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Women prefer working for male bosses

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DamsonInDistressss · 06/11/2017 22:13

It seems a common argument that the lack of women in senior management positions is a result of the patriarchy. However, I was surprised to read in a recent thread on here that the majority of women prefer female bosses and are more likely to collaborate with a man than with another woman. I can't find that thread so am reposting here.

If true, this is surely a prime example of us women shooting ourselves in the foot and must be a serious contributor to male dominance.

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DailyMailDontStealMyThread · 06/11/2017 22:29

Really depends on the manager and the respect they earn from the team - gender isn't a factor for me. My favourite until a year ago was female and now it's a male but I value their managerial skills much more than their gender.

NamasteNiki · 06/11/2017 22:26

Ive been bullied at work 3 times in different jobs.

Every time it has been a woman doing the bullying .

Id take a male boss over a female for that reason alone.

Ttbb · 06/11/2017 22:23

It's not uncommon for women to be hyper competitive within the work place against other women and to do their best to prevent other women from climbing the ladder in case they become a threat (probably a result of positive discrimination and tokenism). Then there is good old fashioned botchiness. Women are horrible to one another in a way that they would never be to a man.

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DamsonInDistressss · 06/11/2017 22:23

Thankfully, most people seem to not have a preference. But it's interesting that in both studies more women than men preferred male bosses. I'm quite shocked!

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AlternativeTentacle · 06/11/2017 22:23

i have a great female boss thanks. incidentally i cant take any research seriously until i see who wrote it, who funded it and who the participants are.

Adviceplease360 · 06/11/2017 22:21

That seems to be the consensus at my work place as well, some of the female managers are perceived as hard work/bitchy/stroppy whereas men don't have such labels attached

RJnomore1 · 06/11/2017 22:19

Anecdotal but I love my female boss. She's amazing. I've also only had one boss I detested and she was a woman.

Based on my sample of one it depends on the manager not the gender.

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DamsonInDistressss · 06/11/2017 22:19

Sounds a bit like my workplace EightNine, but it's an interesting topic certainly.

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DamsonInDistressss · 06/11/2017 22:18

Women dislike having a female boss at work even more than men do, a new study has revealed.

Nearly 40 per cent of female workers in America would rather be led by a man, a Gallup survey found.

In contrast, just 26 per cent of men would prefer a male boss.

www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2797279/women-dislike-having-female-boss-workplace-men-study-finds.html

CBS Local — A survey by MSN found that both men and women prefer to work with men rather than women in the workplace. The survey is believed to be as accurate as a scientific poll. Nearly 500,000 people supplied answers.

MSN found that 20 percent of men and 21 percent of women preferred to work with men, compared to just 6 percent of each men and women preferring to work with women.

minnesota.cbslocal.com/2017/08/04/men-women-work-study/amp/

A study found two women are less likely to cooperate than two men when one is more powerful than the other.

Similarly, two females of different rank are less likely to work together than a man and a woman.

The finding contradicts the widely held belief that women’s nurturing nature makes it natural for them to help each other out, while men are too competitive to have time for each other.

Harvard University researcher Joyce Benenson, one of the study’s authors, said that women’s instinctive distrust of females in power may make it more difficult for them to scale the career ladder.

www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2572235/Women-HATE-office-Females-operate-better-male-bosses-study-finds.html

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EightNine · 06/11/2017 22:17

Not here. I work for a female owned and managed company. Only one man on the senior management team. Best job I've ever had