What does it take for women to get promoted? Valley researcher’s study has answers

Staff Report

YOUNGSTOWN

Women employees who use compliments and favors when interacting with others and have a knack for political skill in the workplace have a higher chance of getting promoted.

That’s one of the main conclusions of a recent study by Jacob Breland, Youngstown State University assistant professor of Management, whose article “Influence and Promotability: Importance of Female Political Skill” was recently published in the Journal of Managerial Psychology.

Breland, who earned an MBA in 2004 from the University of Southern Mississippi and a Ph.D. in human resources from the University of Mississippi in 2008, has been researching how women are affected by gender stereotypes in career advancement.

His latest study focuses on how ingratiation and assertiveness can impact a female employee’s likability, which is related to her likelihood of being promoted.

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