Just because you have a female manager doesnt mean youll get better pay

Just because you have a female manager doesnt mean youll get better payJust because you have a female manager doesnt mean youll get better payThe more women in management, the better, goes current thinking. But new research published in European Sociological Review shows that having more women in management doesnt necessarily benefit the women who work for them, nor does it help even out the pay gap.In the study, called Are Female Managers Agents of Change or Cogs in the Machine? Oxford researchers investigated whether or not female managers promoted greater gender equity in organizations and whether both female and males earnings were affected by having a female manager or a male manager. Researchers found little to no effect on pay for female or male employees with a female manager.Follow Ladders on FlipboardFollow Ladders magazines on Flipboard covering Happiness, Productivity, Job Satisfaction, Neuroscience, and moreThere are very good reasons to believe women should benefit from having a female manager, so we were surprised to find that this is not the case, said the papers lead author, Margriet van Hek, in a release. I believe the next step is to dig deeper into the mechanisms of how this occurs.For the study, researchers used manager-employee linked data from nine European countries to test their hypotheses across industries such as manufacturing, health, higher education, transportation, financial services, and telecommunication.Despite the widespread presence of women in organizations, theres still a gender pay gap. Women in the sample earned about 7% less than men, no matter which gender their direct supervisor was and regardless of how many female managers were in their organization.While other studies have shown that women in management have been motivated to fight gender inequality in their organizations, this study appears to contradict that.Of course, there are some simple reasons why women in management arent able to do more to help the women un der them they may be in lower management where they lack the power to change much of anything, especially issues of pay. Then theres thequeen bee theory they may not be driven to change the pay gap, perhaps because of a need to align themselves with the status quo.In a more hopeful interpretation, maybe it shows that female managers treat everyone fairly.You might also enjoyNew neuroscience reveals 4 rituals that will make you happyStrangers know your social class in the first seven words you say, study finds10 lessons from Benjamin Franklins daily schedule that will double your productivityThe worst mistakes you can make in an interview, according to 12 CEOs10 habits of mentally strong people