Researchers like Harvards Hannah Riley Bowles have shown that women who ask for more money are penalized by women and men alike. They are often seen as too demanding and avoided by male and female colleagues. In job interviews, women who mention their qualifications or refer to prior successes damage their prospects of getting hired. Sheryl Sandberg calls this the likeability penalty: the more competent a woman is, the less likeable she becomes.
Posted on: Tue, 15 Jul 2014 14:24:19 +0000
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