — and many more 🙏
October 23, 2025 at 11:29 AM
This project will help us better understand citizens’ resources, vulnerability, and how people deal with administrative burdens. The ultimate goal? More equitable public services.

👀 A call for a 3-year Assistant Professor position is coming soon — stay tuned!
October 23, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Which is truly the real tragedy. Same with all the Che shirts.

But that's the true power of capitalism for you, being able to capture and incorporate anything, even anti-capitalism or anti-commercialism.
September 5, 2025 at 6:40 AM
Welp, quod erat demonstrandum :D

And true with the in fashion again. Though, my band shirts didn't survive this long. Now, I would look like a poser wearing new ones
September 4, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Oh, this is very nice. But also quite hipster-ish, isn't it?

...

Obviously, that's just envy speaking
September 3, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Wie schon einige anderen Kommentare aufzeigten: Nicht Europa bezahlt 15 Prozent. Im Endeffekt der amerikanische Verbraucher (an den die Kosten weitergereicht werden).

Nach Monaten dieser Debatte kann man ein bissl Genauigkeit erwarten.
July 28, 2025 at 8:54 AM