Gender Research

Happy New Year!

Even though InPower Women isn't yet a year old (9 months and counting!), I feel like it's a birthday of sorts. It was in the midst of last year's holiday season that April and I began talking in earnest about what we wanted InPower Women to become. I'm happy to say that it has become all that -...

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Research Says: Women Leaders Rank Higher Than Men

Study: A Study in Leadership: Women Do it Better Than Men (Jack Zenger and Joseph Folkman – Zenger/Folkman 2012) Finding: This study of 7,280 leaders finds that women excel at 15 of 16 individual leadership characteristics, as judged by their peers, subordinates and managers. The variation between...

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Research Says: SuperMoms are More Likely To Be Depressed

Study: Why SuperMoms Are More Likely To Be Depressed (Katrina Leupp, University of Washington at Seattle 2011) Finding: The strain to attain work life balance may be causing depression in some stay-at-home SuperMoms. Note about The Woman Effect Research Index: This study was performed by...

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Research Says: Women Don’t Ask?

Study: Women Don't Ask: Negotiation and the Gender Divide (Linda Babcock, Carnegie Mellon 2011) Finding: The wage gap affects more than high-level executives. Women need to negotiate for what they're worth straight out of college as well as when they're moving up the corporate ladder....

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Research Says: Women Drive Successful Start-ups

Study: Women at the Wheel: Do Female Executives Drive Start-Up Success? (Dow Jones, 2012) Finding: More women in executive positions means more successful start-ups. InPower Insight: The evidence now spans large and small businesses alike - women in leadership are good for business! Summary: Good...

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Research Says: Joint Evaluations Curb Gender Bias

  Study:  When Performance Trumps Gender Bias: Joint versus Separate Evaluation (Harvard Business School, Bohnet, Van Green, Bazerman, 2012) Finding: Joint evaluations for senior level positions might be the ticket to overcoming gender bias and stereotypical notions in hiring managers....

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Research Says: Volunteer to Juice Your Career

  Study: Volunteer to Juice Your Career (Forbes, 2012, Hewlett) Finding: Volunteering is a win-win situation with potential to provide a needed spark to a stagnant career. Note about The Woman Effect Research Index: This study was performed by researchers not affiliated with InPower Women....

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Research Says: When Girls Succeed, So Does Society

Study: To Get Her There: When Girls Succeed, So Does Society (Girl Scouts) Finding: The potential of young women and what they can contribute to the world is not being recognized and nurtured in their formative years. Note about The Woman Effect Research Index: This study was performed by...

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