More women than men don’t want a female boss!

Some fascinating research from Gallup.

Asked if they would prefer a male boss or a female boss or have no preference, 41% said no preference, 35% said a male boss and 23% a female boss.  back in  1963 66% said they would prefer a male boss and just 5% a female boss.

'm one of those who would of course say no preference. I would note that generally I would say my female bosses have been better than my male bosses – but not in all cases. Of course I'm now self-employed so have a bastard as a boss 🙂

What is fascinating in the US is the data broken down by gender.

40% of said they would prefer a male boss (ie not a female boss) compared to just 29% of .

Would be interesting to see if the same result occurred in NZ. Not sure it would.

I would that most people would say they have no preference, as it is silly to generalise. But only 32% of women said they had no preference compared to 51% of men.

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