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1StrongBlackMan

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1. About a year ago, I heard an NPR report on an academic study of women/girls in school and ...
Thu Feb 4, 2016, 04:02 PM
Feb 2016

in the workplace. The study concluded that the qualities that "girls" develop that have them successful in school, holds them back in the workplace. The study identified "following the rules", as a key trait. By "following the rules", one does will in school; but, hurts you in the workplace.

One part of the study looked at self-selecting out of jobs opportunities ... the study found (something like) 85% of women, would not apply for a position for which they met most; but not all, of the job's posted minimum qualifications (vs. 30% of males) and 75% of women would not apply for a position that had a top salary range below what they were seeking (vs. 25% of males). And, in both cases, when interviewed later by the researchers, 98% of the self-selecting women indicated they did so, because "the job post said ..."

I'll try and find the study.

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