This statistic shows the results of a survey among American adults in 2014 on whether they would prefer to work for a male boss or a female boss. The results are shown for all respondents, as well as for men and women separately. According to this survey, 33 percent of all respondents would prefer a male boss if they were taking on a new job.
If you were taking a new job and could choose your boss would you prefer to work for a man or a woman?
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Gallup. (October 14, 2014). If you were taking a new job and could choose your boss would you prefer to work for a man or a woman? [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved November 25, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/280553/male-or-female-boss-in-the-us/
Gallup. "If you were taking a new job and could choose your boss would you prefer to work for a man or a woman?." Chart. October 14, 2014. Statista. Accessed November 25, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/280553/male-or-female-boss-in-the-us/
Gallup. (2014). If you were taking a new job and could choose your boss would you prefer to work for a man or a woman?. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: November 25, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/280553/male-or-female-boss-in-the-us/
Gallup. "If You Were Taking a New Job and Could Choose Your Boss Would You Prefer to Work for a Man or a Woman?." Statista, Statista Inc., 14 Oct 2014, https://www.statista.com/statistics/280553/male-or-female-boss-in-the-us/
Gallup, If you were taking a new job and could choose your boss would you prefer to work for a man or a woman? Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/280553/male-or-female-boss-in-the-us/ (last visited November 25, 2024)
If you were taking a new job and could choose your boss would you prefer to work for a man or a woman? [Graph], Gallup, October 14, 2014. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/280553/male-or-female-boss-in-the-us/
