As more and more women entrepreneurs and politicians have become more and more powerful, these influential women's power has swept up a wave of feminism around the world, and various issues about professional women have blossomed, including demanding equal pay for men and women, equal opportunities for promotion, and even making Microsoft CEOs apologize for this. In order to solve the labor market manpower gap caused by aging, Japan is also trying to reverse the traditional culture of Japanese male and female protagonists and encourage women to enter the workplace. Even with this feminist movement on the rise, surveys show that both male and female employees still prefer male supervisors over female supervisors.
According to gallup's week-long women's workplace series, 33 percent of respondents prefer male supervisors, 20 percent choose female leads, and 23 percent chose women last year. Interestingly, female respondents were particularly fond of male supervisors, with 39% choosing male supervisors, compared to only 26% of men.
Only 25% of female respondents choose female supervisors, compared to 14% of men. But overall, the majority of respondents, about 46 percent, have no problem with the gender of the supervisor, and that percentage is slightly higher than last year, especially men, with 58 percent of male respondents saying they don't care about the gender of the supervisor.
Women, by contrast, are more concerned, with only 38% of women answering that they don't care about the gender of their supervisor. According to reports, this phenomenon stems from the fear of "Queen Bee Syndrome", and German studies have found that female employees working under female bosses are particularly prone to depression, insomnia, headaches, heartburn, and some even infertility.
The survey found that female supervisors in particular bully female subordinates, and female employees said that they were more stressed to work under female supervisors than male supervisors. In addition, the survey also pointed out that female supervisors who are vocal about a diverse workforce have lower performance. The survey results also have positive evaluations of female supervisors, such as female supervisors are more willing to guide and develop talents than male supervisors.
Finally, the survey showed slight changes in workplace roles, with 33 percent of respondents saying their current supervisor is a woman, compared to 30 percent last year. And do not care about the gender of the supervisor, only care about the ability of the supervisor and the fair ratio is also slightly higher than last year.
source：gallup, washington post
In response to this survey result, most Taiwanese office workers have the same feeling, they think that female supervisors are more detailed than male supervisors, and easy to be emotional, feel that female supervisors are more unable to grasp the general direction, but there are also office workers who think that female supervisors are more considerate than male supervisors and take care of employees, and asked whether female supervisors prefer female supervisors or male supervisors, most of the answers are not important, but there are still more male supervisors than female supervisors, which coincides with the US survey.
(First image source: flickr steve wilson)
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Date: October 17, 2014
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