Fearing
Backlash, Powerful Women Curtail How Much They Talk at Work
Posted on:
May 3, 2012
New Haven,
Conn., May 3, 2012—Concerned about the negative consequences of appearing to be
too outspoken, powerful women talk less than others in their organizations,
while powerful men talk more, according to research by Victoria Brescoll,
assistant professor of organizational behavior at the Yale School of
Management.
Brescoll
studied the amount of time men and women in powerful roles talk. She found that
men with more power talk more than men with less power, but no significant
difference in how much high- and low-power women talk.
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