Yes, That Jerk Really Does Make More Than You (And Research Might Prove It)

The following is an
excerpt from an article on NPR that discusses Management Professor Tim Judge’s
research on howagreeable workers earn significantly lower incomes than
less agreeable ones.  To read the entire
article visit: Yes, That Jerk Really Does Make More Than You (And Research Might Prove It)

Anyone who’s harbored suspicions that only
mean people seem to get ahead in the business world may be glad (or perhaps
not) to learn that a new study agrees with them.

While such beliefs are often whispered in the
office — and declaimed at volume during happy hour — new research quantifies
just how much the nasty seem to profit by the (non-) virtue of their nastiness.

For men, the gain is around 18 percent in
annual pay. Men who were rated as “highly disagreeable” on
personality tests were paid an average of $9,700 more annually than men rated
as “most agreeable,” according to The Globe and Mail.

This
story also appeared on Minnesota Public
Radio and Mom Café.

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