研究顯示 影響女性工作者升職加薪的恰恰是她們自己

Pessimism about their earning potential could be preventing women from pushing for higher wages or a promotion, according to a new study.

一項最新研究顯示，對自己收入潛力的悲觀態度可能會阻止女性升職和加薪。

In turn, this could be helping to sustain the gender pay gap.

反過來，這又會導致性別收入差距繼續存在。

The study found that women tend to underestimate their earning prospects, while men often do the opposite, and researchers say it could help to explain why women are more often satisfied at work than men despite unequal pay.

該研究發現，女性傾向於低估自己的收入前景，而男性則往往相反。研究人員表示，這有助於解釋爲什麼薪酬不平等，但是女性通常比男性對自己的工作感到更滿意。

The researchers analyzed the British household Panel Survey, a major longitudinal study, to track individuals' expectations of salaries ranging from unemployment to paid employment.

研究人員們對英國家庭小組調查（一項大型縱向研究）進行了分析，追蹤從失業人口到有償工作的人們對工資的期望。

While women tended to have lower expectations, men were more likely to feel dissatisfied when the reality didn't match their outlooks, and consequently pursue better pay or change jobs.

他們發現女性的期望往往較低，而男性在現實不符合自己預期時更容易感到不滿，從而追求加薪或者換工作。

'If low female expectations in terms of pay is fuelled by a pessimistic outlook, then even without discrimination and progression-related issues, women will continue to underestimate themselves and continue to inadvertently accept pay inequality,' said Dr Chris Dawson, Senior Lecturer in Business Economics.

商業經濟學高級講師克里斯·道森博士表示：“如果悲觀態度降低了女性對工資的預期，那麼即使沒有歧視和發展相關等問題，女性也將繼續低估她們自己，並在不知不覺間接受工資不平等。”

'It has serious implications for policy that is trying to address the gender pay gap and suggests more needs to be done to actively advance women at work, without relying on them to self-select for promotion and senior opportunities.'

“這對試圖解決性別工資差距的政策有着嚴重的影響，並且表明需要更加積極地在工作中提拔女性，而不是依靠她們自己選擇晉升機會。”

‘The takeaway message of this research is not about putting the responsibility on women, but recognising that without policy measures to address this, we run the risk of never closing the gender pay gap.'

“這項研究所傳達的意思並不是要把責任歸咎於女人身上，而是認識到如果沒有政策措施來解決這個問題，我們就有可能永遠不能消除性別收入差距。”