Women feel more “overwhelmed, stressed and frustrated” at work –

Women are less likely than men to get promoted because they feel more stressed, frustrated and discouraged at work, according to a new study.

This is because positive emotions are important to leadership; This means that women are at a disadvantage, such as running “on leashes,” according to radical new research on gender differences in emotions at work.

Experts led by Yale University reported that compared to men, women felt more overwhelmed, stressed, frustrated, nervous and discouraged, and less respected and self-confident at work.

They also experienced fewer positive emotions at work and received fewer emotional benefits from climbing the job ladder.

The study notes that while the glass ceiling for women has been extensively documented, little research has been done on gender differences in emotions in the workplace.

This is particularly important to understand as emotions affect job performance, decision making, creativity, absenteeism, conflict resolution, and leadership effectiveness, the researchers said.

“It would be difficult for someone to break through the glass ceiling if they feel overwhelmed, stressed, less respected and less self-confident,” said study co-author Jochen Menges, who teaches at both the University of Zurich and Cambridge Judge Business School.

“This emotional burden not only hinders women’s opportunities for promotion, but also prevents them from making the best possible contribution to an organization.”

“When it comes to emotional burdens at work, more needs to be done to level the playing field.”

Based on nearly 15,000 employees in the United States, the study found: Gender makes a difference when it comes to the emotions employees feel at work.

Women reported more negative emotions than men at all levels, but these declined for both genders as they climbed the organizational ladder.

However, it did more for men than women.

At lower levels of employment, women reported being significantly more respected than men, but as people move up within an organization this reverses, with men receiving significantly more respect than women at higher levels.

The study found that women experienced more negative and less positive emotions at work.

Emotions were evaluated with two different methods.

Participants listed on a sliding scale how often they had experienced 23 emotions at work in the past three months.

The items included ten positive emotions such as “interested”, “proud” and “inspiring”, and 13 negative responses such as “bored”, “stressed” and “jealous”.

Participants were also asked to share their typical work-related feelings in frank responses about how their job has made them feel over the past six months.

To assess positional power, participants were asked to place themselves on a ten-step ladder that represented the position of people in their organization.

The study concluded that suppressing negative emotions at work is not the solution, as prolonged suppression of negative emotions increases burnout and negatively affects personal performance and well-being.

Future research should include how gender interacts with other identity categories, such as race and ethnicity, social class and sexuality, the scientists said.

She added that black women face stronger glass ceiling effects than white women, and even overcome prejudice and discrimination based on gender and race.

The authors also recommend further research to determine whether women’s negative experiences can dictate an emotional glass ceiling, as barriers such as unequal treatment in the workplace create feelings like feeling disrespected, which creates an additional barrier to progress.

The research was published in the Journal of Sexual Roles: A Research †