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Women May See Tradeoff Between Power at Home and at Work
Women earn less money, hold fewer public leadership positions, and have fewer legal rights than men in much of the world. Yet, when it comes to making decisions about the home, women are often portrayed
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Averting the Motherhood Penalty
Whether they’re willing to admit it or not, hiring managers tend to doubt working mothers’ dedication to the job. Previous studies have revealed that the so-called “motherhood penalty” is rather rampant in the job market.
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When Scientists Choose Motherhood
American Scientist: Gender inequities in science, technology, mathematics and engineering have long been a subject of concern. Some advances—more women than ever are working in the biological sciences—along with broad societal changes have improved the
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What happens to math nerds when they get older
Financial Post: New scientific studies continue to escalate the hard work vs. raw talent debate. One study from Vanderbilt University shifts things in favor of raw talent. Professors David Lubinski and Camilla Persson Benbow discovered
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Dan Ariely: Should job descriptions be as vague as possible?
Business Insider: Dan Ariely, author of the wonderful Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions discusses the problem with specifics in job descriptions: Most of the time, when you hire people you don’t
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Dan Ariely: How to Pay People
Bloomberg Businessweek: Most of the time, when you hire people you don’t want to specify exactly what they are to do and how much they would get paid—you don’t want to say if you do