Take, for example, the common belief that women are more committed to family than men are. Research simply does not support that notion. In a study of Harvard Business School graduates that one of us conducted, nearly everyone, regardless of gender, placed a higher value on their families than on their work . Moreover, having made career decisions to accommodate family responsibilities didn’t explain the gender achievement gap.
Things don’t have to be this way. When companies observe differences in the overall success rates of women and men, or in behaviors that are critical to effectiveness, they can actively seek to understand the organizational conditions that might be responsible, and then they can experiment with changing those conditions.
Below, we address three popular myths about how the sexes differ and explain how each manifests itself in organizational discourse about women’s lagged advancement. Drawing on years of social science research, we debunk the myths and offer alternative explanations for observed sex differences—explanations that point to ways that managers can level the playing field. We then offer a four-pronged strategy for undertaking such actions.
Take the graph on the left below, which shows the distribution of men’s and women’s heights in the UK. We can see from the curves that men, on average, are quite a bit taller than women. In fact, men average five feet, nine inches, and women five feet, three inches—a six-inch difference. We can also see that a number of women are taller than the average man, just as a number of men are shorter than the average woman. The size of the sex effect on height is 1.72, which is considered “large.
2030: project data to (macro findings scope of) rest of world. then, generalise.
When a powerhouse of a woman gets involved in a project there’s no need to negotiate or aggravate clients with pressure selling tactics. Her work with client and teams speaks for itself and clients want to continue to do business with the organization on their own volition. It’s…
Eh, these are gender differences
What people?
Women can negotiate; they just hate to haggle, get over the nonsense and come to the final agreement. Men like to push, push see how far they wcould go! Can be very irritating to those who don’t care for the nonsense trip!
Debunking the myths about women in the workplace, based on science and meta-analyses - brilliant! We are confident leaders, intelligent negotiators, and strategic risk takers, for sure!
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Why don’t you just rebrand yourself as WBR?
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