Career-Minded Women, Mothers Face Negative Perceptions
Researchers say women who occupy senior management jobs are less likely than male colleagues to be parents.
By Garry Kranz Comments 0 | Recommend 0
Motherhood, Marriage and Careers: Researchers at Ireland’s Trinity College say
married women and mothers face unfair advantages when competing with men for
senior management jobs. A new study, presented at a conference at the
Dublin-based school, says nearly 70 percent of men in senior management jobs are
married, while only 12 percent of married women occupy similar positions. Also,
of those in senior management, men are five times as likely to be parents as are
women. The findings point up the need for a “positive discourse” to reverse
negative stereotypes surrounding women with ambitious career goals, organizers
of the Trinity College conference say.
Workforce Management contributing editor Garry Kranz is based in Richmond, Virginia. E-mail editors@workforce.com to comment.
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