Women in business and management : gaining momentum : global report / International Labour Office.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

International Labour Organisation.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Businesswomen.

Women--Employment.

Women-owned business enterprises.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (198 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Geneva, Switzerland : International Labour Office, 2015.

Language Note:

English

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.

Contents:

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

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

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

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

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

11. Policies and measures to advance women in business and management

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed February 16, 2015).

ISBN:

92-2-128874-9

OCLC:

905859442