Poll: U.S. workers still prefer male boss to female boss

Women were more likely to prefer a female boss at 25 percent. However, 39 percent of women would still prefer a male boss. Thirty-four percent of women said it made no difference.

Among men, 26 would prefer a male boss, 14 percent would prefer a female boss and 58 percent said it made no difference.

Even with the popularity of Sheryl Sandberg’s “Lean In,” encouraging women to be career minded, Gallup reported that Americans’ views of female bosses are largely unchanged since the 1980s, when the polling agency began asking the question.