Women's reports on workplace abuse often underestimated

Women's reports on workplace abuse often underestimated

Women’s reports about workplace abuse are significantly less likely than men’s to be seen as credible, according to a new research report. “This reflects long-standing stereotypes that women are more emotional or less objective than men”, the researchers write in Harvard Business Review. Our research shows that whether a report leads to corrective action doesn’t just depend on what is reported, but also who is doing the reporting, they write. An…