Male bosses in preference, says survey
Nearly 68% women and men prefer to have male bosses in emerging corporate culture as this lot holds “males are faster in taking decisions, quicker in disposing off their assigned jobs and much more focused and straight towards their work and at the same time passionate in awarding their subordinates with functional autonomy to completely let them enjoy their work.”
The aforesaid findings of a random survey conducted by the Associated chambers of commerce and Industry of India (ASSOCHAM) on “Preference of Bosses in Emerging Corporate Culture” in which approximately 2,500 executives poured their responses on their preferences about their bosses that can give them operational freedom while in work. “
Releasing the findings, the ASSOCHAM Spokesman said that the survey has found out that 1,450 females and males executives would be too happy to have male bosses because of reasons identified above. 2/3 of this 68% lot constitute female executives and the remaining 1/3 the males.
This 68% of the respondents who voted for having male bosses, however, expressed their aversion towards female bosses with argument that women approach work with more emotions than men and secondly their concentration towards work is not complete because of motherhood factor that more often than not keeps them divided. “As a result neither the assigned works are accomplished nor job satisfaction derived by females subordinates and on the contrary breeds among them a total discontentment” adds the survey.
For remaining 32 % of the respondents that participated in the random survey, being reporting to male or female bosses didn’t matter much as they said the better the bosses, the longer the stability factor. Majority of them said that working with harsher bosses- be they male or female, they would opt for an early exist as today’s corporate culture provides for equal immense opportunities even for subordinates.
Of male respondents, 41 percent said men are more likely to be good leaders, and 33 percent of women agreed. And three out of four women who expressed a preference said they would rather work for a man than a woman. Interestingly, a good percentage of both male and female employees view their woman bosses as less decisive, more emotional and less authoritative in general.
Men and women differ significantly in their preferences for a boss, but the preference for a male boss among those who have a preference is observed among both genders. Women are more likely than men to state a specific preference for the gender of their boss, while men are more likely to say the gender of their boss does not matter to them.
Women in the workplace do not just prefer male bosses over female bosses; they also feel more comfortable with male co-workers. The choice for women was men, as 24% prefer male co-workers and only 11% prefer working with other women. Men’s choices were more evenly split, with 17% choosing male co-workers and 16% choosing female co-workers. ASSOCHAM survey was comprised of 2500 responses from employees representing a variety of industries across the cities. The survey takers are made up of 67% women and 33% men.
45% of the respondent stated that “Women have to work twice as hard to prove themselves, and then even when they are on the same level as men they still get discriminated against by getting lower salaries than their male counterparts.” Another added that women have a hard time getting ahead at work “especially once you have had a child.”
The survey also found out that women (62 percent) picked a male boss rather than a female boss (16 percent), while the rest of both men and women surveyed had no preference. More men would rather work for men than women; 50 percent of men chose a male boss and 12 percent picked a female boss.
The preference for men extends to coworkers. 42 percent of women prefer male coworkers, while only 11 percent prefer working with other women. Men’s choices were more evenly split, with 38 percent choosing male coworkers and 16 percent choosing female coworkers.
Most women, 77 percent, agree that it is still difficult for women to get ahead in the workplace; only 43 percent of men that way. A majority of women, 56 percent, feel that at one time or another they have been disadvantaged in the workplace because of their gender, while 25 percent of men feel the same way.
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