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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWhen a woman or person of color becomes CEO, white men have a strange reaction
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/when-a-woman-or-person-of-color-becomes-ceo-white-men-have-a-strange-reaction-2018-02-23(snip)
But despite her efforts, Krumsiek wasnt able to convince everyone to buy into her leadership, at least initially. Some of her direct reports reacted enthusiastically to her appointment, some appeared outwardly positive, but maintained some skepticism, and some were just altogether unsatisfied.
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New research adds some context to Krumsieks experience. When companies appoint a woman or person of color as CEO, white men, on average, dont appear to react very well, according to a study set to be published in the Academy of Management Journals April issue. Instead, the examination of 1,000 executives working at large and mid-sized public companies found that top white male leaders tended to become less helpful to other workers particularly women and people of color after the appointment of a minority-status CEO.
They actually identify less, psychologically, with the organization after the appointment of a minority CEO and that reduces their propensity to help their colleagues, said James Westphal, a finance professor at the University of Michigans Ross School of Business and one of the authors of the study. Our theory is that the appointment of minority CEOs triggers biases.
I guess I wouldn't call it "strange" -- some of us have been witnessing it our whole lives.
brush
(53,733 posts)Initech
(100,029 posts)White male privilege is not just an American problem - it's a global problem. Look at what's happening in Italy. Or France. Or England. Or Russia. White supremacism is on the rise everywhere. It's getting scary out there. And I don't see it slowing down any time soon. If we want to end this problem we must find the source of it. Hatred isn't going away - it's getting worse.
WhiteTara
(29,692 posts)our whole lives.
Motownman78
(491 posts)I work for is 90% women (with a female CEO), I have difficulty believing this is as widespread as this article suggests.
meadowlander
(4,387 posts)so potentially your experience is not the norm.
Mariana
(14,854 posts)Making assumptions about a whole group or range of cases based on a sample that is inadequate, usually because it is atypical or too small.
bettyellen
(47,209 posts)Held by men? And these men subconsciously believe thats the right way to do things? And honestly if it bothers you as much as it sounds like, you basically have anywhere else to get a job, where youll very likely be overvalued because of your gender. Thats still the norm.
Get out of your bubble!