By processing data collected in 2005 from a mass survey of American workers, scientists Scott Schieman and Taralyn McMullen of the University of Toronto were able to draw interesting conclusions about the influence of the gender of the boss on how often an employee or (more often) an employee will complain about taking time off. from work or to work, overcoming poor health.
This is reported by Science Daily with reference to the publication in the September issue of the journal. .
We analyzed data on psychological overload and physical symptoms (headache, fatigue) of employees who were under the leadership of either two chiefs of different sex, or one boss of the same sex as the employee, or the opposite.
It turned out that women who work under the direction of one woman more often complain of headaches and overwork than those who are led by a man. Those employees who got two bosses at once – a man and a woman – complained about their well-being more often than those who have one boss – a man.
The study also showed that men working under the same boss experienced the same stress regardless of whether it was a man or a woman. When they had two bosses of different genders, men complained of hassle and were less unwell than those who were led by a man.
Since this is a sociological study, scientists do not go into explanations why the results are exactly like this, they only counted the facts.