男性比女性更善于利用社交网络

Women may appear to be more prevalent on social networks, but when it comes to using them for business purposes men have the upper hand. Men are 'savvier' when it comes to making professional connections in cyberspace, according to a study. Linkedin, the online network for professionals, analysed the connection data of its 100million members, both male and female. They found that men made more business connections than women. Nicole Williams, LinkedIn's Connection Director, said that the results may be due to women being more reluctant to network online. 在社交网络泛滥的年代里，似乎网络成为了人们联系彼此的一个重要的工具。有调查显示，女性可能更擅于用网络来联系感情、进行情感之间的沟通；然而，男性更擅于利用社交网络来谈公事，利用互联网成就事业上的高峰。网络在线专家Linkedin经过调查他的上百万男女客户数据后发现，男人更喜欢用互联网“谈生意”，与此相反，女人更一旦上了网，整个人的情绪就变得很懈怠，只想舒舒服服地弄自己的网上购物、或者看看八卦资讯等与工作无关的事情。

One of these was the cosmetics industry, which saw male employees triumphing over their female counterparts when it came to networking.

However, women ruled the roost in areas such as the agriculture industry. LinkedIn experts suggested this could be because women have to work harder than men to get ahead in that traditionally male-dominated industry. In Britain, women were found to be better networkers in such areas as agriculture, think tanks, executive office and philanthropic industries; while men who worked in the supermarket industry, military, veterinary and medical industries were better networkers than women.

即使是在女性化的领域“化妆品行业”来说，只要限定工作的方式是网络交流，男性员工在表现上就会稍强于与自己共事的女同事。令人奇怪的是，女性倘若在“传统行业”比如“农业领域”与男同事竞争，会萌发她们极大的斗志，专家解释，因为农业领域原本是“男性至上”的，在这个领域女性骨子里会有跃跃欲试的挑战感，工作会更上进些。在英国，女性但凡在网络工作方式能够有所成就的领域有如下几个，比如：农业、智库、行政、慈善机构。与此相对，男性更擅长网络工作的领域有：超级市场、军事、兽医和医学领域。

The findings have met with scepticism from some businesswomen.“I'll be the first to challenge that assumption,' said Donna Messer, who is head of the networking website ConnectUS Communications Canada. 'I believe there are many women who are just as good if not better than many at networking.''Men might tend to view online networking as a hunting expedition and concentrate on accumulating the most online connections,' she added. 'Women tend to equate networking with face-to-face meetings, so they probably do of that before moving on to another online contact.'

据悉，这一调查引来了许多“女强人”甚至工作狂“男人婆”的不满，有来自加拿大网页交流部门负责人Donna Messer十分不屑这一论断，她说道：“我会成为挑战这个所谓论断的第一人，谁说我们女人在那些领域就不能用网络工作方式达到事业上的巅峰？我相信，女性也能和男性一样在网络工作上取得成绩，也许男性在网络工作的时候专注力更高，但是女性也有把面对面工作能力与网络工作能力相互贯通的能力呢~！”