The underrepresentation of women in science: differential commitment or the queen bee syndrome?

Gender-bias primes elicit queen-bee responses among senior policewomen.

Queen bees are senior women in male-dominated organizations who have achieved success by emphasizing how they differ from other women. Although the behavior of queen bees tends to be seen as contributing to gender disparities in career outcomes, we argue that queen-bee behavior is actually a result of the gender bias and social identity threat that produce gender disparities in career outcomes....

Differential Expression of Circulating miRNA-103 in Women with and without Polycystic Ovary Syndrome

Background and Aims: Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) has a largely unknown etiology and is a common heterogeneous endocrine disorder in women of reproductive age, characterized by polycystic ovaries, hyperandrogenism, insulin resistance, and chronic anovulation. MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are small, noncoding RNA sequences that negatively regulate gene expression at the post-transcriptional level. miR...

Do sexist organizational cultures create the Queen Bee?

'Queen Bees' are senior women in masculine organizational cultures who have fulfilled their career aspirations by dissociating themselves from their gender while simultaneously contributing to the gender stereotyping of other women. It is often assumed that this phenomenon contributes to gender discrimination in organizations, and is inherent to the personalities of successful career women. We ...

Helping Hand or Queen Bee? The Impact of Senior-Level Women on Junior-Level Women Within Organizations

برآورد ضریب وراثت ‌پذیری صفات ظاهری و تولید عسل کلنی‌های زنبور عسل اصفهان

In order to estimate the heritability of morphological characters of worker honey bee and honey yield, 30 queen-mothers were selected randomly from the apiary of Research Center of Animal Science and Natural Resources in Isfahan Province. From each queen-mother, five queen-daughters were reared and introduced to equalize colonies after natural mating of queens. Summer honey yield was measured, ...