Deffernce Between Human Relation and Human Resource Approach
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(Careerbuilder.com) -- Author BJ Gallagher, who has been a boss and worked for male and female bosses, has a list of tips she 's titled, "How to Tell a Male Boss From a Female Boss."
-- A male boss is aggressive; a female boss is pushy.
-- A male boss is attentive to details; a female boss is picky.
-- He knows how to follow through; she doesn 't know when to quit.
-- He 's ambitious; she 's driven.
-- He loses his temper occasionally; she can 't control her emotions.
-- He isn 't afraid to say what he thinks; she 's mouthy.
-- He 's a man of action; she 's impulsive.
-- He controls his emotions; she 's cold.
-- He thinks before he acts; she can 't make up her mind.
-- He thinks before he speaks; she second-guesses herself.
-- He tells it like it is; she 's tactless.
The list might read like an e-mail forward that people laugh at, but considering the average American woman earns approximately 21 percent less than the average man, is there any truth to these perceptions?
"I can tell you that the exact same behavior is judged differently, depending on whether it 's a male or a female doing the behavior. This is true at all levels in the organization," says Gallagher, author of "Everything I Need to Know I Learned From Other Women."
It 's all about perceptions
Vicky Oliver, author of "Bad Bosses, Crazy Coworkers and Other Office Idiots," says she sees the differences in how people perceive professional men and women. Oliver says leaders of both genders can show aggression and still be accepted by their employees. The problem arises for midlevel professionals.
"Yelling, berating underlings, slamming doors, throwing chairs and loud, truculent
RELATED TOPICS * Worklife * Jobs and Labor * Business
(Careerbuilder.com) -- Author BJ Gallagher, who has been a boss and worked for male and female bosses, has a list of tips she 's titled, "How to Tell a Male Boss From a Female Boss."
-- A male boss is aggressive; a female boss is pushy.
-- A male boss is attentive to details; a female boss is picky.
-- He knows how to follow through; she doesn 't know when to quit.
-- He 's ambitious; she 's driven.
-- He loses his temper occasionally; she can 't control her emotions.
-- He isn 't afraid to say what he thinks; she 's mouthy.
-- He 's a man of action; she 's impulsive.
-- He controls his emotions; she 's cold.
-- He thinks before he acts; she can 't make up her mind.
-- He thinks before he speaks; she second-guesses herself.
-- He tells it like it is; she 's tactless.
The list might read like an e-mail forward that people laugh at, but considering the average American woman earns approximately 21 percent less than the average man, is there any truth to these perceptions?
"I can tell you that the exact same behavior is judged differently, depending on whether it 's a male or a female doing the behavior. This is true at all levels in the organization," says Gallagher, author of "Everything I Need to Know I Learned From Other Women."
It 's all about perceptions
Vicky Oliver, author of "Bad Bosses, Crazy Coworkers and Other Office Idiots," says she sees the differences in how people perceive professional men and women. Oliver says leaders of both genders can show aggression and still be accepted by their employees. The problem arises for midlevel professionals.
"Yelling, berating underlings, slamming doors, throwing chairs and loud, truculent