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Is the Glass Ceiling Really Unbreakable?
By WomenSuite at 25 November, 2006, 1:43 pm
No. But the studies on the advancement of women (especially women of color) in corporate america are not showing the sort of improvement that ought to follow all of these diversity programs and initiatives. Professors at Tuck (Dartmouth) and Loyola Chicago recently released a study entitled “The Pipeline to the Top: Women and Men in [...]
Read More >>Tired of Choosing?
By WomenSuite at 15 November, 2006, 7:30 pm
Dr. Evangelina Holvino is a faculty member at the Center for Gender in Organizations at the Simmons Graduate School of Mangement. Dr. Holvino recently authored an interesting article on the experiences of women of color in business organizations: “Tired of Choosing”: Working with the Simultaneity of Race, Gender, and Class in Organizations. Read the article: [...]
Read More >>"Blending In", "Sticking Together" or Both?
By WomenSuite at 27 September, 2006, 2:37 pm
Catalyst recently released a study on the networking styles of women of color, finding that women of color typically adopt a style on the continuum between: “Blending In” – having a high number of colleagues from work, or a high number of white men in one’s network; or “Sticking Together” – having a low number [...]
Read More >>Statisticienne: Women of Color vs. Men of Color on Corporate Boards
By WomenSuite at 8 September, 2006, 1:41 pm
Catalyst has done some terrific research on women on corporate boards. Their census on Fortune 500 boards reveals some troubling statistics on the composition of corporate boards, in terms of gender and race. You can find the Catalyst study here. Out of the 266 companies (Fortune 500) that confirmed the ethnic makeup of their boards, [...]
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