ガラスの天井
Too slow but steadyな女性の登用(エコノミスト誌)
Women in business
The conundrum(難問) of the glass ceiling
Why are women so persistently absent from top corporate jobs?
IT IS 20 years since the term “glass ceiling” was coined(創作する) by the Wall Street Journal to describe the apparent barriers that prevent women from reaching the top of the corporate hierarchy; and it is ten years since the American government's specially appointed Glass Ceiling Commission published its recommendations. In 1995 the commission said that the barrier was continuing “to deny untold numbers of qualified people the opportunity to compete for and hold executive level positions in the private sector.” It found that women had 45.7% of
Ten years on, women account for 46.5% of
(中略)
It is even farther off in
(注):本文にもあるように、”glass ceiling”という言葉は、20年前ウォール・ストリート・ジャーナルが創作し、女性の経営レベルへの参画の難しさを表すものですが、政府機関の“Glass Ceiling Commission”も含め、少数民族も含めて使われるケースが増えているようです。
時間があれば、
http://www.economist.com/business/PrinterFriendly.cfm?Story_ID=4197626
さらに時間があれば、
経営陣に女性が増えれば効率が上がるという記述がこの後半に出てきますが、“The mindset of gentlemen”という発言もあるように、国民性に深く根付いているものなので、革命的変化は期待できないのでしょう。
経営層が男女平等になるには、米国ですら今後4半世紀を要するのではないかと思わせる内容ですが、それでもトレンドは不可逆でしょう。
わが国での女性経営者登用として、2人挙げられていますが、いずれも危機にある企業というのも皮肉なものです。
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