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 Innovisor, a consulting firm, conducted research in twenty-nine countries and found that when men and women select a colleague to collaborate¹ with, 创新者咨询公司对29个国家的工作现状做了一项调查，发现当选择工作伙伴时，

both were significantly more likely to choose someone of the same gender². 男性和女性都明显更倾向于选择和自己性别相同的人。

Yet diverse groups often perform better. 然而，事实证明，一个成员多样化的团队往往能创造出更好的业绩。

Armed with this information, managers should take a more active role in mixing and matching when assigning teams. 以此为据，管理者应该在规划团队时主动地对其成员加以交叉混合，

Or, at the very least, managers should point out this tendency to give employees the motivation to shake things up. 至少也要表明这种意图，让员工有动力做出改变。

My own attempts to point out gender bias³ have generated more than my fair share of eye rolling from others. 我自己也曾尝试指出性别偏见，结果招来他人更多的白眼。

At best, people are open to scrutinizing⁴ themselves and considering their blind spots; at worst, they become defensive⁵ and angry. 最好的结果就是，人们认真审视自己，思考自己的盲点；最坏的情况则是，他们开始为自己分辩，并感到愤怒。

One common instance of bias crops up during job performance evaluations⁶. 最常出现性别偏见的情形是在评估工作业绩的时候。

When reviewing a woman, the reviewer will often voice the concern, 当考察一个女员工时，考察者常常会表现出这样的担心：

"While she's really good at her job, she's just not as well liked by her peers." “尽管她的工作表现真的很不错，但其他人好像不太喜欢她。”

When I hear language like that, I bring up the Heidi/Howard study and how success and likeability are negatively correlated for women. 当我听到这类话时，就会引用海蒂/霍华德案例研究告诉他们，对女性来说，成功和受欢迎程度是成反比的。

I ask the evaluator to consider the possibility that this successful female may be paying a gender-based penalty. 我请考察者思考一下，一个成功的女性是否有可能由于性别问题在薪酬方面吃了亏。

Usually people find the study credible⁷, nodding their heads in agreement, 通常人们都会觉得这项研究很有说服力，也表示同意，

but then bristle⁸ at the suggestion that this might be influencing the reaction of their management team. 但随后又反驳说这可能会影响到他们管理团队。

 

1 collaborate   

vi.协作，合作；协调

参考例句：

• The work gets done more quickly when we collaborate.我们一旦合作，工作做起来就更快了。
• I would ask you to collaborate with us in this work.我们愿意请你们在这项工作中和我们合作。

2 gender   

n.（生理上的）性，（名词、代词等的）性

参考例句：

• French differs from English in having gender for all nouns.法语不同于英语，所有的名词都有性。
• Women are sometimes denied opportunities solely because of their gender.妇女有时仅仅因为性别而无法获得种种机会。

3 bias   

n.偏见，偏心，偏袒；vt.使有偏见

参考例句：

• They are accusing the teacher of political bias in his marking.他们在指控那名教师打分数有政治偏见。
• He had a bias toward the plan.他对这项计划有偏见。

4 scrutinizing   

v.仔细检查，详审( scrutinize的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• His grandfather's stern eyes were scrutinizing him, and Chueh-hui felt his face reddening. 祖父的严厉的眼光射在他的脸上。 来自汉英文学 - 家（1-26） - 家（1-26）
• The machine hushed, extraction and injection nozzles poised, scrutinizing its targets. 机器“嘘”地一声静了下来，输入输出管道各就各位，检查着它的目标。 来自互联网

5 defensive   

adj.防御的；防卫的；防守的

参考例句：

• Their questions about the money put her on the defensive.他们问到钱的问题，使她警觉起来。
• The Government hastily organized defensive measures against the raids.政府急忙布置了防卫措施抵御空袭。

6 evaluations   

估价( evaluation的名词复数 )； 赋值； 估计价值； [医学]诊断

参考例句：

• In fact, our moral evaluations are merely expressions of our desires. 事实上，我们的道德评价只是我们欲望的表达形式。 来自哲学部分
• Properly speaking, however, these evaluations and insights are not within the concept of official notice. 但准确地讲，这些评估和深远见识并未包括在官方通知概念里。

7 credible   

adj.可信任的，可靠的

参考例句：

• The news report is hardly credible.这则新闻报道令人难以置信。
• Is there a credible alternative to the nuclear deterrent?是否有可以取代核威慑力量的可靠办法？

8 bristle   

v.（毛发）直立，气势汹汹，发怒；n.硬毛发

参考例句：

• It has a short stumpy tail covered with bristles.它粗短的尾巴上鬃毛浓密。
• He bristled with indignation at the suggestion that he was racist.有人暗示他是个种族主义者，他对此十分恼火。