Female Executives in the Workforce

Female Executives in the Workforce

RESEARCH QUESTIONS

Why there are fewer women in executive roles in today's workforce?

What are the major traits of leaders who hold executive positions?

What are some gender stereotypes regarding education about those seeking executive roles

What does the future hold for women seeking executive positions in today's workforce?

What are the statistical ethic group breakdowns of women in executive positions in today's workforce?

LITERATURE REVIEW

Why are there fewer women in executive roles in today's workforce?

The number of women in executive management is disproportional in comparison to that of men. A relatively large number of women are in other than executive leadership positions while men secure the majority of executive leadership positions. Despite the fact that many women have the required training, educations, and skills to function at the executive management level, women often lack the opportunity to advance up the executive management ladder.

Female managers are under-represented in professional life as before. The reasons for this are complex. Women are now equally in the workplace as men, almost half of all employees and 60% of the total graduates from universities are female. The proportion of women in management positions has increased steadily in recent years . Albeit from a very low base, and compared to male leaders, the number is still low. According to IAB Management study of women in the private sector establishments on the first level of an average quarter represented (24%). Often, these women leaders are engaged in small-and medium-sized enterprises, while their share in the large enterprises drops to below 5%. Although, women on average have higher levels of education and better academic results than men, yet, the women representation in executive roles is at such a low percentage. According to the statistics, there have been many campaigns for organizations to support gender equality, yet, there is still a lot that has not changed in the past decade (Barsh, 2009). According to these statistics, only 14% of women are senior executive managers and less than 3% are Chief Executive Officers, in all of the fortune 500 companies (Ernest & Young, 2011). The lowest rate of presence of women in management teams is in India (9%) and in the United Arab Emirates and Japan (8%). However, there are also countries where this rate goes up quite high, yet, lesser than half of that of the males. These countries include, Thailand with 45% of women, almost half, Georgia with 40%, Russia with 36% and Hong Kong and the Philippines with 35%. Moreover, France, on the other hand has only 21% of women in positions of leadership. It is still little, but this percentage increased by 3 points compared to 2009. Moreover, on global basis, the most senior positions occupied by these women leaders include, Chief Financial Officer (22%), Director of Human Resources (20%) and Director of Sales & Marketing Director (9%) (Barsh, 2009).

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