A new study shows female managers are more than three times as likely than their male counterparts to underrate their bosses’ opinions of their job performance.
Scott Taylor, an assistant professor at the University of New Mexico‘s Anderson School of Management, says women are significantly poorer at predicting others’ ratings of them compared to men.
Taylor is set to present his findings Tuesday at the annual meeting of the Academy of Management.
Taylor says the women studied rated themselves highly, so they didn’t lack confidence. He says 251 male and female managers from across the country participated in the study.
Taylor says the findings could indicate why women don’t rise to head companies or why there is a pay disparity between men and women. (AP)
