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Women in business and management : gaining momentum in Asia and the Pacific / Bureau for Employers' Activities (ACT/EMP).
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- International Labour Office. Bureau for Employers' Activities, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Women executives.
- Businesswomen--Statistics.
- Businesswomen.
- Discrimination in employment.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (80 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Geneva, Switzerland : International Labour Organization, 2015.
- Contents:
- Cover; Copyright page; Preface; Table of contents; List of figures; List of tables; List of boxes; Acknowledgements; Abstract; Abbreviations; 1. Introduction; 2. The business case for advancing women in business and management; 3. Women in business keadership in Asia-Pacific; 4. Barriers to women's leadership; 5. An expanding pool of female talent; 6. Gender pay gaps in the Asia-Pacific region; 7. The glass ceiling remains intact and female talent is underutitlized; 8. Getting rid of the glass ceiling and glass walls; 9. What can companies do?
- 10. Advocating for women in business and management11. Role of employers' organizations in Asia and the Pacific; Conclusion; Annexes; 3.1 The leaking pipeline; 3.2 The 'glass ceiling': It's lonely at the top; 3.3 'Glass walls': Women concentrated in speci c management functions; 5.1 Women in business; 5.2 Women in management; 5.3 Women catching up with men in education; 9.1 Changing mindsets; 9.2 Examining the business case for gender diversity; 9.3 Adopting an equal employment opportunity policy; 9.4 Adopting a sexual harassment policy; 9.5 Reviewing human resource development practices
- 9.6 Flexible work arrangements9.7 Addressing gender pay gaps; 11.1 In their own voices: selected employers' organization experiences from the region; Annex A; Annex B; ILO company survey women in business and management; Section A. General information; Section B. Policies and measures; Section C. Data and statistics; Section D. Barriers to women's leadership; Section E. Measures to advance women in business and management; Section F. Support mechanisms for companies to promote women in business and
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed July 8, 2016).
- ISBN:
- 92-2-129900-7
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