Black women leaders approved for assertiveness in the workplace, study suggests
Thursday, April 19, 2012 - 12:30
in Psychology & Sociology
While white men are expected to be assertive and aggressive leaders, black men and white women are often penalized for that kind of behavior in the workplace. A new study looks at another group: black women. They find that, rather than being viewed as a combination of black men and white women, black women also seem to be expected to act assertively.