Abstract or Introduction
In the U.S. women make up nearly 40% of MBA graduates (Noland and Moran 2016). Nevertheless, women accounted for only 20% of all S&P 500 directors in 2016 despite making up 47% of the U.S. workforce (Loop 2016). Moreover, as of 2014, nearly 60% of 22,000 global firms had no female board members, and less than 5% had a female CEO. But there were some differences between the countries examined: In Norway, Latvia, Slovenia, and Bulgaria were at least 20% of the board members and CEOs women. On the other hand, Japan just had 2% female representation in board members and 2.5% in CEOs (Noland and Moran 2016). But why is it still so difficult for women to become a leader? The concept of genderlect could give an answer, which why the various concepts and aspects will be discussed in this short paper.
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- BSc (WU) M.A. Katharina Feigl (Author), 2020, Genderlect. Why is it still so difficult for women to become a leader?, Munich, GRIN Verlag, https://www.grin.com/document/925470
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