Are Sleep-Deprived Women More Productive?
Men, the researchers suspected, felt that having unpaid family on staff was not a desirable situation. Women, they guessed, liked mixing family and work life, and encouraged unpaid family workers to come on board. The researchers noted that this finding is supported by other studies showing that the opportunity to spend more time with family was a more common motivation for women who started family businesses than men who became family entrepreneurs. It’s not entirely clear how this information should steer a family business, or affect the way any company should manage interactions with male- or female-led family enterprises. What is clear is that the effect of gender on the management style of a family business is probably more subtle and complex than many of us thought. In another example from the study, researchers found that women who reported sleeping less had higher revenue, while men who slept less recorded lower revenue. The study also showed that women saw a greater increase i
