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1 online resource (xv, 177 pages) : color illustrations, tables |
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Acknowledgements; Preface; Contents; List of Figures and Tables; List of acronyms; 1. Introduction; 1.1 Glass ceiling still intact; 1.2 The business case for women in business and management; 1.3 Still lonely at the top; 1.4 Gender stereotyping a powerful force; 1.5 Making corporate culture more inclusive; 1.6 Women in the "pipeline"; 1.7 Gaps in data; 1.8 Company survey conducted by ILO's Bureau for Employers' Activities; 2. Business case for more women in business and management; 2.1 Women as "engine of economic growth"; 2.2 Does gender balance make a difference?; 2.3 Losses and gains |
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2.4 Diversity management2.5 Making the business case; 3. Women in management; 3.1 Data sources for male and female managers ; 3.2 Statistics on women in management; 3.3 Women in different types of management occupations; 3.4 ILO company survey; 3.5 Women concentrated in specific management functions; 3.6 Women are increasing their share of managerial jobs ; 3.7 Women in senior and middle management; 4. Women at the top; 4.1 ILO company survey; 4.2 World Bank enterprise surveys ; 4.3 International surveys; 4.3.1 Women at the top -- Africa; 4.3.2 Women at the top -- Americas |
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4.3.3 Women at the top -- Asia and Pacific4.3.4 Women at the top -- Europe; 4.3.5 Women at the top -- MENA region; 5. Women on boards; 5.1 Boards of the world's largest corporations; 5.2 All Male Boards; 5.3 ILO company survey; 5.4 National surveys; 5.5 Lone women board members; 5.6 Board committee chairs; 5.7 Women on board and decision-making committees; 5.8 Measures to speed up women's presence on boards; 5.9 Initiatives to advance women on company boards; 6. Women in business; 6.1 Women as employers; 6.2 More women employers; 6.3 Share of women as own-account or self-employed workers |
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6.4 More women among the self-employed6.5 World Bank Enterprise Surveys ; 6.6 Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM); 6.7 National surveys; 6.8 Challenges faced by women entrepreneurs; 6.9 Women's access to finance; 6.10 Tapping into women's entrepreneurial talent; 7. Gender pay gap; 7.1 Gender pay gap among managers; 7.2 ILO company survey; 8 Women in decision-making in the public sector; 8.1 Public service; 8.2 Women in parliaments; 8.3 Legislative quotas; 8.4 Women in the top public sector job; 9. Women making strides in education; 9.1 Women in tertiary education in Africa |
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9.2 Women in tertiary education in the Americas9.3 Women in tertiary education in Asia and Pacific; 9.4 Women in tertiary education in CEE and CIS countries; 9.5 Women in tertiary education in EU and Western Europe; 9.6 Women in tertiary education in the MENA region; 9.7 Gender differences in fields of education declining; 9.8 Gender gap for women in engineering ; 9.9 Women as researchers ; 10 Barriers to women's leadership; 10.1 ILO company survey; 10.2 Gender roles and stereotypes; 10.3 Corporate culture; 10.4 Management and leadership styles; 10.5 Role models ; 10.6 Family responsibilities |
| Summary |
This report brings together available data and ILO statistics to provide a comprehensive, up to-date and global picture of women in the business world and in management positions. It highlights the business case for gender diversity and the obstacles women still face as well as ways to move ahead |
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As women overtake men in education, they are running a third of the world's businesses. However, women business owners are concentrated in small and micro-businesses, and still only 5 per cent or less of CEOs of the largest global corporations are women. This report highlights the business case for gender diversity and the obstacles women still face as well as ways to move ahead, underlining the fact that women's presence in the labour market is increasingly significant for economic growth and development at both enterprise and national levels. It advocates for a greater role for national business organizations, which can assist their member companies with putting in place policies and measures to recruit and retain talent. The report also shows that women still have to deal with a number of hurdles to reach positions as CEOs and company board members. While women have advanced in business and management, they continue to be shut out of higher level economic decision-making despite activism in the last decade to smash the "glass ceiling". The report calls for a closer examination of the career paths of women and men to ensure that subtle gender biases are eliminated, proposing an array of initiatives that challenge gender stereotypes and corporate cultures, and that seek to reconcile work and family responsibilities |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 127-131) |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed February 16, 2015) |
| Subject |
Women executives -- Statistics
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Women executives.
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Businesswomen -- Statistics
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Businesswomen.
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Women-owned business enterprises -- Statistics
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Women-owned business enterprises.
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Women -- Employment -- Statistics
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Women -- Employment.
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women-owned business enterprises.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Labor.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Labor & Industrial Relations.
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Businesswomen
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Women -- Employment
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Women executives
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Women-owned business enterprises
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| Genre/Form |
Statistics
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Wirth, Linda, compiler.
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International Labour Office, issuing body.
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| ISBN |
9789221288749 |
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9221288749 |
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