If You're an Under-Performing Woman, You'll be Told More White Lies Than a Man in Evaluations
Are you surprised? Turns out women tell are told more white lies than men in evaluations. Newswise.com reports that white lies, while important when judging someone's haircut, or how your spouse looks in jeans, can cause problems in the workplace, where honest feedback, even when it’s negative, is important. Women are more likely to be given i naccurate performance feedback , says new research by Lily Jampol, Ph.D. ’14, and Vivian Zayas , associate professor of psychology in the College of Arts and Sciences at Cornell University. Though bosses may do it to be nice, underperforming women are given less truthful but kinder performance feedback compared to equally underperforming men. White lies are told to preserve relationships, avoid harming the other person or to present one’s self in a positive light, among other reasons, the website quotes Jampol says. Though they often reflect benign intentions, in some contexts they can be proble...