This article that I found in the Chicago Tribune talks about how a British study reports that three-quarters of professional women believe they're still held back from senior roles in the workplace. Therefore, they believe that a "glass ceiling" still exists. The study reached these results after surveying 3000 male and female managers.
The article then goes on to talk about different reasons as to why this might be occurring. The first issue that was pointed out was that women tend to have lower confidence and ambition than men. Out of the men and women that were surveyed 50 percent of the women managers said they have experienced self doubt, while only 31 percent of the men claimed that they have. Women also tend to have lower expectations. It is said that only 50 percent of the women expected to one day become a manager while 2/3 of the men had planned on it from the begining.
Finally, the artice discusses different ways companies can go about changing their ways to help women feel more comfortable in managment careeres. It says that companies should try harder to nuture its women. Mervyn Davies a fromer trade minister metioned that statutory quotas are being considered to increase the number of women on company boards. According to the survey, half of the women that were surveyed suppored quotas, compared to only 24 percent of men. Most of the women (62 percent) were more in favor of "positive action" to increse the numbe of senior roles. If campanies want to start addressing the differences in the numbers between men and women in the top positions, changes will have to be made.
In class we have learned that the more diverse a company the better off it is. Do you think that companies should change their ways and cator towards the needs of women?
-Nina Pysson
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