Monday, November 16, 2009

BW: Women's Performance: A Perception Gap?


Excerpt:

Women may think they’re really good at their jobs, but they tend to suspect others don’t see it that way.

At least that’s the finding of a study being presented at the Academy of Management conference on Aug. 11 by assistant professor Scott Taylor of the University of New Mexico’s business school. Taylor asked 251 managers—most of them MBA program graduates—to rate their own leadership qualities and then predict how others would grade them in a separate, 360-degree review.

Read the whole thing here.