--- description: Women managers engage their workforce significantly more than their male peers, a new study by market research group Gallup has found. title: Female Managers Are Better Motivators, Study Finds image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Business](/section/business/) ## Business Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Careers & Workplace](/tag/careers-workplace/) ## Careers & Workplace Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # You're More Likely to Be Enthusiastic at Work If You Have a Female Boss by [Helen Regan](/author/helen-regan/) ## Helen Regan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close May 7, 2015 8:21 AM CUT by [Helen Regan](/author/helen-regan/) ## Helen Regan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close May 7, 2015 8:21 AM CUT Women managers have an [advantage](http://www.gallup.com/businessjournal/183026/female-bosses-engaging-male-bosses.aspx "undefined") over their male peers when it comes to motivating employees, researchers say. A Gallup study, _State of the American Manager: Analytics and Advice for Leaders_, found that 33% of employees are engaged when a woman runs the show, compared to 25% with a man at the helm. Female managers also tend to be more enthusiastic about their own jobs than their male counterparts. Gallup found 41% of female managers feel engaged at work compared to 35% of male managers. The study also found that women managers were more enthusiastic at work than men, regardless of whether they had children. When it came to same-sex management, the study found that female employees were on average more likely to feel involved in their work (35%) if their boss was a woman, compared to just 25% of male employees who show enthusiasm with a male manager. The study also found women were better at encouraging their subordinates’ development, checking in on their employees’ progress and tended to provide more positive or constructive feedback. Gallup says it hopes the results will encourage organizations to hire and promote more women managers. Currently only one third of Americans have a female boss. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3849874/woman-boss-female-manager-employees-workplace-management/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3849874/woman-boss-female-manager-employees-workplace-management/"},"headline":"You're More Likely to Be Enthusiastic at Work If You Have a Female Boss","datePublished":"2015-05-07T08:21:48.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T06:59:58.931Z","description":"That applies whether you're a man or a woman","url":"https://time.com/3849874/woman-boss-female-manager-employees-workplace-management/","keywords":["Careers & Workplace","feminism","employees","study","Business topic","Management","Research","Companies","Workplace","engagement","sexism","employer","employee"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Helen Regan","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/helen-regan/"}],"articleSection":"Business","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/business/","name":"Business"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/careers-workplace/","name":"Careers & Workplace"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3849874/woman-boss-female-manager-employees-workplace-management/","name":"You're More Likely to Be Enthusiastic at Work If You Have a Female Boss"}}]}] ```