What Do Women Want?
Both managerial and clerical women want to be treated with respect and want supervisors they can respect.
By PT Staff published September 1, 1994 - last reviewed on February 21, 2019
WORK VALUES
Here's how 7,629 managerial and clerical men and women rank their work values, according to Sharon Mason of Brock University in Ontario, Canada.
Managerial Men
1. Wages/ Benefits
2. Challenging work
3. Opportunity for advancement
4. Authority to make decisions
5. Sense of accomplishment
Clerical Men
1. Opportunity for advancement
2. To learn new skills
3. Wages/benefits
4. To be treated with respect
5. Challenging work
Managerial Women
1. To be treated with respect
2. Supervisor one respects
3. Wages/benefits
4. Challenging work
5. Sense of accomplishment
Clerical Women
1. To be treated with respect
2. Wages/benefits
3. To learn new skills
4. Supervisor one respects
5. Opportunity for advancement