Men are "more assertive and more competitive," Ms. Mason said, adding, "It's more natural to them, and women very often view themselves in an assisting situation".
Men in traditional agricultural societies and poorer countries seem more cautious and anxious, less assertive and less competitive than men in the most progressive and rich countries of Europe and North America.
For instance, individuals with independent self-construals tend to be more assertive and use competitive conflict tactics in group work settings, while individuals with interdependent self-construals are more likely to shy away from conflict and use cooperative tactics [6].
Develop job-advertisement guidelines that advise steering clear of masculine-gendered words like "competitive," "assertive," and "ambitious". Track whether those guidelines are followed.
Men: assertive, aggressive, task-oriented, risk taking, dominating, and competitive.
These television women, working in what has been a man's world, still face the old double standard, she said: they are expected to be assertive, competitive and emotionally distant (i.e., male), but they are also expected to be empathic, nurturing and emotionally expressive (i.e., female).
The men in charge tend to be biased toward mentoring and promoting people like themselves, and biased against women who are assertive or competitive, necessary traits to reach the highest levels of business.
The successful employee is asked to be competitive, logical, analytical, assertive, and direct.
But it is not multipolar and competitive enough, or not yet, to compel it to become more coherent, assertive and hard-headed.
