Workers have preference for a male boss

SCIENTIFIC ARTICLES:

• Artz, B., & Taengnoi, S. (2016). Do women prefer female bosses?. Labour Economics, 42, 194-202. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.labeco.2016.09.003

• Powell, G. N., & Butterfield, D. A. (2015). The preference to work for a man or a woman: A matter of sex and gender?. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 86, 28-37 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvb.2014.10.002

• Elsesser, K. M., & Lever, J. (2011). Does gender bias against female leaders persist? Quantitative and qualitative data from a large-scale survey. Human relations, 64(12), 1555-1578 https://doi.org/10.1177/0018726711424323

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COMMENT:

After carrying out scientific research, I found three articles justifying the assertion of the subject.

The first article states: “women are less satisfied with their jobs when they have a female boss. Male job satisfaction, by contrast, is unaffected.” Artz, B., & Taengnoi, S. (2016).

In another after conducting a survey, the result was as follows: “respondents who had a preference preferred to work for a man more than a woman” Powell, G. N., & Butterfield, D. A. (2015). “Overall, these results suggest that the preference to work for a man or a woman is a matter of both sex and gender.” Powell, G. N., & Butterfield, D. A. (2015).

Finally, in the third article the results were as follows: “A small majority (54%) of participants claimed to have no preference for the gender of their boss, but the remaining participants reported preferring male over female bosses” Elsesser, K. M., & Lever, J. (2011).

We can therefore conclude that, even though we are fighting against gender inequalities, in the workplace it is shown that, as far as leader preference is concerned, workers prefer a male boss in most cases.

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