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HBR Women at Work Boxed Set (6 Books)
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HBR Women at Work Boxed Set (6 Books)

by Harvard Business Review
April 2023
Beginner to intermediate content levelBeginner to intermediate
1400 pages
20h 20m
English
Harvard Business Review Press
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Break Up Your Masculinity Contest Culture

by Jennifer L. Berdahl, Peter Glick, and Marianne Cooper

From Uber to Nike to CBS, exposés have revealed dysfunctional workplaces rife with misconduct, bullying, and sexual harassment. Why do companies get caught up in illegal behavior, harassment, and toxic leadership?

Our research identifies an underlying cause: what we call a “masculinity contest culture.” This kind of culture endorses winner-take-all competition, where winners demonstrate stereotypically masculine traits such as emotional toughness, physical stamina, and ruthlessness. It produces organizational dysfunction, as employees become hypercompetitive to win.

Masculinity Contest Cultures

We surveyed thousands of workers in the United ...

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ISBN: 9781647825300