A new survey looking at the working styles of men and women reveals that 45 percent of working women agreed with the statement that "women have to be better than men to succeed in the workplace."

In contrast, according to a press release, only 26 percent of the men questioned said they believe this to be true. The 'Style of the Sexes' survey, jointly commissioned by Cisco and Gender IQ also found that more than half of the men (53 percent) view ability as more important than personality in the workplace, while only 39 percent of women rate ability in the workplace higher than personality.

In addition to feeling more pressure, the survey found women are more likely to have experienced conflict in the workplace (55 percent versus 46 percent of men), and women take longer to recover from conflict as well. Forty-one percent of women who had experienced conflict said it took more than a month to recover, compared to 25 percent of the men who said the same.

. . . One thing on which the genders agree, though, is what is important in a job. According to the press release, both men and women ranked pay first in importance, followed by equipment, an interesting job role, and flexibility in work location or the ability to work from home. Having a role model was least important for both men and women.

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