I’m highlighting this particular example because, even though I don’t have kids and have never had the school call, I have found that the bosses I’ve had who were women were more understanding than male bosses when I’ve needed to leave to deal with a family issue.
Whether employees who work for women are happier than those who work for men would be an interesting subject for study, but the sample size is too small. As Sandi Toksvig points out in her TED talk there are twice as many men named Dave running Fortune 500 companies than women.
