Federal Article Feeds Sending the Wrong Message
According to a new Tulane University study, flirtatious women get fewer raises and promotions. You can check out the article here. I’m no economist, but something about this study strikes me as odd. The study is based on self-reporting by 164 MBA graduates, in which they were asked to respond to ten questions about their conduct at work, including “I flirt with people at work” (all 10 are reproduced below). While 49% of the women reported engaging in at least one of the 10 behaviors, almost all of the women said it was “infrequent”. I haven’t seen the actual study (to be released on Monday), but if I’m reading the article correctly, women who infrequently flirt with co-workers will be promoted, on average, one less time than women who never engage in this type of behavior.