Queen Bee Syndrome and How it Holds Women Back in the Workplace
If women truly want to become equal to men in the workplace and override the gender gap, Queen Bee Syndrome needs to be eliminated. While many of you may not have heard of Queen Bee Syndrome, this occurrence merely puts a label on a type of woman supervisor we have all known at some point in our careers.
Queen Bee Syndrome is when a female supervisor purposely holds other women back at the office simply for their own personal reasons most often associated with insecurity and lack of fulfillment in their personal lives. The Queen Bee may be older, single and children or just the opposite. No matter what type of Queen Bee she is, the female boss with this issue means trouble for everyone involved. The company suffers, the employees suffer, and women in general suffer.
Women that have Queen Bee Syndrome engage in negative behaviors towards the females that they supervise and this can even escalate to verbal abuse or harassment. They purposely hold other women down so they can remain in control of their own situation.