HEALTH & SCIENCE

QUEEN BEE BOSSES MAY DISCRIMINATE AS MUCH AS MACHO MALES

TIMES, UK - Women bosses are significantly more likely than men to
discriminate against female employees, research has suggested. The study
found that when presented with applications for promotion, women were
more likely than men to assess the female candidate as less qualified
than the male one. They were also prone to mark down women's prospects
for promotion and to assess them as more controlling than men in their
management style.

The findings, based on experiments carried out among more than 700
people, suggest that the "queen bee syndrome" of female rivalry in the
workplace may sometimes be as important as sexism in holding back
women's careers.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2087-2524299.html

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