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Countering Masculine Defaults to Close the Gender Pay Gap
In Psychology Today, PJ Henry draws on Co-Director Hazel Markus and Sapna Cheryan's work.
Organizations typically value when employees act boldly and assertively, qualities traditionally associated with masculinity. PJ Henry highlights Co-Director Hazel Markus and Sapna Cheryan’s research on “masculine defaults” to explain how organizational cultures can counter this tendency by equally valuing qualities traditionally associated with femininity, like warmth and agreeableness, and how this could help close the gender pay gap.
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