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Gallup recently released a report that indicates female managers are better at boosting employee engagement than their male counterparts, by six percentage points. 

In the report titled State of the American Manager: Analytics and Advice for Leaders, Gallup says that employees who work for a female manager in the United States are, on average, more engaged. 

Gallup used data it has compiled over the years to create a checklist of positive qualities employees find in their managers.  The topics range from whether or not the employee feels their ideas are valued, to the type of feedback received from their manager.

State of the American Manager also compared the 2015 survey results with their 1953 survey results.  In 1953, only 5% of respondents stated that they would prefer a female supervisor.  This year, that number jumped to 20%. 

The report also showed that female employees who work for female managers are the most engaged type of worker.  Male employees who report to a male manager are actually the least engaged, according to the results.

Why are female managers considered better at building employee engagement, though?  The answer is, quite possibly, because they are more engaged themselves.  Forty-one percent of female managers are engaged at work while only 35% of male managers showed the same level of engagement.