Guess Who's Perceived as Leaders? If You Guessed Women, Go to the Back of the Bus
It probably doesn't come as much of a surprise, But guess who's still seen more as leaders, men or porcupines? Just kidding. Of course it's women who are not seen to be in charge as much as their male counterparts. And we're losing more and more female leaders, like the chief executive of Pepsi (last week), and In May, Denise Morrison stepped down as CEO of Campbell Soup; in April, Margo Georgiadis stepped down as CEO of Mattel and l ast year, Meg Whitman resigned as CEO of Hewlett Packard and Irene Rosenfeld, as CEO of Mondelez, according to marketwatch.com. Despite progress, newswise.com notes, a gender gap still exists. Hardly news to those of us in the workplace. Women hold just 26 percent of executive-level positions in S&P 500 companies — and sadly that is no accident, according to a new study by researchers in the University at Buffalo School of Management. The research team — led by doctoral student Katie Badura and ...