Sexism Undermines Teams by Disrupting Emotional Synchrony鈥檚 Role in Performance
Bar-Ilan UniversityResearchers found that exposure to sexist comments significantly alters how women interact emotionally during teamwork, increasing a key ingredient of successful collaboration: emotional synchrony. Emotional synchrony鈥攕hared, temporally aligned facial expressions among team members鈥攈as long been known to enhance trust, coordination, and performance.