Posts tagged with: Gender influences
Sorry guys, they’re (much) better than you: Why we need more female CEOs. (2017)
"Women are rated as better leaders than men by their peers, managers and direct reports, and higher on all but two key competencies, which could be telling. Joe Folkman, Ph.D., Joyce...
Testosterone reduces functional connectivity during the ‘Reading the Mind in the Eyes’ Test. (2016)
"Our findings ... reveal a neural mechanism by which testosterone can impair emotion-recognition ability…" Peter A. Bos, a, b; Dennis Hofman, a; Erno J. Hermans, c, d; Estrella R. Montoya, a; Simon Baron-Cohen, e; Jack van Honk, a, b, f Psychoneuroendocrinology,...
Overconfident CEOs are less socially responsible. (2016)
"Overconfident CEOs invest less in activities that impact positively on society… Female CEOs are significantly less overconfident than male CEOs." Barry Oliver The Conversation, 12 December 2016 Drawn from the...
Women bosses turn into men says Germaine Greer. (2016)
“If you want to make the world a safer, kinder, happier place then simply substituting men with women wouldn’t cut it.” Greg Hurst The Times, 25 June 2016 Image: YLWA...
How testosterone can make men kind and generous: Experts reveal the 5 weird ways it changes behaviour. (2016)
“..For every question scientists answer on testosterone, more are raised in its place Harry Pettit MailOnline 30 December 2016. “Testosterone has long been associated with aggression and competition in men....
Testosterone causes both prosocial and antisocial status-enhancing behaviors in human males. (2016)
“These findings (don't support) a simple testosterone-aggression relationship and (suggest) a more complex role in driving status-enhancing behaviors in males." Jean-Claude Dreher (a,b,c,1,2); Simon Dunne (a,d,1,2); Agnieszka Pazderska (e); Thomas Frodl (a,f,g);...
The role of hormones in financial markets. (2016)
“It's been argued that financial traders are 'too male' and a more even gender balance would reduce volatility and help stabilize markets.... (Having more) female traders does not necessarily make markets less...
Cortisol and testosterone increase financial risk taking and may destabilize markets. (2015)
“Stressful and competitive working environments could be increasing hormone levels and having an impact on decision-making.” Carlos Cueva, Departamento de Fundamentos del Análisis Económico, Universidad de Alicante and R. Edward Roberts,...
Leader corruption depends on power and testosterone. (2014)
“Amount of followers and discretionary choices independently predicted leader corruption… power interacted with endogenous testosterone in predicting corruption, which was highest when leader power and baseline testosterone were both high....
Cortisol shifts financial risk preferences. (2014).
"High levels of the stress hormone cortisol may contribute to the risk aversion and 'irrational pessimism' found among bankers and fund managers during financial crises Narayanan Kandasamy, Andrew S....