Post 3: Analysis of a Scholarly Source
https://hbr.org/2013/09/women-in-the-workplace-a-research-roundup
From this scholarly source, it can be summarized with research information regarding women in the workplace. From Harvard Business Review September 2013 issue, there were about ten research studies brought to light that talk about women in the workplace. The first survey was about assignment choice between men and women. It was shown that when given a project or large task, men are more likely to be given work that if completed properly gives higher possibility of being promoted or higher pay. With budgeting for projects, 30 percent of men were given a budget of more than 10 million dollars where only 22 percent of women were given the same budget.
Another case study was done to see why women really leave the workplace. The group of women analyzed were women from selective colleges that were offered jobs right after graduation. On average, they worked on their careers for 11 years and well after they had their second born child. However, these women didn’t leave their jobs due to their family duties, but 90 percent of them left because of workplace problems. These women were frustrated for the way they were treated and the ridiculous demands asked of them. These were asked to work longer hours for minimal tasks, and still be treated as a subordinate.
Another study was shown women that disagreed with the ethics that other employees followed kept them from climbing the promotional ladder. One experiment revealed that women who are already mothers are discriminated against for job opportunities with the fact that because they have a child, they won’t be as committed to the job as someone without kid would. Yet, the experiment also revealed that fathers aren’t penalized at all even though they have the same credentials at the women as well as being a parent.
When looking at all this information, it can be concluded that women are given this stereotype of being incompetent, not committed, or not trustworthy to be given higher power or responsibility. Looking these cases, I can definitely agree with how women will leave a job due to workplace problems. Women can disagree with management on how things are done, but because they are of lower status in the workplace, their say doesn’t really mean anything unless higher ups see it as insubordinates and proceed to termination which explains why some women won’t speak up; the fear of losing their job.
