Quality of sleep can both impact a woman’s mood and change feelings about career advancement, according to a recent study.
The journal published the first issue. The Sex Roles, the study showed data of a two-week-long survey where lead author Leah Sheppard, an associate professor in WSU’s Carson College of Business, said in the release.
Julie Kmec of WSU, and Teng Iat Lii of University of Minnesota–Duluth were co-authors. They studied 135 full time U.S. workers twice daily for two consecutive work week.
Washington State University led the study. She issued an article describing the findings. A recent press release.
Per the release, while all participants in the study reported varying sleep quality, women more often reported lowered intentions to pursue more status at work on days following a night of poor sleep, while men’s aspirations were not impacted by sleep quality.
“When women are getting a good night’s sleep and their mood is boosted, they are more likely to be oriented in their daily intentions toward achieving status and responsibility at work,”Sheppard added.
“If their sleep is poor and reduces their positive mood, then we saw that they were less oriented toward those goals.”
According to the release, researchers can only speculate on the exact reasons behind this presumed gender variance regarding sleep’s effect on career aspiration, suspecting the connection to be a combination of both nature and nurture.
This includes the influence stereotypes such as women being more emotional or less ambitious.
Sheppard claims that these findings could offer some good news to women who want to grow their careers and pursue wellness. “practical steps”Meditation can be used to improve sleep quality, emotion regulation and work efficiency.
“It’s important to be able to connect aspirations to something happening outside the work environment that is controllable,”Sheppard added.
“There are lots of things that anyone can do to have a better night’s sleep and regulate mood in general.”