women’s history month- article from Harvard Business Review
“Making Jokes During a Presentation Helps Men But Hurts Women”
“…However, our research suggests that the benefits of humor do not extend to everyone — women may actually be harmed by using humor at work. We find that when men add humor to a business presentation, observers view them as having higher levels of status (that is, respect or prestige) within the organization, and give them higher performance ratings and leadership capability assessments compared to when they do not include humor. However, when women add the same humor to the same presentation, people view them as having lower levels of status, rate their performance as lower, and consider them less capable as leaders…”
Research by Jonathan Evans , Jerel Slaughter, Aleksander Ellis and Jessi Rivin
Good Morning Gloucester 