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Survey examines work attitudes of the sexes

10/11/2009 Survey examines work attitudes of the sexesA survey on the working styles of men and women has found that women found better training and flexible hours more important to their jobs than men.

The poll, published by Cisco and Gender IQ, also found that 88 per cent of both men and women preferred working in mixed teams.

However, one-fifth of those surveyed favoured mostly male teams compared with 8.1 per cent preferring mostly female teams.

Tracy Carr, chief executive officer of Gender IQ said that the poll showed "what we all instinctively know: that there are differences in how men and women think about and approach issues within the workplace".

She added: "While the perception still may be that women have to work harder to succeed ? the study also showed that both men and women prefer to work in mixed teams ? so we also instinctively understand the power that both parties bring for team success."

The survey also found that 45 per cent of women agreed with the statement that 'women have to be better than men to succeed in the workplace', compared with only a quarter of men.

Similarly, more than half of men found ability to be more essential than personality, compared with only 39 per cent of women.

Currently the gender pay gap in the UK is estimated to be an average of 17.5 per cent.

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