In a study of male managers from US accounting firms, those whose wives weren’t employed tended to evaluate female employees more negatively than did men whose wives held jobs: Responding to an online simulation in which they were asked to rate fictional candidates, men in traditional marriages rated women two points lower on a 4-point recommendation scale than did men whose wives were employed, says a team led by Sreedhari D. Desai of the University of North Carolina.

(Source: Administrative Science Quarterly)

Published in Dawn, Economic & Business, July 21st, 2014

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