{"id":9046,"date":"2023-05-15T16:19:17","date_gmt":"2023-05-15T20:19:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ifintechworld.com\/news\/men-reap-greater-benefits-than-women-when-they-support-co-workers-mit-study-finds\/"},"modified":"2023-05-15T16:19:18","modified_gmt":"2023-05-15T20:19:18","slug":"men-reap-greater-benefits-than-women-when-they-support-co-workers-mit-study-finds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ifintechworld.com\/?p=9046","title":{"rendered":"Men reap greater benefits than women when they support co-workers, MIT study finds"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Historically, men have had well-documented advantages in the workplace, including receiving higher pay than women and being considered more often for promotions. Now it appears that men may also be rewarded more than women for supporting their colleagues.<\/p>\n

According to a new study from MIT Sloan Management Review, men received scores for level of encouragement and rewards for social support for their co-workers that were 11% higher than the scores received by women.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWe created a measure of perceived organizational encouragement by asking whether employees were incentivized to help others at work and whether bonuses and promotions were tied to such behaviors,\u201d the MIT study read.<\/p>\n

Men received better scores even though women gave similar or greater amounts of support than men, which suggests that women are getting a worse return on their investment for supporting their colleagues.<\/p>\n

Here is the breakdown of how men and women say they support their co-workers:<\/p>\n

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Women reported providing higher levels of support categorized as \u201cemotional\u201d and \u201cesteem,\u201d while men reported giving more \u201csocial\u201d and \u201cinstrumental\u201d support.<\/p>\n

\u201cOrganizations need to focus on social ROI for all employees. Every employee deserves a high return for investing effort in their workforce community, regardless of their demographic characteristics,\u201d said Constance Noonan Hadley, one of the study\u2019s authors and a lecturer at Boston University\u2019s Questrom School of Business.<\/p>\n

See also: <\/strong>Working mothers speak about the dreaded \u2018mom tax,\u2019 the financial toll motherhood can take on their careers and salaries<\/p>\n

Creating a better culture that rewards all employees for supporting their co-workers could also help companies retain talented female employees.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhile organizations continue to seek ways to better retain women and members of underrepresented groups, reduce the isolation with remote and hybrid work, and bolster job engagement and satisfaction, they should reexamine how they define, encourage, identify, and reward socially supportive behaviors at work,\u201d Nancy Baym, a senior principal research manager at Microsoft Research and co-author of the study, wrote about the findings.<\/p>\n

The study outlined ways managers and companies can help women receive better recognition and rewards for supporting co-workers. Those include:<\/p>\n