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Why Do Men Not Like Women Bosses?

2008/8/16 11:40:00 41787

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When we describe the female boss as "strong woman", "iron woman" and "rich woman", there is something unusual in the subconscious sense, and with a sense of derogatory sense.

We can accept the story of a legendary male boss, no matter how true the legend is, but we suspect that a female boss can achieve success in the same honest, honest, moral and legendary way.

Here we are actually facing a question: are people ready to accept a female boss mature and natural psychology?

There is a long history of discomfort for women standing at the pinnacle of business.

In the 1965 Harvard Business Review, senior business executives, including 2/3's male directors and 1/5's female executives, said they felt uncomfortable working with female bosses.

Recently, many studies show that both men and women are not inclined to accept the leadership of female bosses.

Female bosses are unpopular?

Why don't you like the female boss?

Here are some typical reasons: women bosses lack courage.

They are more hesitant and unable to decide. "Their management level is relatively low, so they are more likely to lose".

"They are too sensitive to other people's opinions, and they are easy to find fault".

They "remember that they are the boss and put on the shelf of the boss, for fear that you will neglect that she is the boss."

Women bosses tend to personalize things.

They are not professional enough, and "eyes are not enough"; women bosses pay more attention to efficiency and detail.

They are slaves of the system. They are poor in paying attention to fine matters, and "too close to people"; women bosses are more likely to be "picky than men".

The woman boss has no face.

"Which good man have you seen to carry a bag for a woman?"

Are women born leaders?

But quite a number of studies show that these feelings can not be confirmed in specific work relationships.

So why is there such a general impression of female bosses?

First, there is a widespread social bias.

Accepting female leadership represents a "shame" in the traditional and still prevalent masculine culture.

Secondly, we should pay attention to the field where the female boss is.

From the industry perspective, female executives are considered to be more suitable for work in the field of medical care, entertainment, technology research, business and trade; in the organization, women are considered more suitable as deputy and middle managers; in terms of division of labor, women are considered to be more suitable for logistics, such as operational and executive affairs.

Why do we have prejudices against female bosses?

Deborah Tainen's "right to speak: whose words will be heard and why" reveals the difference in style between men and women in their own views, but it can easily be identified as a difference between personality and behavior. It can partly explain why people tend to form prejudices against female bosses: women are more likely to show uncertainty in their speeches and make it easier to ask questions.

This tendency makes men more confident and controlled than women.

When describing achievements, women say more about "what we do", while men more say "how do I do".

This is just a difference of expression, but men's personal characteristics will be more prominent, which is especially influential for the outsiders to develop different feelings about personal personality.

Women are more likely to express their negative feedback (but do not show that they are only seeing more or more negatively) and are more willing to accept compliments than men.

This makes it easier to work with women to create a sense of oppression and lack of motivation.

Does the female boss's neutralization damage the image?

As the coordinator and leader of team success, it is more and more necessary for bosses and supervisors to shape the gender acceptable characteristics in their own leadership style, which is called "Neutralization".

But the same social behavior has different social reactions. The "Neutralization" of male bosses has been interpreted as a commendatory expression, while the "Neutralization" of female bosses has triggered a social rebound, because it stimulates the ideal female image in the public mind.

Women's management style has the characteristics of thorough inquiry, sensitivity to team feeling, emphasis on clear authorization, communication and dialogue, less competition with team members, and so on, which makes female bosses more prominent in many aspects than male bosses.

Because the achievements of female leaders may be more tolerant of challenge and psychological pressure than men, they may have more understanding of the psychological conditions of their leaders.

This is why, in real life, the overall positive feelings brought by a staff member accepting the leadership of a female boss may not be lower than that of a male boss.