Women are told more lies than men in workplace reviews, new research suggests. And that can prevent gender equality.

New research suggests that women are lied to more than men in professional settings

New research, published last week in the"Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin," suggests that women are lied to more than men in professional settings. Those lies could be preventing workplace advancement and, in a broader sense, gender equality, according to the findings by Cornell University's Lily Jampol, who has a PhD in social psychology, and Vivian Zayas, an associate professor of psychology.

But with Sarah, everything changed. Participants increased their scores by almost a full letter grade, and were much more positive in their writing and feedback.In other words? Sarah was lied to.Why accurate feedback is so importantThe reason this is so dangerous, Zayas said, is that these women are never actually given accurate feedback, so there's little opportunity to learn or grow.And it's not just men that gave these inflated reviews. Female particpants did, too.

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